Dr. med. Dirk Henrik Tschauder

The SKIN AGEING PROCESS is characterised by:
• a decrease in the skin’s hydration capacity
• an accompanying reduction of cell turnover
• a loss of elasticity and turgor
• the development of wrinkles
• a continous decline in the skin’s hyaluronic acid content, which means that the natural element of the extracellular matrix is then lacking

The SKIN AGEING PROCESS is caused by 2 factors:
• CHRONICAL, INTRINSIC skin ageing due to:
– decrease in cell density
– decrease in collagen fibres
– decrease in elastic fibres
– decrease in hyaluronic acid
• EXTRINSIC skin ageing induced by:
– harmful external factors (UV, smoking, environmental toxins, malnutrition, stress etc.)