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Mar
2024

Glowing Through Menopause: Skincare Tips for Mature Skin

Piroska Cavell BSc,PgDip,PgCert is a former midwife and now medical of her aesthetics and wellbeing Clinic-Clinic Sese in Whitstable.

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Your skin is the reflection of the world of what is going on inside you. Both physically and .

STRESS, we band that word around a lot in this day and age, we know it is bad for our health and we also know that stress your skin, it can age you, it can dry you out, make you break out, it can make you lose your hair. These are all symptoms of stress; your skin is trying to tell you to address the source of your stress before you become ill.

 Why is it to these issues?

The skin is your largest organ, and it not only reflects what is happening on your insides, but it is your primary against infection and the frontline of your immune system. Your skin function as part of your immune system relies on your skin remaining in the best condition possible.

If you are stressed and run down and your skin starts to show signs of stress weakening and breaking, this the immune function, and you are more not just to premature ageing but to picking up all the bugs.

Looking after your skin is not vain.

For this reason, aesthetic such as the use of , polynucleotides, , skin and are important in maintaining your skin’s to you.

These aesthetic treatments your skin on many levels. They can stimulate production, for your skin’s strength and .

The new treatments, such as polynucleotides can enable your body to new skin cells. Other Treatments (https://www.auradental.co.uk) and reduce . the skin will relieve the results of stress on the skin but we need to look deeper to treat the source.

What is going on under the skin?

Cortisol is a hormone, and it fluctuates during the 24 hours of the day as part of your sleep-wake cycle. It is naturally a little higher just before you wake and is to reduce during the day. However, if you are emotionally under pressure or you can to with it higher than normal levels and staying there. This inflammation in your body all your systems, reducing your libido causing dysfunction, and it wreaks havoc with your skin. It also with your ‘master’ hormone which promotes weight gain, and they store fat on your tummy.

It is not just emotional stress; you can stress your body with both zero and as well as and extremely calorie-reduced diets.

The role of the gut.

The gut microbiome is being recognised now for the significant role it plays in your entire body. The gut microbiome is made up of more cells than you have in your body and weighs the same as your brain. The is fighting to keep your body as well as it can 24 hours a day. We now know this is where most of your is produced and stored ready for release.

Serotonin is a key hormone responsible for your mood balance. This is part of what is known as the gut-brain axis. The gut and the brain with each other to support your body systems.

Cortisol inhibits serotonin production as does alcohol, which also your stores of in the gut which shows is why you get the ‘beer fear’ with a .

The gut also plays a huge role in your skin health. This is known as the gut-skin axis. When it is by high cortisol, high or elevated levels of food, the gut becomes weakened, and the number of good gut bacteria is taken over by bad gut bacteria. These can access your blood system through your gut wall. signs of this in the skin include to sun damage and premature ageing, breakouts, acne, rosacea, psoriasis, and eczema. Research has shown that these conditions by focusing on the gut has fantastic results.

How to fix this?

Start on the inside.

There are several things you can do to reduce your cortisol levels. The first one is to manage the source of your stress.

That is not always simple.

So, you need to protect yourself as much as possible. To do that the key thing is to sleep, ensure you go to bed at the same time every night as much as possible, your body loves a .

Cut all the processed food from your diet. Anything that comes in a packet, and yes that includes all those foods that claim to be healthy are not.

Eat a varied natural colourful diet including fresh food and fermented food with plenty of fibre and the addition of probiotics to help boost your good gut .

Try and leave at least 12 hours between the last thing you eat at night and the first thing you eat the next day. This allows your gut and your body to reset.

Do not starve yourself!

Reduce your . The odd glass of wine or beer is fine, but if you have you are drinking every night as a habit to relax and unwind, swap that for a 10 walk, yes just 10 minutes and just a walk.

Cold water therapy is for stress. A daily cold shower or a swim in the sea is known to reduce your stress and increase your resilience. It is also for your skin health.

Have more sex if you can. This is a great natural way to reduce your cortisol levels.

What about your sex hormones?

Both men and women experience a drop in sex hormones for women and for men. Both sexes experience low mood, higher anxiety and irritability, lack of motivation, and reduced libido. Men may experience dysfunction, women may experience pain during sex, incontinence, vaginal atrophy, and . the effect of cortisol, so in menopause, as drops higher levels of circulating in the body and this can anxiety and depression.

In men, elevated levels of cortisol can block your body’s to .

How can you tell?

To be 100% sure a blood test or something called a Dutch test to check your levels including . With this information, you can look at to rebalance your including to rebalance your .

Your body is a fabulous finely-tuned that is constantly battling to keep you in the best possible shape. Over time, too often we stop listening to our bodies and avoid the root cause of issues that present as changes in our mood, weight, skin, and sexual .

If you only treat the surface issues such as poor skin health, the issues will continue which is why I an approach to all treatments.

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Many thanks to the author of this blog  who founded  who are in advanced anti-ageing aesthetics, wellbeing, and women’s health based in Margate. 

Piroska’s unique career path, a combination of both and medical roles – from beauty to makeover artist, from midwife to advanced practitioner – has her expert eye for aesthetic artistry and an of the and within each self.

Call Piroska and the team at Clinic Sese now on 0739   or visit .

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