Caring for your Skin in Menopause
                     Caring for your Skin in Menopause
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Menopause is a condition that our society does not talk openly about it, but 
this is a rather  significant period in the life of women when everything is 
changing. And leather as well.
Of course, it is striking how clearly women’s problems in our world are ignored 
in general  and how little anyone talks about women over 50. Given that now 
is when people over 50  are becoming more and more, and women spend a 
significant part of their lives in  menopause.
The two most important factors in skin ageing are ultraviolet rays and gravity, 
but another  factor comes into play during menopause: a decrease in 
estrogen levels.
Skin Problem during and after menopause
Pigmentation and skin cancer
This has less to do with menopause than with age. Sun radiation, if this is your 
first time  on this blog, is severe and very dangerous, and sun damage 
accumulates over the years,  resulting in, in fact, skin cancer and age spots.
If pigmentation is an exclusively aesthetic thing, which many do not consider 
a problem,  then skin cancer is already serious. Most often, skin cancer 
occurs in people over 60  years old, precisely because of the duration of 
exposure to UV radiation.
If you are far from menopause, then protect yourself from the sun with 
Sunscreen Gel. If  you are already at an age at which you began to think about 
it, then still protect yourself  from the sun and check moles from time to time, 
primarily if you used to love to sunbathe.
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Brittleness and bruising
The skin becomes thinner and blood vessels more fragile. And this leads to 
the fact that  damage and bruises appear on the skin from mild influences. 
And these injuries heal  slowly and poorly. Well, here’s to reconcile.
Dryness
Often during menopause, the skin becomes drier, and the protective barrier 
stops working  well. This leads to water loss, more frequent irritations, and 
more sensitivity in general.
Here the solution, I think, is obvious: moisturizing and strengthening the 
protective barrier.
For moisturizing, you can apply the best vitamin c serum that helps you 
hydrate your  skin.
You can use creams with fragrances and essential oils, as these are potent 
allergens. But  if they do not cause problems for you, then use them for your 
health.
Wrinkles and loss of firmness
I have been thinking a lot about the concept of “signs of ageing” lately, and 
I find it very  difficult to talk about it. On the one hand, I do not think that 
ageing is something terrible  and that we need to fight it.
Here hormonal changes and accumulated damage from ultraviolet radiation, 
and life are  superimposed. During menopause, the production of collagen 
and elastin in the skin  drops very sharply and therefore some women notice 
almost at one moment how  something has changed. You can apply 
best vitamin c serum that helps to boost  collagen production.
Facial hair
Again, falling estrogen levels lead to “cohesion,” so to speak. And some 
women may start  to grow facial hair. It’s not that women don’t have facial 
hair. It just becomes thick, long  and noticeable. If this does not bother you, 
you have reached a level that is not yet  available to me, which is very cool. 
But I’m still at the level where I still want to remove  very noticeable facial 
hair.
Here, the most reliable option is laser hair removal. It removes hair 
permanently and does  not damage the skin. Electrolysis is also an option, but 
it is much more painful, and there  are much fewer masters who can do it 
without consequences.
Hair loss on the head
Decreased levels of female hormones can lead to male pattern baldness. It 
is also, of  course, influenced by genes and sometimes irons deficiency.
Hair supplements will not help here. In most cases, in such a situation, either 2/4
hormone or  surface agents such as minoxidil are used, and transplantation.
Acne
Estrogen levels drop, but androgens levels may remain high. This leads 
to oily skin,  enlarged pores and acne. In ageing skin, the pores, in 
principle, are often enlarged  because there is no longer such a collagen 
framework that would “hold” them, and  androgens only exacerbate this 
problem.
There is hardly a better solution than retinoids and niacinamide. Both of these 
ingredients  are equally good against acne and signs of ageing. Acids are also 
an option. Peptides are  also an option. In general, about what acne is and 
what to do with it, I wrote here.
So what is worth doing
Surface hormones
In addition to hormones used internally, there are surface hormones. And they 
show good  results. That is, from them, the skin really looks younger. But you 
do not need to appoint  them yourself either.
Phytoestrogens
Phytoestrogens are not a bad idea, but not terrific. Phytoestrogens are a 
group of natural  components that may somehow affect hormonal levels. 
Sources of phytoestrogens
include the most common foods: garlic, potatoes, soybeans, beans, coffee, 
rice,  pomegranates, grapes, carrots. The most common and studied type of 
phytoestrogen is  isoflavones. They are found in large quantities in soy and 
other legumes.
When in this case I write “the most studied”, I do not mean to say that they 
are  unambiguously useful and do something. There is a lot of research 
about them., but all  these studies so far indicate that there may be an 
effect from them, there may be some  connection, but not a fact.
Creams with phytoestrogens also exist, and the story is the same with them: 
maybe they  work, maybe they don’t. But they probably won’t do it badly. So if 
you desperately want to  prolong youth, then use why not. In creams, soy, 
ginseng ingredients are responsible for  phytoestrogens.
Sports and an active lifestyle
Of course, there is no question of killing yourself in the gym and records. You 
don’t have  to run marathons and pull kettlebells. But playing sports is really 
very, very useful. Easy  jogging, yoga, dancing, Pilates – everything counts 
and everything is fine. Play the sport  you like and enjoy it. It is most 
important.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapists and psychologists are very helpful people in almost any 3/4
situation. And  in a situation where such a global hormonal change occurs, 
even more so. Hormonal  changes inevitably lead to emotional changes, and 
these changes are not always  positive.
It is not at all a fact that you or the person next to you will need a long 
course of  psychotherapy, but it is always useful to come, talk, discuss your 
concerns and look at  your life from a new angle.
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