Longevity (longevity medicine)

Lon­ge­vi­ty refers to the field of rese­arch and medi­ci­ne con­cer­ned with living a long life in good health. The focus is not on life­span alo­ne, but on how age-rela­ted dise­a­ses and loss of func­tion can be delay­ed. Lon­ge­vi­ty medi­ci­ne draws on age­ing rese­arch, pre­ven­ti­ve medi­ci­ne and life­style medicine.

Appli­ca­ti­on

In prac­ti­ce, it invol­ves an indi­vi­du­al assess­ment and mea­su­res that lower the risk of car­dio­vas­cu­lar, meta­bo­lic and other age-rela­ted con­di­ti­ons: exer­cise, diet, sleep, not smo­king and regu­lar check-ups. The skin is a visi­ble organ on which age­ing pro­ces­ses show ear­ly, which is whe­re the idea of skin lon­ge­vi­ty comes from.

Good to know

Many con­cepts in lon­ge­vi­ty rese­arch, such as mea­su­ring bio­lo­gi­cal age or new acti­ve sub­s­tances, are based on labo­ra­to­ry and ani­mal stu­dies. Evi­dence in humans is still limi­t­ed for many of the ser­vices on offer. The best-sup­port­ed mea­su­res remain life­style fac­tors and con­sis­tent sun protection.

Matching tre­at­ment at Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic: Skin lon­ge­vi­ty (pre­ven­ti­on)