5 AGE-RELATED ISSUES

01. Stains

The main factors? 

Brown spots can have different origins (lifestyle, hormonal factors, pollution, etc.) but are all aggravated 1. by the sun, and 2. by age.

The people most affected?

People over 45 years old (or younger due to overexposure to the sun without protection).

How to prevent them? 

Combining Vitamin C with sun protection is the most effective solution for preventing spots. Summer and winter, even in cloudy or rainy weather. On the face, neckline and hands. ⁠

How to correct them?

1. To effectively treat ALL stains, vitamin C is essential but is not sufficient. Indeed, the spots come from an overproduction of 2 pigments: melanin - linked to overexposure to the sun (and on which vitamin C acts) AND lipofuscin - linked to age (and on which an active ingredient called oleuropein, an olive leaf extract). Find these two anti-dark spots active ingredients in our ORGANIC C RADIANCE SERUM . Use morning and evening.⁠
2. An exfoliant with AHAs (fruit acids), like our ORGANIC DETOX MASK , to boost cell renewal and therefore accelerate the appearance of new cells, without spots. 2 times a week for normal, combination or oily skin. Once a week for sensitive skin.⁠
3. Dermatological treatments such as chemical peels, laser and pulsed light (IPL).

As always in cosmetics, regularity and persistence are the key to obtaining results. Allow approximately 3 months in the case of tasks. ⁠

02. Skin sagging

Skin sagging is a natural process of skin aging due to multiple internal factors (decrease in collagen, elastic fibers, hyaluronic acid, etc.) and aggravated by external factors (poor lifestyle, exposure to the sun). , etc). Even though this process is natural, it is possible to slow it down and restore firmness to your skin with the right actions.

How to prevent and slow down? 

1. Practice facial yoga to stimulate muscles and blood circulation, but also to boost the production of collagen, hyaluronic acid, etc.
2. Stimulate cell renewal by exfoliating regularly. To find out more about exfoliation, click here! 
3. Hydrate deeply with a hyaluronic acid serum, like our REGENERATING SERUM WITH ORGANIC HYALURONIC ACID , to prevent and correct dehydration and provide volume and elasticity.
4. Choose anti-aging creams incorporating (natural) tensing active ingredients. At Apicia, our anti-aging formulas contain a patented biotechnological active ingredient of marine origin that improves epidermal strength and contraction, while stimulating the production of proteins essential to strengthening the cohesion of the skin. Find this active ingredient in our ORGANIC UNIVERSAL ANTI-AGING CARE and in our RICH ORGANIC ANTI-AGING CARE.

And be careful, we don’t forget the neckline! To take care of your bust, consider sun protection (with SPF before each exposure) and hydration. Moisturize (morning and evening) with a suitable treatment such as our ORGANIC BUST CARE . To go further, you can apply our ORGANIC REGENERATING SERUM with hyaluronic acid before the Bust Treatment.

 

03. Wrinkles

Like sagging skin, cellular aging plays an important role in the formation of wrinkles. The 3 main factors? Dehydration (decrease in hyaluronic acid), decrease in structural proteins (like collagen and elastin) and production of free radicals.

How to slow down their appearance? 

• By adopting a healthy lifestyle (avoiding processed foods, tobacco, etc.) and consuming as many antioxidants as possible (to protect cells against free radicals) and nutrients (to provide the body with all that which it needs to create the structural proteins of the skin).

The most antioxidant and micronutrient -rich food ? Fresh pollen ! Take 2 large teaspoons every day. Ideally at the end of a meal with fruit.

• By protecting yourself from the sun with a daily application of SPF50+ (mineral) sunscreen, even on cloudy days.

• By nourishing and treating your skin with the most recognized anti-aging and anti-wrinkle active ingredients, such as vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, white rose, fruit acids, ceramides, quality vegetable oils, caffeine, honey… All these active ingredients are complementary.

Find our anti-wrinkle treatments here.

04. Drought

The older we get, the more the skin becomes dehydrated. For what ? One of the causes of dry skin is a decrease in the activity of the sebaceous glands (which produce sebum) and a decrease in hyaluronic acid (which has the role of retaining water molecules in the epidermis). . Results ? Lack of flexibility and elasticity, more pronounced wrinkles, tightness and loss of radiance.

How to fight against dryness due to age?

1. Integrate a hyaluronic acid serum containing the 3 molecular weights, to act on the surface at the same time (high molecular weight hyaluronic acid binds to the stratum corneum of the epidermis and thus covers it with a protective film) , and both in depth (low molecular weight hyaluronic acid penetrates deep into the skin, stimulates collagen synthesis, and retains water in the dermis). Find the 3 molecular weights of hyaluronic acid at a record concentration of 2% in our REGENERATING SERUM WITH ORGANIC HYALURONIC ACID.
2. Choose a moisturizer containing lipid-replenishing active ingredients AND moisturizing active ingredients such as vegetable glycerin, vegetable oils and ceramides to help strengthen the skin barrier and improve hydration and comfort of the skin. Find these active ingredients in ourORGANIC DRY AND SENSITIVE SKIN CARE and in our ULTRA COMFORTING ORGANIC FACE MASK.
3. Do hydration treatments with our ULTRA COMFORTING ORGANIC FACE MASK. This ultra-nourishing mask improves the quality of the intercellular cement and retains water on the surface, preventing its evaporation. We recommend regenerating treatments by applying the mask EVERY evening for 1 week (or every 2 days for 10-14 days). This treatment will transform your skin: it will be much more supple, plump and soothed. To do regularly.

05. Accentuation of problems around the eye 

This area is particularly fragile and sensitive. This is the area most vulnerable to signs of aging.

The most common problems?

• Dark circles: due to poor blood circulation and poor lymphatic circulation. causing poor elimination.

• Puffiness: due to accumulation and retention of water, which is visible when you wake up but disappears during the day.

• Fine lines and dehydration: due to the thinness of the skin around the eyes, this area is most affected by dryness and skin aging, and therefore marks wrinkles and fine lines more easily.

How to treat them?

• Decongest and stimulate the lymph and blood system upon waking with cold compresses soaked in cool water. Leave on your eyelids for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Reduce dark circles by recycling your (organic!) green tea bags by putting them in the fridge for 10 to 15 minutes then leaving them under your eyes for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Avoid using makeup removers that are too aggressive and opt instead for gentle, natural treatments like our ORGANIC MAKEUP REMOVER OIL.

• Use an eye contour, morning and evening, with active ingredients targeting specific signs of aging around the eye area. At Apicia, our ORGANIC EYE CARE contains a record concentration of patented active ingredients to treat bags, dark circles, wrinkles and dehydration.
• After applying your eye treatment, gently stimulate with light tapping around the eye.