{"id":40,"date":"2014-10-02T19:50:25","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T19:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/?p=40"},"modified":"2014-10-03T23:59:09","modified_gmt":"2014-10-03T23:59:09","slug":"the-anatomy-behind-aging-skin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/the-anatomy-behind-aging-skin\/","title":{"rendered":"The anatomy behind aging skin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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To understand how we visibly age it helps to understand the anatomy of the skin. Two features many people recognize, our hair follicles\u00a0and sweat glands.<\/div>\n
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The outer or superficial layer of the skin is called the epidermis underneath that is the dermis.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The epidermis contains Elastin,\u00a0which gives young skin elasticity and enables it to quickly recover its shape.<\/div>\n
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The sweat glands which contain and release moisture\u00a0are also important for youthful skin as is the blood supply\u00a0but a lot of unprotected sun exposure even when you’re young can dry out the skin. Surface cracks allow even more moisture to escape and damage skin produces less Elastin which contributes to wrinkle formation. Using the right kind of sunblock or sunscreen can help to prevent further damage the Sun gives off several kinds of rays\u00a0including UVA\u00a0and you UVB\u00a0both can damage skin<\/div>\n
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The skin on the left is protected from both but the skin on the right<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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is not protected against UVAs which continue to damaged tissues. This prompts cells in the epidermis to release melanin\u00a0which darkens the skin. A lot of exposure results in sunburn\u00a0which causes the release of\u00a0more melanin to protect the skin\u00a0and leads to sun spots and freckles.<\/div>\n
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Using the wrong kinds of\u00a0soaps can\u00a0also age skin by stripping away the thin protective coating called the\u00a0acid mantle. Cigarettes smoke promotes skin cracks and wrinkles\u00a0because it reduces levels of Nitric Oxide,\u00a0a cellular gas that helps keep skin flexible.<\/div>\n
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Many women use an exfoliating agent to debride\u00a0or scrape off dead skin cells. Some agents becomes smaller or dissolve as\u00a0they are used\u00a0which can help prevent overuse or damage while still leaving young healthy material.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Hydration is also important\u00a0ideally the solution will penetrate the pores\u00a0and keep them small while also plumping up the epidermis.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To understand how we visibly age it helps to understand the anatomy of the skin. Two features many people recognize, our hair follicles\u00a0and sweat glands. The outer or superficial layer of the skin is called the epidermis underneath that is the dermis. The epidermis contains Elastin,\u00a0which gives young skin elasticity and enables it to quickly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":43,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[9,21],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/age.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Zdgf-E","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.liveultrahealthy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}