A study reveals that our skin does not age regularly, but suddenly peaks. Four key periods of life would see the skin signs increased significantly. We take stock.
If we often imagine the aging of the skin as a slow and constant process, researchers from the Stanford University and the Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) highlighted in one and the same study, two major peaks where changes are accelerating. According to their work published in the Média Nature Agging in 2024, the most marked transformations occur around the forties and at the beginning of the sixties. They affect both cardiovascular health, metabolism and, obviously, the state of the skin and muscles.
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Four critical ages according to a dermatologist
Starting from this study, New York dermatologist Dr Shereene Idriss, interviewed by Vogue US, identifies at least four key phases in the life of a face: the end of the twenty at the start of the thirties, when collagen begins to decline (about 1 % per year from 25 years old), leading to the appearance of first fine lines. The end of the thirties, when the subtle loss of volume on the sides of the face, gives a flatter and elongated appearance. The middle of the forties, a first …