discuss the perceived inevitability of different aging process, with a focus on aesthetic concerns.
As an introduction, discuss the perceived inevitability of different aging process, with a focus on aesthetic concerns. Then breifly list some of the most common treatments and procedures utilized to combat the signs of aging in the aesthetic industry (Botox, fillers, lasers, chemical peels, etc).
Provide stats on how lifestyle factors can significatly effect the general health outcomes of individuals, and then compare this to stats relating to the influence of lifestyle factors on skin aging. List the top five lifestyle factors on skin aging, with the inclusion of AGE’s as a byproduct of the top factors.
Discuss what glycation and advanced glycation end-products (AGE’s) are, and how they affect collagen and skin aging, while giving a few examples of how AGE’s also affect general health (ie. diabetes, heart disease, obesity, arthritis, etc). Explain the different internal and external factors contributing to the development of increased AGE’s, as well as endogenous and exogenous elements (focus on uv exposure for external and diet for internal factors for skin aging).
Finally, discuss the different lifestyle changes one can make to combat the development of excess AGE’s; one of the major components of aging. List the top three things to fight internal factors of glycation, with a focus on diet, followed by the top three ways to fight external glycation, with a focus on uv protection.
End with a small paragraph about how we often look to our health care profesaionals for quick fixes or miracle pills for our different concerns and ailments as they arise. Give merit to how affective our advances in aesthetic and medical treatments have broaden the horizons of our longevity and overall quality of life. But with this said, what if we could reduce or entirely sideline some of these therapies by way of lifestyle changes and prevention? Discuss how a change in our mentality could increasingly improve our health outcomes, with taking more of a personal responsibility and accountability for our own wellbeing, whether in the prevention of disease or for the overall conservation of our youthful appearances.
Use this quote at the end “The greatest medicine is to teach people how not to need it” – Hippocrotes
