September is Healthy Aging Month. It was first introduced when the Baby Boomers were about to turn 50 and has stuck ever since. What has come with this aging population's focus on “healthy aging” is a plethora of scientific research and discoveries regarding better ways to age, both visually and physically.

As people age, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is critical to reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as dementia, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, arthritis, and cancers. That being said, the most common advice is to make healthier choices such as quitting smoking, maintaining a healthy blood pressure, limiting salt and fat intake, managing your sugar intake, exercising consistently, getting plenty of sleep and drinking plenty of water.

But what can you do to help your SKIN age healthier? Founder Dr. Hannah Sivak said it best years before everyone else jumped on the bandwagon,

“As our skin ages, there will be two significant changes: a decrease in the production of growth factors and a fall in the supply of nutrients from the rest of the body. This means that cell division will slow down due to a lack of instructions to divide and the wherewithal to allow cells to grow and divide. This is the double whammy that will accelerate skin aging. You will not notice a difference in your teen years, but you may when you reach your twenties and certainly in your thirties. What will you see? Thinning of the skin, wrinkles, laxity. Oral vitamins will not help. Why? Part of the process of aging skin is that the body starts to “prefer” internal organs to the skin, and vascularization to the skin decreases, decreasing the supply of nutrients. What can you do? Because our skin is anything but impermeable, you can go the topical route."

Your skin needs extra growth factors and nutrition. Specifically, epidermal growth factor (EGF) which made the Nobel Prize committee designate Stanely Cohen and Rita Levi Montalcini as the Nobel Prize for Medicine winners in 1987. But don’t forget that there are more growth factors than EGF, like keratinocyte growth factor KGF. If you miss KGF, you will miss out on many benefits.

So if you’re looking for healthier skin, we recommend a consistent routine that includes:

1. Cleansing the skin. Our Skin Cleansing Oil is made of 5 natural oils, including jojoba oil, to deeply clean your pores while providing them with the fatty acids your skin craves.
2. Repairing the skin. High Potency EGF Serum is the ultimate solution for those looking to revitalize their aging, thinning, or damaged skin. It’s the perfect choice for boosting cell turnover and nurturing the skin's natural recovery process. The serum also contains fermented sea kelp, which is a complete nutrition source for your skin, providing it with all the essential vitamins and minerals it needs to stay healthy and glowing.
3. Nourishing the skin. Our Complete Lipid Restoring Oil is the ultimate solution for stressed, aging, and dry skin. This powerful formula is specially designed to nourish and soothe mature skin (55 and older), while promoting collagen synthesis and protecting it from sun damage.
4. Protecting the skin. Harness the celebrated renewing and regenerating effects of honey and royal jelly with a groundbreaking serum inspired by nature’s sweetest active: Honey Bee Defensin-1. Powered by this innovative ingredient and its unique combination with growth factors and lipids, Regenerating Defensin Serum helps protect, restore, and rejuvenate skin. With a wide array of antioxidants, it offers what only the most advanced science can deliver: regenerated skin that is healthier and more resilient than ever and protected from daily damage.

What are your favorite healthy aging tips?