Think Your Best Skin was in Your 20's? Think Again
We tend to think there’s a certain age when skin reaches its ultimate pinnacle: dewy, smooth, soft, and glowing, with signs of ageing not even a whisper. Whatever the magic number you had in your mind, know that statistically, it’s depressingly young. Like 18 to 24 years old. Unsurprised? It’s simply biology. However, the beauty of 2025 is that we’ve outsmarted natural science. Long gone are the days of six or so years of great skin and then a downhill slide. The mid-twenties may seem the most exciting time of your life, but as any 40 or 50-year-old will swear to, the later decades are where it’s just getting started. For skin, that means bold new moves.
The Twenties: The Decade of Protection
It may come as a bore to hear that sunscreen is younger skin’s number one ally. This goes for now and every day of every decade for the rest of your life. It’s the drill that saves skin from the sun’s invisible ultraviolet UV radiation, as well as other damaging rays that hit on a daily basis. Essentially, you need coverage from ageing UVA and burning UVB rays, as well as blue light. Known as digital ageing, this kind can harm collagen and elastin too. Cue wrinkles and lines as the years fly, simply thanks to the tech used around the clock. Underneath SPF, layer on an antioxidant-rich serum (Vitamin C serum is the gold standard) that makes your sunscreen work double duty. This treatment product acts as a free radical neutraliser, helping to boost protection. This is also the time to keep your precious skin barrier protected. Staying hydrated will strengthen it, and that means increased resilience. Hydrating facials, such as a HydraTouch Facial, push necessary water into the skin while also clearing congestion and breakouts with deep cleansing and exfoliation.
The Thirties: The Decade of Prejuvenation
This is a time of noticeable change for many, especially women who have children and juggle motherhood with booming careers. There’s a parallel process happening in the skin, with adjustments to many structures – such as collagen and elastin – that help keep the skin gorgeously youthful. A dip in these proteins means signs of ageing (fine lines, wrinkles, pigmentation) are more noticeable, and skin can feel drier with a slower cell turnover. Here’s where you need to get ahead as fast action means prejuvenation. In other words, preventative measures before big gun anti-ageing treatment are required.
Your Skin Renewal doctor or medical skin therapist will recommend collagen-boosting therapies that also deliver a gorgeous glow and address challenges the thirties may bring—such as dealing with melasma. What about other dark mark issues like post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH)? Get a collagen rev up, plus treatment for hormonally active melasma and even PIH injury with the Secret RF Micro-Needling. This can also be combined with chemical peels to enhance pigmentation care further.
The Forties: The Decade of Repair
Putting back what is naturally disappearing is one of the smartest skin investments to make. And it’s not just collagen and elastin that need to be replenished. Hyaluronic Acid (HA), Ceramides and Growth Factors are just as vital. There are many ways to achieve this, but as more advanced technology emerges, so too do more natural yet next-generation methods of breathing new life into the skin. Want to repair your complexion from accumulated damage to UV exposure, smoking or pollution?
The fix you need is actually autologous (from your own body) and helps support biological healing. PRF is a method of extracting growth factors from your own blood and re-injecting them into the skin in a slow-release manner. Injected or micro-needled back into the skin, PRF can also be combined with other skin rejuvenation treatments, such as Carboxytherapy or Biostimulation. These enhance the reawakening of processes such as oxygen and blood flow, as well as illuminating dark under-eye circles (Carboxytherapy), and promote long-term collagen production and volume restoration (Biostimulation). Essentially, your approach is a “team effort” for skin that is both strong and visually appealing.
The Fifties: The Decade of Resilience
By now, you’re well-versed in skin health over skin hype, and you’re navigating aesthetic medicine and its benefits like a pro. If you need a strategy, consider how to support your skin during menopause. Carried through from the 40’s, this big hormonal shift shows up on skin in many ways. From texture changes like a crepe-like thinness to dark patches and loss of elasticity, it’s your lowered estrogen levels that diminish collagen and elastin production, effectively hitting the ageing fast forward button. Here’s where a multi-treatment approach really helps – and, of course, a focus on not just great-looking skin, but your overall health as well. To get your skin firm and plump again, it needs to be tightened.
Laser therapy, such as ND:YAG Skin Tightening, targets the deeper layers where collagen is located, triggering new cell activation. The result? Fresh collagen to smooth and firm lax skin. Another laser treatment Skin Renewal’s experts suggest is Titan Skin Tightening. This type of laser can be used on the face and neck (an area notorious for ageing) as well as to lift jowls, cheeks and even the delicate eye area. Another way to boost collagen and elastin, as well as treat dark patches, is with PICO Toning, a laser-safe treatment suitable for all skin types. Able to disperse melanin clusters, the hand-held device tech works on stubborn spots that have resisted other treatments.
Whether you’re 55 or 25, your skin is always going through a transformation. There shouldn’t be a certain age considered the most beautiful. The way of supporting this is to think of skin care as a journey with a strong ethos: don’t do it alone. Treating skin is a science, and that’s what we’ve studied – rigorously. From professional product choice to treatment plan, Skin Renewal walks with you so your skin lives like you do; happily, healthily and filled with promise.