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Nourishing your skin during menopause is a form of self-care. Join us on MenopauseWize for a sincere discussion and a simple skincare routine to support your journey. Find out more in this video or enjoy reading the transcript below!
Transcript:
Question - MenopauseWize:
If there were an ideal daily skin routine, what would you recommend women over the age of 35 years (perimenopausal, menopausal, and postmenopausal) follow starting from the moment they wake up to the time that they go to bed? How does one ideally - I know it's difficult to follow protocol on a daily basis and that we all go amiss from time to time, but what is the ideal case scenario?
Answer - Dr. Deepti Ghia, MD:
So even in an ideal case scenario, in my practice, I always give routines that are easily followed because for me it is more important that they do it long term rather than them doing it, you know for a few days very nicely and then feeling tired about it. Everything has to be more practical and you know reproducible is what I believe.
So a cleanser is the most essential thing when it comes to because the pollution levels will help to clean the skin.
We discussed moisturizers earlier. Moisturizers will help to add the water loss to the dryness related changes. Will reduce an aging process. Also has been shown that when person is moisturizing their skin well the process of aging slows down. So moisturizer secondly is important.
And again, the sun has been a very important cause of photoaging. So if you use good sunscreen and you are somebody who goes out much in the sun, you must use sunscreen when you're outdoors, at least indoors. Also, it's seen that LED lights give a lot of blue light and other lights which can cause age real aging.
So it's important to cover your skin with sunscreen. And it is still controversial. There are some agents that have shown some carcinogenic properties, but most of the current sunscreens that are available give you almost 8 hours of protection. Gives you a long-term, you know, 8 hours of protection with water resistance and UV, the red rays and the blue light protection. All of that is covered in these current comprehensive sunscreens.
So that helps and then you follow the through the day if you're if your skin has you know, if you put makeup and stuff, you have to ensure that you remove the makeup and you come back home once the makeup is off, then you can put some moisturizers again.
And then in the end the last thing would be your night routine where you could add an active ingredient according to your skin type. If your skin's very, very dry, then a hyaluronic acid base with an a nice ceramide base would work very well for you.
And if your skin is on the oilier side and you know dryness is not an issue, then the retinols play a very good role because they have excellent anti-aging properties.
A vitamin C serum could be added either morning or night depending on your you know, availability which helps to get your glow and helps the pigmentation better. So these are the different things that you could do.
So I prefer giving one morning routine and one night routine and through the day take care of the sun protection.
Physical protection is better than any other other. You know, protection, so wearing a nice white brim hat, wearing, you know, a jacket to cover your hands and like, you know, other exposed parts.
And these days with the availability of a surgical mask, when you're outdoors and you're in really harsh sun, easily you can wear a mask because that covers half your face and it gives you a lot of sun protection. So, you know, simple physical methods are also very, very helpful.
MenopauseWize: I guess most of us forget about the physical methods that we can use and it's it's, it's it's great the it's a great reminder to consider those, you know, just wearing a simple hat or a cap or sometimes I've seen some people hold umbrellas as well.
So typically you would say a morning routine would be to use a cleanser that is closer to pH 5.5, which is normal. Soap is more alkaline. So basically use. A cleanser that is closer to your skin pH. Then use a moisturizer. Because it is going to be damp, you might as well use that. Something that has hyaluronic acid and something that has ceramides will be more helpful. And then after that put a layer of sunscreen and sunscreen. Even if I'm sitting on my laptop not stepping out of the house, is that I? Do we still need to consider using it?
Dr. Deepti Ghia, MD: Yes
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