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Premature Aging has a negative impact on careers, social life and your self image. Understanding the structure and function of the skin helps as you seek to find products that reduce the appearance of visible signs of facial aging.

As we get older components of our skin - collagen and elastin - degenerate setting the stage for the appearance of wrinkles, creases, folds, and furrows. The breakdown of these components, accelerated by sun exposure and gravity, result in sagging skin. Skin is easily damaged, by external factors such as sunlight, pollution, harsh soaps and chemicals and by internal causes such as cigarette smoke and diet. Source: The National Institute on Aging
According to the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), with aging all skin cells begin to produce excess amounts of free radicals - unstable oxygen molecules - that, under ideal circumstances, are removed by naturally occurring antioxidants within the skin's cells. In aging skin cells, antioxidants are in short supply. The free radicals generated are left unchecked and cause damage to cell membranes, proteins, and DNA. These free radicals eventually break down a protein substance in connective tissue (COLLAGEN) and release chemicals that cause inflammation in the skin. It is a combination of these cellular and molecular events that leads to skin aging and the formation of wrinkles.

As we age, each layer of the skin grows thinner. In addition, the Stratum Corneum becomes rough. Collagen is one of the substances that gives our skin its youthful suppleness and tautness, but it is also especially susceptible to damage from free radicals. Normally, collagen molecules "slide" over one another, which gives its skin its softness and resiliency. But once they've been damaged they become stiff and inflexible and that conditions tends to make the skin look "old."
Studies show that photons from certain LEDs produce bioactive effects (those that interact with living tissues) and can benefit the appearance of sun-damaged, discolored, and aging skin.

Skin Damage

Dryness: Studies show that photons from certain LEDs produce bioactive effects (those that interact with living tissues) and can benefit the appearance of sun-damaged, discolored, and aging skin.

Sun Damage: Melanocytes begin to burn out when you reach your late 30's and 40's reducing the skin's ability to fight sun damage and often causing uneven pigmentation.
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Thinning: After about age 40, the dermis and the skin's fat layer begin to thin. The process picks-up-steam after your 50th birthday and the result is sagging and the loss of the plump, youthful softness. The loss of the fat layer also makes the skin more fragile and likely to corrode.

Loss of Firmness: In the dermis, cells called fibroblasts constantly replenish our skins production of collagen and elastin. Fibroblasts lose their ability to function over the years, resulting in the reduction of collagen and elastin.

Diminished Immune Response: The skin is home to Langerhan's cells, receptors for the immune system that registers the presence of foreign agents and toxins. Without them we are less likely to get a warning signal when we come in contact with irritants.

Reduced ability to Repair Damage: Our body loses its ability to repair free-radical damage, so changes in the cells become more pronounced, accelerating aging.

Loss of Temperature Control: Sweat glands also slowly lose their ability to function, which makes it harder four our body to regulate itself and register heatr and cold.