Skincare Secrets That Keep My Skin Looking 25

I’m 41, but I look 25. I’ve discovered that’s the consensus of nearly everyone I meet. Rather annoyingly, it’s become a habit of mine to casually drop my age into conversation with new people just so I can see their amazed reactions.

Regardless of whether we admit it or not, it’s pretty much a universal desire amongst all of us to look as youthful as we can. The beauty industry wouldn’t be the big business it is if it weren’t. Despite this, something about glorifying not looking my age leaves me slightly uncomfortable.

So, I want to begin by clarifying—this isn’t an ‘anti-ageing’ article, it’s an article sharing the skincare secrets behind how I have helped my skin retain many of the health features most often associated with young skin—aka plumpness, firmness, smoothness, and glow.

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It’s important, however, to remember that whether my skin shows signs of ageing or not isn’t just down to what I’ve done or not done to my face. There are so many other factors at play when it comes to skin ageing, as Dr Ben Taylor-Davies, Aesthetics Doctor and Clinical Director of The Stockbridge Clinic, explains: “It’s influenced by several key factors including genetics, hormonal changes, UV exposure and other lifestyle factors such as stress, smoking and health habits. Loss of collagen is one of the key changes we see—this is caused by intrinsic factors such as hormones, and extrinsic factors such as UV (sun) exposure over a person’s lifetime.”