Goodbye “Anti-Ageing”, hello Skin Longevity.

by Anna Marie Ley

Spoiler: no one stays young forever. That’s simply how life works. But the signs that appear in midlife are, in truth, the sum of everything we’ve done —or neglected— in the decades before. That’s why we talk about “fighting” ageing: we’ve welcomed certain pleasures as friends, only to discover later they weren’t quite on our side.

Yes, there are countless treatments and techniques designed to slow down time, with results that vary from promising to purely hopeful. But in recent years, the perspective has shifted: we no longer talk about Anti-Ageing, but about Skin Longevity. The goal isn’t to hide wrinkles, it’s to preserve health, vitality, and radiance over the long term. A skin that stays alive, elastic, and luminous.

It’s a holistic approach that looks at both internal and external factors —lifestyle included.

It may sound obvious: if you live in a sunny place with clean air, good food, and little stress, you’ll probably fare better than someone surrounded by pollution, deadlines, and takeaways. But it’s not that simple. Many people, for personal or circumstantial reasons, reach their forties already showing visible signs of ageing.

Over the past two decades, longevity science has identified twelve mechanisms of cellular ageing. The key isn’t to fight them all, it’s to focus on one or two, restoring balance to the whole system.

And this is where Skin Longevity comes in: the increasingly close alliance between cosmetics and nutraceuticals. The border between epidermis and dermis becomes the active field where concentrated blends of ingredients work to support the skin’s natural defence and repair processes.
Take, for example, polyrevitalising complexes like NCEF, inspired by biorevitalisation treatments —now used in skincare formulas to act deeply on the skin’s biological mechanisms.

 

Author: Anna Marie Ley

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