Three things you shouldn´t stop doing, even during the lockdown

Strange is the new normal. With nowhere to go, you could be tempted to give up on your beauty routine completely.

Staying home gives us a break from most of our routine. We don’t need to wear full makeup every day, a bad hair day is just a hair day and the gorgeous manicures we got a few weeks ago are growing.
While most of this doesn’t matter, there are some beauty routines you shouldn’t break even while you’re staying at home.

Moisturise and hydrate from head to toe
Your hair and skin need moisture whether you’re going out or staying home.
Keeping your skin moisturised by using a good moisturiser and staying hydrated can keep your skin looking good naturally. Moisturiser can help prevent creasing, wrinkling and other skin conditions that can become permanent.

Keep it clean

It isn’t just your hands you need to keep clean. Keeping your skin and hair clean will prevent the build-up of oil, dirt and products that clog your pores and prevent the good products you use from being absorbed.

You might be tempted not to wash your face or to skip a shower because you aren’t going anywhere but looking after your skin is still important. It will also make you feel a lot better; trust us.
Sleep is the worst-kept beauty secret.

A disruption to your routine can disturb your sleep patterns. While staying up and catching up on all the series and movies you’ve always wanted to watch can be tempting, a sleepless night take a toll on your body and it shows.

Make sure to get in time to rest and relax; your body will definitely thank you for it.
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Cosmetic nose surgery may make a woman look up to three years younger

From face-lifts to facials and fillers, there’s no shortage of ways to reduce the inevitable signs of aging. But there’s one cosmetic procedure that most people don’t think about as a tool that can make women look years younger.

Rhinoplasty, or cosmetic nose surgery, may make a woman look up to three years younger, according to a new study led by researchers at UCLA that used a type of artificial intelligence known as machine learning.

Give yourself a nose job and lose three years with Dr. Frank Rosengaus

The researchers used the technology to study before-and-after photos of 100 female patients, ages 16 to 72, all of whom underwent rhinoplasty for cosmetic reasons by a UCLA surgeon and senior author of the study.

At 12 or more weeks later, standardized photographs were analyzed with the technology, which estimates a person’s age by cropping the face from a photograph and then extracting a prediction through an algorithm.

The results were even more dramatic in women over 40, some of whom were estimated to look seven years younger after rhinoplasty.

The nose is not usually a focus of anti-aging treatment. However, like other features of the body, the human nose, which is made up of soft tissue, cartilage and bone, also ages. The nose loses support as it ages and can take on a more prominent or droopy appearance.

The nose is also affected when other features of the face age. “When we lose facial fat and volume in our cheeks, which are the canvas that our nose sits on, the nose becomes more prominent.”
By refining the nose, he said, the youthful appearance of the entire face can be refined.

In this experimental model seen at the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Australia; the public is able to have a computerized facial analysis done looking at a mirror and an ideal proportioned beautifying masque applied to their faces. The perfect face is then rendered. Catch: is far from perfect!

Lucy McRae is a “Body Architect”

The body has always been a central thread in McRae’s professional and creative practice. Specifically, she is interested in how human biology might evolve with the assistance of design, emotional reconditioning, molecular biology, and technology.

As we age, our skin looks thinner, dryer and more fragile. It begins to sag, wrinkles and aging lines appear, and maybe age spots. There are many reasons for this, some intrinsic to the workings of our body, and some due to external factors.

Intrinsic reasons for skin aging

As we get older, we produce fewer new cells, and there is less fibroblast activity – these are the most common connective tissue cells. Reduced fibroblast activity means less collagen and elastin in the skin, generally meaning less elasticity. Decreasing hyaluronic acid levels also affect elasticity, and the skin’s ability to repair. Added to all this, the dermis naturally becomes thinner as we age, and the volume of subcutaneous tissue decreases.

All that happens as a matter of course in our body as we age. But what about factors outside of our body?

Extrinsic factors in skin aging

Different facets of social behavior and activity can accelerate the skin aging process. A regular sleeping position or habitual facial expressions can affect our skin.

And nothing defies gravity forever, our skin included. But the primary external factor is exposure to sun, which results in what is known as photo-damaged skin, characterized by increased dryness and fragility, loss of elasticity, deep wrinkling and irregular pigmentation. Excessive alcohol use or smoking can also damage the skin.

In smokers, the tiny blood vessels in the outermost layers of the skin narrow, and the reduced blood flow deletes the supply to the skin of the oxygen and nutrients essential to its health. Smoking also damages the collagen and elastin, while the repetitive facial expressions of smokers can turn to wrinkles.