Menopause and dry skin: how to remedy it?

Menopause and dry skin: what beauty routine should you adopt?

Are you approaching menopause or already in the midst of it, and you're noticing changes in your skin? You're not alone! During this time, your skin tends to become drier, less supple, and even uncomfortable. These changes are natural, but they can be remedied with a few adjustments to your beauty routine. Find out why your skin dries out during menopause and how to regain comfort and radiance every day.

Why does menopause dry out the skin?

During menopause, the drop in estrogen leads to a decrease in the production of collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid, components essential for skin suppleness and hydration. Furthermore, with age, skin becomes thinner, and sebaceous glands produce less sebum, worsening this feeling of dry skin.

Areas most affected by dry skin

Menopausal dry skin doesn't manifest itself uniformly across the entire body. Certain specific areas are particularly sensitive and require special attention.

The face: cheeks, eye contour and lips

Facial skin is constantly exposed to external aggressions such as UV rays, cold, and pollution, making it particularly vulnerable. Cheeks can become rough, red, or irritated, while the thin skin around the eyes and lips easily becomes tight and develops more pronounced fine lines.

The neck and décolleté: fragile areas often forgotten

These areas, although highly visible and exposed to signs of aging, are often overlooked in beauty routines. The skin on the neck and décolleté is naturally thin and low in sebaceous glands, which explains why it quickly loses elasticity and easily becomes dehydrated.

Hands and feet: put to the test

Hands, exposed to frequent washing, cleaning products, or climatic variations, can quickly become dry, rough, or even cracked. As for feet, especially heels, they are prone to painful cracks due to intense dryness.

Hair: drier, more fragile and brittle

During menopause, your hair also suffers the consequences of hormonal decline. It becomes drier, duller, and brittle, sometimes accompanied by an irritated or itchy scalp.

These inconveniences can affect your confidence and overall well-being. Fortunately, a proper anti-aging routine can quickly bring relief and improvement.

How to moisturize your skin during menopause?

After age 50, your skin requires specific care to compensate for dryness linked to hormonal decline. Here's how to adopt a beauty routine perfectly suited to this period, incorporating powerful and targeted active ingredients.

Gently cleanse your skin

Choose gentle, soap-free cleansers formulated specifically for sensitive and mature skin. Choose creamy or milky textures enriched with moisturizing agents such as glycerin, hyaluronic acid, or gentle plant oils (sweet almond, jojoba). Avoid using water that's too hot, as it can break down your skin's natural protective barrier, increasing dryness and tightness.

Choosing suitable assets

To regain soft and supple skin, choose moisturizing treatments with a rich, enveloping texture. Here are some essential anti-aging active ingredients:

• Hyaluronic acid: this key active ingredient is ideal for deeply hydrating, plumping and smoothing dehydration wrinkles.
  
  

• Ceramides: These essential lipids strengthen the skin barrier, preventing water loss and protecting your skin against external aggressions.
  
  

• Collagen: often incorporated into anti-aging treatments, it provides firmness and tone by improving the elasticity of the skin, particularly valuable when it becomes thinner during menopause.
  
  

• Peptides: These small proteins act as cellular messengers. They stimulate the natural production of collagen and elastin, improve skin density, and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
  
  

• Vegetable butters (shea, cocoa): naturally rich in fatty acids and vitamins, these ingredients intensely nourish, soften and immediately soothe the feelings of discomfort of very dry or irritated skin.

Adapting care to different areas of the body

Face

To hydrate delicate facial skin , take a comprehensive approach with a hydrating anti-aging serum made with hyaluronic acid, peptides, or collagen. Follow with a special eye cream rich in these same active ingredients to combat fine lines and sagging skin. Finally, regularly apply a hydrating mask and a repairing lip treatment. enriched with shea butter or nourishing vegetable oils to restore suppleness and comfort.

Body

The skin on your body also becomes drier and more sensitive during menopause. Use a daily body lotion or balm rich in nourishing active ingredients such as urea, vegetable butters (shea, cocoa) or natural oils (argan, sweet almond). For enhanced elasticity and firmness , choose formulas containing peptides or collagen. Apply your body care generously after each shower or bath, paying particular attention to the legs, arms and particularly dry areas such as the elbows and knees. Don't forget to moisturize the neck and décolleté!

Hands and feet

Choose moisturizing hand care and very nourishing feet enriched with glycerin, shea butter or urea. Apply them generously every evening, ideally in the form of a restorative mask, to quickly regain softness and comfort.

Hair

During menopause, choose gentle, sulfate-free,moisturizing hair care products rich in nourishing active ingredients like keratin, argan, coconut, or jojoba oils. Apply a hair mask enriched with ceramides or peptides once a week to restore strength, moisture, and shine to your hair.

Focus on food supplements

Skin hydration and health also come from the inside out. Drink enough water (at least 1.5 liters per day) and opt for targeted dietary supplements that directly affect the quality of your skin and hair.

• Marine Collagen: Excellent for improving skin firmness and elasticity, collagen as a dietary supplement helps combat dryness and visibly reduces the signs of skin aging.
  
  

• Hyaluronic Acid: Promotes internal hydration of the skin, making it more supple and better protected against dryness associated with menopause.
  
  

• Omegas: Rich in essential fatty acids, dietary supplements based on evening primrose and borage oils strengthen the skin barrier and help combat the discomfort and tightness of dry skin.
  
  

• Anagain ™ for Hair: During menopause, your hair becomes drier, more brittle, and dull. A dietary supplement enriched with anagain ™ helps strengthen and nourish the hair fiber from within, giving you stronger, shinier, and fuller hair.

Protect your skin from external aggressions

Good sun protection , even in winter, helps slow down skin aging and protect the skin from drying out caused by UV rays.

Gently exfoliate

A gentle exfoliation , performed once a week, helps eliminate dead cells and promotes the absorption of moisturizers. Choose enzymatic exfoliants over mechanical exfoliants, which are more aggressive.

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