Intrinsic skin ageing

Intrin­sic skin age­ing is the natu­ral age­ing pro­cess of the skin, dri­ven from within. It is deter­mi­ned main­ly by gene­tics, hor­mo­n­al chan­ges and a gra­du­al decli­ne in cell func­tion. It is also known as chro­no­lo­gi­cal skin ageing.

Appli­ca­ti­on

Over the years, cell rene­wal slows down, the skin beco­mes thin­ner and drier, and it pro­du­ces less col­la­gen and hyalu­ro­nic acid. Fine lines appear and the tis­sue loses firm­ness. This pat­tern is typi­cal of are­as of the body that are rare­ly expo­sed to the sun, such as the inner upper arms. In women, fal­ling oes­tro­gen levels during the meno­pau­se acce­le­ra­te the pro­cess (hor­mo­n­al skin age­ing).

Good to know

Intrin­sic age­ing can­not be stop­ped. Howe­ver, it accounts for a smal­ler share of visi­ble facial age­ing than pho­to­aging. Skin­ca­re with reti­no­ids and mois­tu­ri­sers, as well as tre­at­ments that sti­mu­la­te col­la­gen pro­duc­tion, can sof­ten its effects. Rever­sing the pro­cess is not possible.

Matching tre­at­ment at Swiss Der­ma Cli­nic: Anti-Aging tre­at­ment