Lifestyle, diet, habits and the misuse and unsupervised application of anti-aging treatments are few of the causes. Of course there is also the issue of the genes but if we discount that for the moment, here are the following anti-aging treatments that address dull skin.

The Causes

While aging causes skin to dull that is mainly due to the skins slowing regenerative process, dull skin is also caused by fatigue and stress. Just as often the lack of vitamins and other essential nutrients, drinking alcohol, smoking, exposure extreme temperatures, frequent sun and wind exposure, slow blood circulation and sickness causes dull skin complexion.

The anti-aging treatments to livelier skin

Drink plenty of liquids. The body is composed largely of water. It expels plenty of them every day and consequently needs a lot to keep it working properly. Plenty of water and juices will keep the body hydrated. Sometimes, sweating alone could lively up the skin.

Food choices. Foods that are rich in amino and other fatty acids like berries and nuts help restore the glow to the skin. Sometimes though this is the instance when you could use fatty foods, dull skin complexion is also a sign of the body’s deficiency in fats and oils.

Moisturize. Applying make-up before moisturizing the skin will ultimately result in dull complexion. Applying a make-up that is yellow based only make matters worse. Avoid them.

Exercise. There is no better way to make the skin lively than to conduct a more lively life. Sweating cleanses the pores and removes trapped dirt and even old skin. Exercise also excites the oil glands in the skin. When the oil from the body is moved out to the outer skin layers, it will coat the skin rejuvenating it and making it healthier.

Exfoliate. Our skin is replenished yearly but why wait that long. Exfoliating twice a week does the job well. Not exfoliating regularly is allowing the skin to accumulate the dead and dying cells in its surface dulling the skin. Not exfoliating regularly causes pores to be plugged by old oils in the skin that may already have accumulated enough dirt; ultimately, this will lead to black heads and unsightly unevenness of skin texture not to mention an unhealthy pallor.

Massages. Massaging the skin improves blood circulation. Facial muscles benefit much from this. Massaging the face with facial creams and massaging oils will improve the skin color, improve unsightly fleshiness, and will tighten the tissues and facial muscles.

Dermabrasion and microdermabrasion are good to brighten the complexion. Not to be confused with skin peels and exfoliation, microdermabrasion contains aluminum oxide crystals that cleans and removes surface dirt and dead cells and are effective at providing youthful looking skin.

Use Steam. Done once a week will be a very effective method at cleaning deep seated dirt and in loosening up debris that have been imbedded into the skin. It also removes traces of make up that have not been removed well. The heat will also open the pores of the skin clearing away and flushing out toxins.

Apply brightening masks. Brightening face masks are good at correcting irregularities in pigmentation and prevent the development of decolonization. What results is brighter and a very pleasant skin tone.

Further studies revealed that death of cells in your skin and other aging-related organ damage are generally caused by cellular oxidation, inflammation and unstable molecules. A diet conscious of calorie intakes can help reduce the inflammation and therefore can be beneficial as well in inhibiting death of the skin cells.

It is thought that the skin cells die because they lose their capability to replicate, in science, a phenomenon called “replicative senescence.” Cells are known to have the capability to replicate up to 90 times.

However, after this time the immune system of the body starts to weaken, along with the weakening of the cells. Thus, skin regeneration has also been affected which eventually causes anti-aging signs to show up, specifically wrinkles, lines, marks, and uneven skin tone and spots. It is also for this reason why wounds do not heal easily.

The Anti-aging Treatment and Cosmetics as a Solution

If you are going to ask a doctor for a prescription of anti-aging treatment medications, you will be provided a very limited number. The truth is, a wide number of solutions to aging skin problems goes from clinical to medical anti-aging remedies, and from supplements, treatment creams and products, to taking supplements.

The cosmetic remedies have been a popular resort to most women to inhibit, treat, and cure skin aging signs. Skin creams and moisturizers and countless other serums are there displayed into the public by various cosmetic companies to promise to slow down the aging of the people. But do they really slow down the aging?

It shouldn’t confuse anyone. It is more accurate to say that these cosmetic products delay the signs of aging, specifically in the skin. They stop the lines and wrinkles from growing and they give the skin the glow and suppleness for a healthy and youthful look.

But to be strictly beneficial, these anti-aging skin cosmetic products wouldn’t do the works alone. It is because in order for these products to wholly give you satisfying results, it must be combined with healthy practices in your lifestyle.

Fighting the signs of aging will do wonders for you if you approach it in a healthy manner. This involves healthy eating, drinking, sleeping, and a positive approach to life.

A Positive, Healthy Approach to Life

In many circumstances, people will say that “age is just numbers.” To some people who have been leading a rather young and positive lifestyle could attest to this phrase as utterly true. We know that there are individuals who, even in their twilight years, can still put other younger, average people a run for their money.

If you observe these older people who seem to be still very active and enjoying life endlessly, these are those individuals who not only lead a very healthy and stress-free lifestyle but have a very positive outlook in life.

You see, it is not only the anti-aging treatment creams and products, anti-aging clinical procedures, and anti-aging medical remedies that can put more years off your face and body. More important than that is how you take care of your skin and its inner beings. It is how you feed your body, how you hydrate your skin, and how you see life in general.

One could only turn on the television set and at least two channels in any cable company are shopping networks that sells exercise equipment and gadgets, all modified to make exercising easier and less time consuming. All directed to make people exercise and to accommodate also the issues confronting older people.

Understandably so, as the body ages, it desires more rest from activities that require less physical effort. On the other hand, this is the time when it needs it more.

Aging and Metabolism – Most people think that as they age, their metabolism slows down too. In many respects this is true that is why the need for exercise is greater. Often though, the reason for slower metabolism for older people is that they stop moving as much compared to when they were younger.

Not moving so much also tends to make even the voluntary muscles in the body slower. Plaques develop especially in the colon and when the junk and the gunk stay there caused by slower metabolism, ailments develop faster.

The body also develops more fat than muscles as it ages which is the more reason to burn more calories. Younger people have more lean muscles. This is why they do not sweat as much with every exertion than older people do.

Aging and keeping an active mind – There is a correlation between being physically and mentally active. A person, especially older people, who leads sedentary lifestyle tends to have more lethargic cognitive abilities than same age groups that remained physically active.

Aging and injuries – As people reach middle age, recovery from injuries takes a while longer. So it is true that as people starts to approach middle age, they may want to limit the frequency of exerting strenuous physical activity. Still exercising is needed albeit they have to take longer periods of rests.

Exercising and deaths – As people approach middle age the fear of falling dead during physical exertion and other horror stories becomes more believable. False belief. Actually the chance is one in 1.5 million sessions and the findings are not very conclusive.

However, it will still be good to consult a physician first for better guidance. But then even the physician will recommend exercising provided there are no seriously prohibitive reasons.

Aging and Strength training – Strength training and weight training could slow down the loss of lean body mass in older persons. Depending also on a person’s initial fitness and dependent on how hard he works out, lean body mass could be developed.

Aging and Strength development – A good anti-aging treatment for aging people is the regaining or the development of strength first. People approaching middle age who started walking a certain distance a day finds out that they could endure more distances on following days and the distances keeps on increasing.

Development of the strength in this manner prepares the person for more serious work outs. In fact strength development does not need high tech equipments, the road, the stairs, and the door jamb, whatever.

Provided your physician gives the go, exercise materials could be found anywhere. Besides, strength development is necessary if one plans to do aerobics later on.

Anti-aging treatments like exercising could be done anywhere and are available anywhere. Often they do not require too much effort nor do they have to be too time consuming. Sometimes, the simplest are even the most effective.

Exercising also remains to be the least expensive anti aging treatment ever. All other alternatives do not make the grade as much as exercise does.