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HOW AND WHY SKIN AGES
Aged skin is basically
characterized by the wearing out of adipose tissue and
alterations of connective tissue.
Features such as skin
color, thickness, softness, smoothness, elasticity and,
above all moisture content, actually change. However, senile
skin atrophy is not an illness, but simply the result of an
energy reduction linked to major metabolic alterations.
The connective tissue
modifies its chemical-colloidal state, shrinking in volume
and completely altering enzyme reactivity, particularly in
the elastic fibres and collagen tissue.
It is
well know that all these phenomena tend to be enhanced in
winter, due to the presence of low relative humidity.
In
fact, in ambient atmospheres of low related humidity the
stratum corneum fails in the competition for moisture.
The
skin will thus dehydrate, lose its flexibility and age
prematurely, unless adequate treatment is undertaken.
The
task of cosmetics is to care for the skin, protecting it
against environmental aggression, and keeping it as “young”
as possible and with the proper moisture level.
Actually, the presence or lack of water not only affects the
physical properties of the stratum corneum, but also it
desquamation. MAVI, well aware of these problems and on the
basis of more than a decade of experience in research, has
made efforts to solve such problems by creating professional
skin care lines based on clinically correct cosmetics
specially aimed to these goals.
The
quantity of water present in the surface layers of the skin
can thus be increased through local application of specially
designed cosmetic creams, drops, milks, monodoses, while the
strengthening of the moisturizing process in the deeper
layers (dermis) can be achieved by local application of
special doses and systemic administration of supplementary
nutrients specifically formulated to meet the needs of the
skin and the epidermal system. |
