Here, our best tips for skin care in your 20s: If you don’t know, oxidative stress is what happens inside the body when you’re exposed to internal or external aggressors, and it wreaks havoc on all parts of your body. For the skin, it depletes our natural levels of collagen, elastin, hyaluronic acid, and just generally contributes to premature cell aging. If you are better able to manage oxidative stress in the body, you’ll fare better long term. And we tend not to think much of the cumulative exposure we’re collecting in our youth, no? Look for potent antioxidants that come with a wide variety of unique benefits in and of themselves. For example, astaxanthin and pomegranate whole fruit extract have photo protective qualities, meaning they can help the skin deal with sun exposure.* Vitamin C and E not only deal with free radical damage, but they are vital parts of the collagen synthesis and cross-linking process.* Coenzyme Q10 energizes cells at the cellular level and supports the mitochondria.* Options like turmeric and SGS can act as anti-inflammatories.*
