Complexion Inspection: Back To The Basics For Skin Care
April 2, 2025
As with most aspects of aging, the best skin care predictor for how your face and skin will hold up is some combination of genetics (congratulations if you and your mom were born with good skin), lifestyle, environment, and proactive measures. You can assume that as an older adult, you’ll…
Keeping Up Appearances: Some Recent Entries In The Skin Care Arena
March 5, 2025
Whether you’re pro-aging, anti-aging, or somewhere in between, there’s no shortage of ingredients and products being sold to help you cleanse, hydrate, and soothe your aging skin as little or as much as you want. And with the advent of technology into the skin care arena, the options and choices…
Going Gray: Continuing The Conversation About Gray Hair And Aging
February 19, 2025
Over the years, we’ve addressed the dilemma faced by many older women (and men): Whether to allow hair to turn naturally gray or whether to try to stem the tide by coloring your hair or in some other way minimizing the appearance of gray hair. During the COVID pandemic, it…
Gurus Give Advice: Makeup Experts Suggest What Works For Older Women
February 11, 2025
Sometimes expert advice can feel misplaced or not applicable to your situation. And certainly, many people claim to be authorities, but as Paul Newman once said, “Who’s to say who’s an expert.” But when it comes to cosmetics, there are some acknowledged experts, especially for older women and especially from…
Scientific Success: Research-Backed Skin Care Products For Aging Skin
November 20, 2024
No doubt as populations age worldwide, there will be an ever-expanding market for an array of options to push back against some of the inevitable aspects of aging, such as wrinkles and sagging skin. Especially with the influence of such social media platforms as TikTok, there will inevitably be strange…
Change Of Face: How To Consider Cosmetic Procedures, Small And Large
October 2, 2024
It’s a dilemma that many older women (and some men) confront: Whether to allow your face to age naturally without “intervention” or whether to embrace procedures, either (or both) small or large, to limit the effects of gravity, the loss of collagen, skin eruptions and other facial factors that affect…