Aging black, matte and mixed skin: Prevention and Advice
Skin aging is an inevitable physiological process. However, we are not all equal in the face of this natural phenomenon. Indeed, the effects of time are different depending on our origin and our place of life.
The intrinsic peculiarities of dark skin allow a better adaptation to the programmed senescence. They are also less sensitive to solar aging because black skin has natural protection.
However, over the years, the face still begins to wrinkle, the complexion to tarnish and the skin to become dehydrated. Not all of its deleterious effects can be treated effectively, which is why prevention is the best weapon to combat the effects of time. It must be specific to adapt to the particularities of black, matte and mixed skin.
Why is my skin getting older?
In reality, it is not about skin aging but about skin aging. Indeed, there are three types:
- the intrinsic, genetically programmed one. It is linked to our biological clock because from our birth, our organism fatefully tends to decline.
- the extrinsic one, due to the environment. Of particular note is the effect of stress, sun, pollution, diet and tobacco, which increase the production of free radicals. Extrinsic aging then accelerates the intrinsic aging process.
- and hormonal one, particularly present in women during menopause since estrogen deficiency accentuates skin dryness and loss of tone of the epidermis.
To better understand skin aging, it is necessary to place oneself at the cellular level:
However, black skin is physiologically better equipped with the signs of aging. Indeed, elastic fibers undergo little degradation over time and collagen fibers are more numerous and denser, compared to Caucasian skin, which results in a delay in the appearance of wrinkles and stronger skin resistance. In addition, melanocytes, cells responsible for skin pigmentation, are more developed and synthesize a protective pigment, melanin, which partly fights against UV radiation caused by the sun.
By this fact, it is considered that a black skin will take 10 years longer to age than a Caucasian skin. If prevention begins at the age of 25 in Caucasian skin, black skin can wait 35 years before using anti-aging products.
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What are the first signs of black skin aging?
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In the black subject, the skin begins by drying out and losing its elasticity. It becomes more refined, it also becomes less firm. Then the first wrinkles begin to appear, first at the level of the areas of expression that is to say at the level of the forehead (wrinkles of the lion), the eyes (pasta of geese) or at the level of the nasolabial folds. The eye area is one of the first areas to wrinkle because of the thinness of the skin. Senescence spots may also appear. Darker than the skin, they reflect an abnormality in the functioning of melanocytes. This anomaly is also observed by an irregular pigmentation of the entire face. Also, small yellowish-white or black nodules (papulosa nigra) may develop. In subjects of matte phenotype, the skin may also take on a thickened appearance and a yellowish coloration, comparable to a lemon peel (hence the qualifier of waxed skin). |
How to prevent the appearance of wrinkles in black skin?
Is it possible to fight against the passage of time? Yes... Sort of!
Above all, do not wait for the appearance of the first wrinkles to react. The best thing is to act upstream.
First of all, it is important to prevent extrinsic aging, the one caused by our environment. Skin disturbances due to smoking, and other drugs are partly reversible to the suppression of intoxication.
In addition, although dark skin is naturally better protected by the sun, it is important to protect yourself from UV rays that have the ability to pass through the different layers of the skin to create direct damage to cellular DNA. My SUN'OYA® SPF 50 Solar Fluid is perfectly suited for black and matte skin since it is easy to spread and guarantees optimal protection without white marks. On the other hand, the presence of vitamin E, a powerful antioxidant, helps fight against harmful free radicals formed during sun exposure.
Clearly, the basis of any prevention is to observe a healthy lifestyle. Regular sports practice limits the effects of skin aging since it participates, among other things, in the oxygenation of the vessels and a balanced diet participates in good cell renewal.
How to adapt your daily routine to prevent the appearance of wrinkles?
Cosmetology is essential and quite suitable for the prevention or even repair of certain signs of aging. It helps the skin to make its stock of nutrients necessary for its proper functioning. It leads to a decrease in intrinsic aging and helps fight against extrinsic aging by creating a protective barrier. From an early age, it is important to set up a routine that will be completed over the years.
First of all, the basis is to cleanse and/or remove makeup from your skin daily with a gentle, non-drying cleanser. The IN'OYA laboratory advises you to use My Micellar Water "Sensitive Skin" to apply on a cotton pad. It gently cleanses and removes makeup and soothes the skin thanks to bisabolol, a powerful plant active ingredient. After cleansing, applying a moisturizer in the morning is essential to protect the skin from the environment. We can never repeat it enough, preventing aging is first moisturizing your skin every day, all your life!
Indeed, maintaining good skin hydration is essential to limit the appearance of wrinkles. Especially since black skin is not adapted to the Western climate and dries up faster. This hydration is carried out not only orally, by drinking at least 1.5L of water per day, but also dermally via cosmetics.
In addition, hydration acts not only in skin mechanics, but also in all inflammatory and hyperpigmentation mechanisms that cause dark spots in black skin. The moisturizing active ingredients contained in my moisturizing and mattifying unifying treatment increase the affinity of keratin for water, regulate the physiological loss of water and consolidate the intercellular cement of the stratum corneum. They also contain anti-radical active ingredients that trap free radicals produced by external inconveniences (sun, tobacco, alcohol, pollution, stress, fatigue).
Finally, it is considered that from the age of 25, skin renewal declines and that it is necessary to help the skin to regenerate. This is all the more valid when the person has used lightening products that have weakened his epidermis. The night being a phase conducive to renewal, since the cellular machinery is at its maximum activity, it is therefore advisable to supplement your skincare routine in the evening with active ingredients more specific to the needs of mature skin.
