Age

Appearance

Physiology

<15

• Nearly perfect skin

• Smooth texture, and small pores

• Excellent repair capabilities
• Good skin hydration
• Low sebaceous gland activity

15-25

• Acne key factor in surface texture
• Fine lines start to appear, pore size increases

• High sebaceous gland activity
• Strong cohesion between skin layers and rapid cell turnover
• Mild drop in dermal repair, immune system and collagen synthesis
• Small drop in skin hydration, noticeable particularly in winters

25-45

• Early signs of sagging near the eye
• More fine lines and appearance of first wrinkles (photo-damage)
• Some loss of elasticity
• Adult acne

• Moderate decrease in dermal repair, resulting in less collagen and increasing accumulation of damaged corrective tissue
• Noticeable and significant drop in skin hydration

45-55

• Pores and age spots enlarge
• More wrinkles, rough texture
• Sallow yellow color begins to appear
• Sagging near eye and cheek.

• Continued dermal degradation
• Significant decrease in dermal repair and immune system
• Cohesion between skin layers continues to decline
• Thinning of epidermis and stratum corneum
• Skin tends to be dry

55+

• Sagging worsens
• Wrinkles and fine lines in abundance
• Uneven color, pigmentation
• Dark circles under eye

• Compromised dermal repair, abundance of damaged connective tissue
• Increased local over-production of melanin
• Low production of collagen and sebum