7 Things Women Over Fifty Wish They Knew About Aging
From moisturizing and sunscreen to not worrying so much about being perfect, women who have been through the decades of aging know the best-kept secrets of keeping skin young, fresh and radiant.
Here’s what women, aged 50 years old and more, wish they knew about taking care of their skin when they were in their 20s and 30s:
“If I could go back I would have spent less time in the sun in my younger days. Now I see a dermatologist twice a year and get scared until the results of biopsies come back. I also lost my best friend to melanoma of the eye. She had the eye removed and have an artificial one put in that looked exactly like the other. She was fine for seven years then it returned in her liver and she died three months later. The lesson? The sun isn’t your best friend so protect yourself from it!” -Elaine
“Your skin needs plenty of hydration---the solution to pollution is dilution. If we do not drink enough water to feed the skin, the body will pull water from our intestines. Yuck. The skin, the largest organ will get priority. This in turn will cause the colon to be deficient. Read: constipation. Toxins and waste in the body will then be removed via the skin. Hydration and moisture are not the same thing. Moisturizing dehydrated skin is not getting to the cause and may clog pores and worsen your problem. Both are necessary. Hydration addresses the inside imbalance---inner cleansing. Moisturizing addresses the effects of the outer elements sun, heat, cold and wind.” -Christine
“I tell my daughter, who is single right now, that the first step in finding love is loving yourself. I think the same goes for aging. Even on days when I don’t exactly feel beautiful or attractive, I get up and look in the mirror and pay myself a compliment. So much is important when you’re trying to fight aging---moisturizing, staying out of the sun, eating well and not drinking too much---but I think it’s just as important to be kind to yourself and love your imperfections. That’s where true beauty comes from.” -Kim

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