There are two types of aging: One is called Intrinsic aging . The bad news? It’s inevitable. Intrinsic aging, AKA the natural aging process, is determined by your genetic disposition. This determines how quickly or not stuff starts “falling apart”. What’s the good news? The good news is that this type of aging, believe it or not, only counts for 10-20% of your aging! This is great news, because it means that you have an extremely high percentage on your side to prevent aging. Enter anti aging skin care. This brings us to the second type of aging – Extrinsic aging , AKA environmental aging. This type of aging begins early in your life and is caused by a number of outside factors, which make your skin age prematurely. The main factor is photo aging, or exposure to the sun. Other damaging factors include pollution, facial expressions, gravity, sleeping patterns, heat and wind as well as habits like smoking, poor diet, alcohol and not drinking enough water. This means...
