Youthful Skin: The Four Major Signs of Aging

Here, a rundown on the four major signs of aging:

1) Uneven Skin Tone. This can be characterized by patchy color, ashy, or just uneven pigment — for example a darker color in cheeks and chin and visibly lighter elsewhere.  Whether or not your skin tone is even is actually the first thing people will notice when they look at your skin (conciously or otherwise).  This is why foundation is so popular.  It immediately and instantly evens skin tone.

2) Fine Lines and Wrinkles.  This one is a gimme, but fine lines and wrinkles scream older skin!  You simply don’t see young children or teenagers with wrinkles!!

3) Saggy Skin.  Think of really old people.  If they haven’t properly taken care of their skin, not only are they riddled with wrinkles, but the skin visibly sags on their face.

4) Rough Skin. This can happen just when your skin is dry (sorry dry skin, but your skin ages faster), but the “older” skin gets, the rougher it gets too.

Young skin is even, smooth, elastic (i.e. it doesn’t sag), and is soft and supple.  But you don’t have to be young to have youthful skin!  The best thing you can do is make sure you have a good skin care regimen with the right products.  Just like brushing your teeth, do it every morning and every night.