Here Is How To Age Gracefully After Your 40s!

Last Updated on April 6, 2021

If you look at yourself in the mirror every day, it might be really hard to notice any substantial change on your body and face. Most people don’t realize they’re aging until they reach their forties and start looking at photos from five years ago. Then it hits hard, and you start asking: How is that possible? How could I change so much in so little time? Aging is inevitable, and so are the physical and mental changes that come with it. But if you take good care of yourself during your early life, going past your forties, fifties and sixties can be an amazing and highly enjoyable experience. You have to build up the right habits and mentally embrace these stages of your life. We will give you a few healthy aging tips so that you can age gracefully! Taking care of your body: It’s not that hard to reach your forties in an acceptable physical form. All you need is to maintain a reasonably balanced and healthy diet and do some exercise. Depending on your genetics, that might be enough. The real problem is staying fit after your forties: your skin begins to age, a layer of fat appears on your belly, blood pressure needs to be regularly monitored, minor health problems become a real issue, and so on. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Sunscreen

Be it summer or winter, using sunscreen is crucial for your skin. Many scientific studies have shown that the vast majority of skin problems that appear as you get old (such as wrinkles, dryness, or saggy skin) are caused by exposure to sunlight. Get used to putting sunscreen every morning on all parts of your body that will be directly exposed to sunlight during the day. It is recommended to use waterproof sunscreen with a minimum SPF30 for your body, and a minimum SPF50 for your face. Using sunscreen is a great step, but it isn’t enough. There are other precautions you should take to prolong the health of your skin. The most basic and indispensable skincare routine is moisturizing your skin daily and washing your face with warm water (please don’t use soap) twice a day. If you want to go further in your efforts, you can also exfoliate your skin to remove dead cells, use a serum in the area around your eyes, anti-aging products, and take good care of your lips with a lip balm SPF. How do you think people like George Clooney and Meryl Streep arrived at their age with such great skin?