Best Skin Treatments in Your 50s

Answered by: Chelseah Darling PA-C

Entering your 50s, the same skin care as discussed in our post Best Skin Treatments in Your 40s is recommended. This is a time when precancerous lesions and skin cancer might start to come to the surface. Protecting your skin with an active sunscreen that also addresses precancerous changes is essential. ISDIN Eryfotona Actinica is a perfect sunscreen to address both the prevention and treatment of precancerous skin changes.

Continuing with neurotoxins and dermal fillers is essential as the aging process continues. Skin tightening procedures and lasers for skin resurfacing  are still applicable during this time. In addition, this would be a time to consider doing a deeper resurfacing laser such as a CO2 or Erbium. These lasers can be used to target problem areas around the mouth and eyes or can be used for full face resurfacing if there is severe photo aging and deep lines that need to be addressed.  A continued combination of lasers is utilized during this time because there are typically multiple facets that need to be addressed (brown, red, deeper lines, and skin texture).

This is the era when the blue veins around the eyes become more prominent, which can be addressed with the GentleYag laser.  Lastly, this is typically when women start to notice the aging of the neck. Radiesse injections, in combination with a skin tightening procedure such as Genius, do a great job at revitalizing the neck to a more youthful time. Radiesse is used as a biostimulatory filler in the neck. Radiesse builds Type 1 Collagen, which is the structural collagen of the skin.