About You

Just 'n Revive Spa cares about your health as well as your appearance. In order to help fulfill our mission we summarize the latest in clinical research and results in our All About You column.

INFLAMMATION AND AGING

The genetic effects of aging are now known to begin for most people around sixty years of age. Any aging that occurs before that magic number is the result of your environment and lifestyle choices. The causes of environmental aging include such varied results from over exposure to the sun, your diet and lifestyle choices.

Visible results of inflammation, like a sunburn, means that layers of skin have become severely damaged. The toxins we take in also have long-term effects on our skin. Smoking and, to a lesser extent, air pollution also contributes to internal inflammation, just like a sunburn. It is the toxins in the smoke delivers that causes the most damage, not the ash in the smoke itself.

Diet is the primary cause of internal inflammation at a cellular level. Sugars, simple carbohydrates and saturated fats are the primary causes of inflammation in our cells, including our skin. Internal inflammation causes glycation (a “burning” of the cells) and damages their ability to fully function. The process of glycation is what causes cookies to turn brown on their edges when the combination of sugar and fat are exposed to heat. Cellular inflammation occurs when sugar and fat interact with each other in cells. The damage from the “browning” of the cells gives an idea of the effects these types of foods can have on our body.

Repeated inflammation can cause cells to prematurely die and reduce the amount of cells that can be replicated in our bodies. Greatly reducing sugars, carbohydrates and fats from our diet can greatly reduce inflammation in our cells and dramatically slow the effects of the environmental aging. Unfortunately, your skin is also damaged caused by the effects of inflammation.

Taking specific supplements can help to improve our internal health by adding anti-oxidants to our system and, as a result, also improve our skin’s health and appearance. Using the latest technology in skin care products can also produce excellent long-term effects. Wearing a greaseless sun block every day is one of the best things people can do to lessen the aging effects of their physical environment.

A well-trained esthetician will be able to discuss all of the known factors that cause inflammation and what you can do about them. Using a few effective, medical quality, products every day can greatly reduce the damage the environment can do to our skin. Reducing harmful foods from our diets, using sun block, and not smoking can also greatly slow the environmental results of aging.