Did you know that during the first 5 years of menopause, up to 30% of the skin’s dermal collagen is lost and overall, a woman’s skin ages more rapidly after menopause than at any other time in her life?
But why is this? Collagen is a protein that provides structure in the skin helping skin to look and feel tight, firm and youthful-looking. As collagen reduces, fine lines and wrinkles become more pronounced, youthful volume reduces and skin can start to ‘sag’. Changes in hormone levels during perimenopause and menopause can also have a significant impact on the quality and elasticity of the skin; less oestrogen leaves skin prone to thinning, sagging and wrinkling, and can also leave skin feeling sensitive and irritated.
Thankfully, there are a some clinically proven at-home skincare products and beauty devices that can help to restore collagen and tackle the unique skincare concerns that many women experience during perimenopause and menopause, including Emepelle and NEWA, both of which I’m proud to stock in clinic via my new online skincare consultations – helping you to upgrade your at-home skincare regime during the coronavirus lockdown and effectively tackle a range of skin concerns from the comfort and safety of your own home.
So what are these new products?
Emepelle is a skincare line which has been carefully formulated and clinically proven to address collagen loss and skin ageing caused by the menopause, helping you to rejuvenate, restore and rebalance skin affected by menopause. It uses patented MEP Technology, which helps to restore the function of Oestrogen Deficient Skin without hormones or hormone replacement. Research carried out into the effectiveness of MEP found that after 14 weeks’ of using the product, participants advised of a 54% improvement in dryness, 39% improvement in dullness and 19% improvement in skin laxity (source: https://emepelle.com/mep-technology/).
NEWA is a clinically proven home-use skin rejuvenation device that naturally boosts collagen, leaving your skin tighter, firmer, smoother and more radiant. NEWA uses unique, 3DEEP technology to deliver controlled energy 3 layers deep into your skin, without any pain or risk, stimulating your natural collagen production and restoring the skin’s natural support. These at-home treatments take just 8 minutes and feel like a warm massage, and it is recommended that you carry out treatments 3-5 times a week for the first month, and then twice a week to help maintain the skin rejuvenation results. Studies found that 100% of women showed a reduction in wrinkle severity after just 4 weeks of using the NEWA at-home skin rejuvenation device.
FaceLITE is an at-home LED treatment – perfect if you’re missing your regular Dermalux treatments! It’s a flexible mask that using LEDs to bathe the skin in beneficial light, helping to stimulate collagen and elastin production and improve blood flow and tissue oxygenation. FaceLITE currently have two at-home skincare devices available – one for the face and one that covers the neck and chest – please get in touch if you’d like more information!
If you would like to find out more about at-home skincare products that could help you effectively tackle skincare issues that have been triggered or made worse by perimenopause or menopause, please get in touch. Book in for an online skincare consultation with me today so that we can identify the unique challenges you are facing and tailor a skincare regime that can really help. https://www.ab-med.co.uk/booking/
