General practitioner and skin specialist Dr Anita Sturnham shares her experience of incorporating a dietician’s expertise to improve patient results
Nutrition is essential as part of an antiageing skincare regimen. There are two main processes that are thought to induce skin ageing: intrinsic and extrinsic factors.8 Extrinsic ageing is caused by environmental factors such as sun exposure, air pollution, smoking and poor nutrition. Intrinsic ageing generally reflects our genetic background. Various expressions of intrinsic ageing include thinning of the skin with exaggerated expression lines. Extrinsically aged skin is characterised by photo damage, such as lines, wrinkles, pigmented lesions, hypopigmentation and actinic keratoses.7 A network of antioxidants such as vitamins E and C, coenzyme Q10, alpha-lipoic acid, glutathione, and others can reduce signs of ageing. Antioxidants are the…
