Life is a consistent roller coaster; a ride of high’s and lows. On those high’s, we can feel completely in control, like we’re on top of everything, completely organised. But dwelling in the lows can make us behave out of control, respond with bad habits and make poor decisions.

Our diet takes a plummet, our exercise regime disappears, and our skincare routine becomes non-existent. Add on the chronic stress of life and these factors can place an immense amount of strain to our bodies and is reflected through our skin with dull colour, dehydrated complexions and weather worn wrinkled creases begging to come back to life!

Wrinkles are the most obvious result of ageing skin and there are three categories of what causes ageing.

The first category of ageing is biological and can be caused from the changing cell functions deep down in the skin, such as: poor communication from messenger molecules, hormones that aren’t able to influence the skin as they should, cell walls that aren’t able to retain water, collagen and elastin fibres being broken down, or an increase of inflammation that impairs the immunity of the cells.

The second category of ageing is environmental and it includes factors such as: UV radiation, weather extremes, pollution and smoke. All increase the free radical damage in the skin. This is where we suffer the most, as men, on the outdoor worksites, doing home maintenance and renovations, working in the garages with metals, oils, and dirt.

The third category is mechanical ageing and this refers to wrinkle-creating behaviours such as muscle movements or repeating day-to-day actions (resting your chin or cheek in your hand, pursing the lips when drinking through a straw, squinting, laughing too hard at the pranks you pull on your workmates etc.).

Within each of these categories, you can change certain habits and behaviours to slow down ageing so that you continually look young and fit as you age. Exercising, drinking of plenty of water, reducing the intake of fast food and processed refined sugars, 7-8 hours sleep every night etc.

But if you’re looking for more immediate results, we have a numerous amount of treatments to gain instant results such as Anti-Wrinkle Injections and Fillers, and those that bring gradual natural looking results such as Threads, Sublative, Sublime just to name a few. Team these up with regular facial treatments (one every 1-3 months) and your daily skincare routine, and you’ll be able to slow down the ageing process!