03/08/2022
How to properly care for the neck and decollete area
The neck and decollete area need care no less than the face and hands. When to start and how to properly care for, what to pay attention to when choosing cosmetics — I will try to answer all these questions in this article.
Why is it important
Daily care should be directed not only to the skin of the face, but also to the neck and decollete areas. It should be understood that structurally these areas of the skin are heterogeneous, therefore they require special means and methods of care. Like the skin of the face, they need proper cleansing, moisturizing, toning and nutrition. The key to success is regular care, the right choice of cosmetics and support procedures.
Keep in mind that the neck, like the face, is constantly exposed to ultraviolet light. If you do not wear a scarf or a sweater up to the throat, you need to take care of protecting this area from harmful UV rays, which contribute to faster skin aging: dehydration, loss of tone, the appearance of premature wrinkles.
In addition to the use of cosmetics for neck and decollete care, I recommend regularly resorting to the services of professional cosmetologists. A cosmetologist will be able to choose procedures that will help preserve the freshness, elasticity and youthfulness of the skin. Such procedures should be carried out at least once every six months. If you are already doing biorevitalization of the skin of the face, immediately take care of the neck.
Where do the problems come from
Lifestyle affects the condition of the skin of the neck. For example, if you are used to reading lying on your side or back, not only your eyesight suffers, but also the skin of your neck. The rings of Venus appear on it — deep transverse folds. This can happen even at a relatively young age.
The second chin can also occur due to an incorrect posture for reading or sleeping: the skin stretches, begins to sag, because there are fewer elastic fibers and sebaceous glands compared to the face.
In addition, due to incorrect posture, longitudinal folds from the collarbones to the chin may appear much earlier than 40-45 years. Platysma is responsible for this — a muscle located from the corners of the mouth to the decollete. Violation of the tone of this muscle provokes the early appearance of vertical folds.
To prevent problems, it is necessary to monitor the posture, the health of the spine, namely, its cervical region. Osteochondrosis causes a change in the position of the neck and an incorrect distribution of the load on the muscles and skin. The rings of Venus arise, among other things, due to osteochondrosis. To prevent their occurrence, you need to take care of the availability of a special orthopedic pillow for sleeping, which will ensure the correct position of the neck during rest. In addition, read while sitting and in good light.
With deep wrinkles, special procedures will help. Botox injections are well protected from longitudinal folds, which temporarily freeze the activity of the muscle. You can also cope with the rings of Venus. If your skin is quite dense, they are removed using surface fillers. Just two or three procedures will allow you to forget about them for a year.
How to take into account age
Care products for the decollete and neck area should be selected taking into account age.
Until the age of 25, it is quite enough to use your usual face cream.
From 25 to 40 years old, special nutritional masks will be needed. Masks with active components that improve blood circulation and increase metabolism help to smooth out wrinkles. Twice a week in the evenings, you can do moisturizing masks. Before that, it is better to use a mild scrub.
After 30 years, you need to use products that help to defeat small wrinkles, and then connect anti-aging cosmetics.
After 40 years, you can use maisonettes. They help to create and maintain the frame of the face and activate the synthesis of collagen in the skin tissue by the body.
After 50 years, cosmetics with phytoestrogens will be useful to combat wrinkles of the neck and decollete.
Regardless of age, do not forget that after applying care cosmetics, you need to wait 20 minutes before going outside or going to bed: let the creams and tonics be absorbed into the skin properly. A gentle peeling can be performed weekly to remove keratinized cells, more effectively moisturize and nourish the skin of the neck and decollete. In addition, in spring and summer, do not forget to apply protection to the skin of the neck and decollete to avoid photo-aging. If the spots do appear, in autumn or winter you can remove them with a bleaching peeling.
How to choose effective means
The choice of cosmetic product depends on the density of the skin, its degree of hydration, sensitivity, as well as age.
Young skin is shown moisturizing and nourishing agents with plant extract: chamomile, aloe vera, cornflower.
After 35 years, you can add products containing vitamins of groups A and E, as well as C, various types of natural oils: almond or peach. Preparations aimed at skin rejuvenation are also needed: collagen, snail mucin.
If you have oily facial skin, choose cosmetics for the neck and decollete for a combined or normal type of skin.
When choosing anti—aging cosmetics, keep in mind that vitamins C and A, green tea and coenzyme Q10 are good antioxidants. They protect the skin from ultraviolet light and photoaging. Not only peeling helps from dark spots on the skin of the neck or decollete, but also cosmetics with fruit and lactic acids.
Monthly wrapping can be performed. It can be done not only in the salon, but also at home. Face masks with extracts of various fruits, oils, collagen and hyaluronic acid are suitable for this. They will maintain skin tone and remove small wrinkles.
Even simple stroking from the collarbones to the chin during the morning procedure helps to improve muscle tone and skin elasticity. There is also a more professional and at the same time simple massage, which can be done every day.
Before the massage, moisten the skin with oil or cream to avoid stretching the skin of the neck and decollete. Let the remnants of the cream absorb themselves, no need to rub the skin with a napkin.
First, warm up your neck with the palm of your hand. To do this, you need to make movements from the collarbone to the ear. Then stroke the skin from the collarbone to the chin. Rubbing is performed only with the fingertips. Move in a spiral along the muscle. After feeling it, grab it with your fingers, as if it were a fold, and swipe along the pads several times.
Warming up the decollete area is performed by circular stroking from the center of the zone to the sides. Kneading is also done with the fingertips — the movements are more intense than in the neck area. The decollete massage is completed by stroking with the whole palm.
The main thing about the care of the neck and decollete area
Start caring for the skin of the neck and the decollete area in advance — even before the first signs of incipient problems appear.
Choose cosmetics for dry and sensitive skin. The neck and decollete do not have such an elastic frame and sebaceous glands for natural hydration as the skin of the face.
Carefully read the composition of the funds and strictly follow the instructions.
Sleep and read correctly, keep your posture in order to prevent stretching and sagging of the skin on the neck, the formation of Venus rings, muscular folds and the second chin.
Do not forget about proper nutrition and compliance with the rest regime. Stress, lack of sleep and bad habits are reflected not only on the face, but also on the neck area.
Regularly visit a beauty salon to maintain tone, nutrition, cleansing and whitening of the skin.
Do not forget that self-massage, if performed correctly and regularly, will help your skin no less than salon procedures.
Protect your skin from UV light in spring and summer. In autumn and winter, exfoliating and whitening peels can be carried out.
Moisturizing, nourishing, toning masks and wraps
