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.

Are you 55+?

New statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgery show that more patients above the age of 55 (baby boomers) are undergoing cosmetic procedures.

There were significant increases in treatments such as liposuction, hair transplantation, breast augmentation and implants and especially in minimally invasive procedures such as Botox and facial fillers. This age group also represents 2/3 parts of blepharoplasty and face lift.

Baby boomers do not seek to return the clock and look at 20, they just want to look their best and most vibrantly possible. Bring the “how they look” to the “how they feel.”

Another factor is that the divorce rate at this age has more than doubled over the 90’s, which explains why this generation is returning to seek new people.

Cosmetic procedures can give them the necessary confidence in that search.

Doing these procedures with specialized people, with extensive training and experience and certified by their respective specialty councils is the best way to guarantee a good result.

Antioxidants in sunscreens

It is universally accepted that to mitigate photo aging and the possible development of skin cancer, it is necessary to use broad-spectrum photo protection that covers the damage of both UVA and UVB sunrays.

The use of this type of sunscreen significantly reduces DNA transcription errors.

Additionally, several recent works and publications talk about the advantages that it would have to incorporate in them, antioxidants or other dermal treatment ingredients. These would contribute to the protection against infrared radiation, pollution and blue beam light.

Our skin is first

Antioxidants in general are beneficial because they reduce free radical damage and oxidative stress that in turn are associated with several severe conditions and pathologies.

Another factor is pollution, since the World Health Organization considers that 97% of urban dwellers breathe air of poor quality.

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Incrementa tu atractivo como hombre

Un estudio realizado por el Centro Médico de la Universidad de Georgetown en Washington, D.C., encontró que los hombres se benefician de la misma manera que las mujeres de la cirugía cosmética.

El estudio, publicado en la revista JAMA de Cirugía Plástica Facial, menciona que las gentes que evaluaron a pacientes masculinos después de la alguna cirugía los percibieron con mayor atractivo, con mayores herramientas sociales y con mayor seguridad e imagen de integridad. Sin embargo, el estudio no demuestra un impacto significativo en la percepción de masculinidad, cosa que si se refleja en las mujeres que son evocadas con mayor feminidad.

El espejo del alma

En años recientes, la actitud social ante el “mantener la apariencia” ha cambiado de algo parecido al narcisismo a aceptar el concepto del continuo de verse y sentirse bien. De hecho, hoy casi el 20% del mercado de la cirugía estética es masculina pero los rasgos físicos preferidos son muy diferentes: pómulos prominentes, mandíbulas tendiendo a ser cuadradas y mentones más prominentes.

Cicero describía a la cara como “el espejo del alma”, ya que la apariencia física de las personas es la característica personal más obvia y accesible para otros durante las interacciones sociales, así que no es sorprendente que cambios sutiles en la apariencia facial sean suficientemente poderosos para alterar el juicio de la personalidad de alguien.