How to Get Younger-Looking Skin

How to Get Younger-Looking Skin: Tips from an Esthetician

4/30/2023

We’ve all heard the saying: When it comes to how old you are, age is really just a number. There are a lot more factors to your health (and more interesting aspects of who you are) than how long you’ve been alive. Nevertheless, it’s hard not to notice subtle changes in the mirror as we age, and to long for the youthful skin of your past.

While aging is a natural process, there are plenty of ways to keep your skin looking youthful, firm, and radiant without chasing unrealistic perfection.

At Simply Skin, we combine custom homecare with advanced, non-invasive treatments like Jet Plasma, the Dermasound Elite Ultrasonic Facial, and more to help skin age beautifully and naturally.

In this post, Lori shares her top tips for getting younger-looking skin, inside and out.

How to Keep Youthful Skin

Of course, the best offense is a good defense — which means the best way to have youthful skin is, well, to keep skin youthful to begin with. It’s no use trying to reduce age spots and wrinkles if you’re not also preventing new ones from occurring.

Unfortunately, many of these changes are genetic and outside of our control (the medical term for this is "intrinsic aging"). However, we do have influence over “extrinsic aging,” which refers to the environment and lifestyle choices that can cause our skin to age prematurely. Here are some of the most important prevention tips for how to keep skin youthful as long as possible:

Protect your skin from the sun: This one should almost go without saying, but exposure to the sun's UV rays is one of the leading causes of premature aging. So the first step to keep skin looking youthful is to always wear SPF 30 or higher to help prevent fine lines, wrinkles, and dark spots from forming.

For clients looking to go beyond daily shields, I offer Jet Plasma treatments, a cold atmospheric plasma therapy that rebuilds collagen and fades pigmentation caused by sun exposure. It’s a non-invasive, powerful boost to your SPF routine that's perfect for anyone serious about long-term skin health.

Eat a healthy diet: Antioxidant-rich foods like blueberries and spinach can help protect your skin from free radical damage, while foods high in vitamin C, like oranges and broccoli, can help boost collagen production. Drinking enough water is also crucial for maintaining healthy, youthful-looking skin.
Avoid smoking and limit alcohol consumption: Smoking and excessive alcohol consumption can both accelerate the aging process, leading to wrinkles, dryness, and a loss of elasticity. Quitting smoking and limiting your alcohol consumption can help to keep your skin youthful.

But if you’re reading this, you’re probably interested in more than prevention: You want to learn how to get youthful skin by actually turning back the clock. In that case, there are plenty of tops for how to get smoother-looking skin regardless of your age.

Adopt a Youthful Skincare Routine

Investing in a high-quality skincare routine can help keep your skin looking youthful and radiant. When it comes to how to have youthful skin, many different ingredients are touted to make you look younger, but buyer beware.

Choose products with proven ingredients like retinol, vitamin C, and hyaluronic acid, which are known for their anti-aging benefits. Also, be sure to follow the instructions on the product and avoid overuse. Consistency in your routine is key to youthful-looking skin, so use it every day give it time to work to see the best results.

Complement products with Jet Plasma. Pairing growth-factor serums and retinol with cold atmospheric plasma enhances ingredient absorption and visibly improves tone, texture, and firmness.

Get an Anti-Aging Facial for More Youthful Skin

An anti-aging facial is one of the most safe and effective ways to get younger-looking skin. That’s because the right treatment can yield serious long-term benefits, like restoring lost volume and elasticity and counteracting long-term damage and bad habits.

I’ve found that the most effective facial to get youthful skin is the Dermasound Elite Ultrasonic facial, because it literally helps your skin on a cellular level — repairing and re-balancing skin cells by assisting in the transport of nutrients, eliminating waste, and increasing their energy source for better health, radiance, and vitality. DermaSound also stimulates collagen and elastin production, which helps heal connective tissues and produce smoother, firmer, more youthful skin.

In San Diego, there’s only one place to get the exclusive DermaSound anti-aging facial — and it’s here at Simply Skin.