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What happens to your face at 30?

“Cell turnover slows down, skin recovers less easily from inflammation, important proteins such as collagen and elastin breakdown faster and less is made and the naturally found skin plumping sugar known as hyaluronic acid starts to decrease.” Forehead wrinkles, crow's feet, bags under the eyes, and more prominent ...

self.com - How Your Skin Changes in Your 30s—and What You Can Do About It

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The age of 30 is often approached with a bit of wariness and, in some cases, downright panic. For some it can feel like a whole new chapter of life is beginning—for better or worse—and when it comes to your skin that is true. In your late 20s, you might have already noticed a few things changing about your body. You need more sleep to function, hangovers are much more extreme, and your stomach just doesn’t respond well to certain foods (or is that just me?). Your skin is also going through a transition during this time. After 30, you might experience more dryness and irritation than you ever did. Not to mention strange spots seem to pop up from nowhere. But all this is perfectly normal, according to dermatologists. When your skin starts feeling out of whack, you can make a few simple adjustments to your skin-care regimen to get things back in sync. We asked top dermatologists to reveal the skin changes you can expect in your 30s, and the solutions that work best to treat them.

You notice that your skin is looking a little dull.

Your skin cell turnover slows down as early as your 20s. By the time you hit your 30s new cells are visible every 28-35 days, whereas they once turned over every 14 days or so when you were a child. “This means dead cells start accumulating on the surface of the skin and interfering with light reflection,” Joshua Zeichner, M.D., director of cosmetic and clinical research in dermatology at Mount Sinai Medical Center, tells SELF. “This is often characterized by a loss of radiance.”

Solution: Exfoliate twice a week.

Since your skin cells aren’t turning over as often, you can rid your skin of these dead cells manually to reveal newer, brighter skin cells underneath. This not only makes your skin more glowing, but it also helps ensure that the products you layer on top are absorbed more deeply. Dr. Zeichner suggests using a gentle exfoliating scrub, such as St. Ives Even and Bright Pink Lemon and Mandarin Orange Scrub ($4) or Cetaphil Extra Gentle Daily Scrub ($8), to exfoliate and improve skin radiance. “Start out once per week, and advance to twice or three times per week as tolerated,” he adds.

Your skin is dry, dry, dry.

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Another pesky side effect of slowing skin turnover is that the top layer of skin has a more difficult time staying moisturized naturally. “It takes longer for the top layer of the skin to slough off, giving a more dull and dry quality,” Melissa Kanchanapoomi Levin, M.D., board-certified NYC dermatologist and clinical instructor at NYU Langone and Mount Sinai, tells SELF. “Furthermore, production of hydrating factors in the skin such as hyaluronic acid slows down and break down increases.” Dr. Levin recommends incorporating an exfoliating product with alpha hydroxy acid (glycolic, lactic, citric, etc.) into your weekly routine in your 30s to help with cell turnover. (Note: If you are already exfoliating with a scrub, there’s no need to add an AHA, and vice versa.) She likes Revision Brightening Facial Wash ($32), which has both salicylic and glycolic acid in combination with vitamin C and other skin-brightening agents. Keep in mind that over-exfoliating can make dryness even worse, so make sure you’re restoring the skin’s moisture barrier with a hydrating cream. For a drugstore option, try CeraVe Daily Moisturizing Lotion ($13). A luxury alternative is Skinceuticals Triple Lipid Restore 2:4:2 ($128), which has a balance of ceramides, cholesterol, and fatty acids.

Your face doesn’t look as full as it used to.

“I always say that life starts to show up on our face and skin in our 30s,” Dr. Levin says. “Cell turnover slows down, skin recovers less easily from inflammation, important proteins such as collagen and elastin breakdown faster and less is made and the naturally found skin plumping sugar known as hyaluronic acid starts to decrease.” Forehead wrinkles, crow’s feet, bags under the eyes, and more prominent laugh lines called nasolabial folds are all new things you might notice in your 30s. Changing hormones also contribute to many of these changes, specifically a loss of estrogen that causes us to lose volume and bone mass in our skull, cheekbones, and jawline.

self.com - How Your Skin Changes in Your 30s—and What You Can Do About It

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