- Sufficient hydration
- A strong skin barrier
- Abundant collagen
- Rapid skin renewal
- Brown or black in color
- Common on the face and backs of the hands
- Mostly benign
- Stabbing, piercing pain
- Blisters on the skin
- Pain that worsens at night
- Increased incidence after age 60
In an age of longer lives, is your skin aging healthily too?
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Skin Health Is the Beginning of Healthy Aging
The era of the 100-year life.
What matters as much as living long is aging healthily (Healthy Aging). And it begins with skin health — the organ that protects our body every single day.
Let's take a look at the skin changes and conditions that appear in later life, and how to keep your skin healthy.
Why Does Skin Age?
Young, healthy skin actively produces new skin cells, while abundant collagen, elastin, and hyaluronic acid keep it firm and resilient.
With age, however, the skin naturally begins to change. Cell renewal gradually slows, collagen and elastin decrease, and the skin's moisture content declines. As a result, the skin becomes thinner, loses elasticity, and wrinkles and pigmentation appear more easily.
The skin's protective barrier function also weakens, making it more sensitive to external irritation and more prone to various skin conditions.
Healthy skin is maintained by
Natural Aging vs. Preventable Aging
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Skin aging can be broadly divided into intrinsic aging and extrinsic aging.
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Intrinsic Aging
A natural change that occurs in everyone as they age. Its hallmark features are a slower rate of skin renewal and reduced collagen production.
Extrinsic Aging
Caused by external environmental factors such as ultraviolet (UV) exposure, smoking, air pollution, and unhealthy lifestyle habits.
Surprisingly, much of the skin aging we see with our own eyes is influenced by these external factors. In other words, healthy lifestyle habits alone can slow down skin aging.
Common Skin Conditions in Later Life
① Age Spots (Seborrheic Keratosis)
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Key features
② Shingles (Herpes Zoster)
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Check for these signs
③ Flat Warts (Verruca Plana)
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Flat warts are a skin condition caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). Multiple small, flat lesions appear on the skin, and in the early stages they may look like simple blemishes.
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In an Era of Living Long and Living Well,
Let Your Skin Age Healthily, Too
Aging is a natural process. But skin health can absolutely be protected through healthy lifestyle habits, consistent care, and regular skin checkups. Paying attention to even small changes in your skin is the first step toward healthy aging.
Board-certified dermatologists in Gangnam provide diagnosis and treatment of the various skin conditions that commonly occur in later life, as well as personalized care tailored to each individual's skin condition.
In this era of living long and living well, we hope your skin ages healthily along with you.
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