Hormonal changes during menopause often cause symptoms like hot flashes, mood changes, and night sweats. However, these hormonal fluctuations can also cause changes to our skin, with menopause and dull, sagging skin often going hand in hand.
Read on to discover how to get rid of the look of sagging skin, and how to add radiance to estrogen depleted skin with No7’s menopause skincare range.
Learn how to manage menopausal skin changes for a revitalized, youthful-looking complexion.
How to Manage Menopausal Skin Changes
Menopause and dull skin
With age, the natural skin cell renewal process slows. As dead skin cells accumulate on the skin’s surface, it can leave skin looking dull and tired becauselight can no longer reflect off the skin and cast a healthy glow.
Combine this with menopause-induced dryness, and skin can appear even more dull and lackluster.
Menopause and skin sagging
Collagen and elastin are the skin’s building blocks, essential to maintaining a lifted and supple complexion. However, women lose approximately 30% of collagen in the first 5 years of menopause.
This causes sagging of the skin and deepening of fine lines and wrinkles especially around delicate areas like the jowls, neck, eyes and mouth.
How to prevent sagging skin after menopause
Signs of aging such as fines lines and loss of suppleness are an inevitable part of aging. However, it is possible to achieve a complexion that appears more lifted and radiant with a menopause skin care routine and sagging skincare treatments.
Look for skincare formulated with peptides for menopause, humectants like hyaluronic acid, and soothing ingredients like ceramides and green tea.
The Benefits of Collagen Peptides for Skin
What are peptides? Find out how to incorporate collagen peptides for skin into your skincare routine.
Menopause Skincare routine for firm and radiant-looking skin
To look and feel your best, No7’s Menopause Skincare range is expertly designed and Co-created with menopausal women to target visible signs of reduced estrogen and collagen for radiant and replenished-looking skin in just 1 week.
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Buy now with No 7 Step 1: Cleanse with a gentle face wash
Buy now with free deliveryFormulated with Vitamin C and gentle exfoliating particles, No7 Lift & Luminate Dual Action Cleansing Exfoliator helps to support skin’s natural renewal process while removing impurities and excess oil. Skin tone and texture appear visibly improved, lending skin a brighter and more radiant-looking glow.
How to apply: Morning and night, massage onto a wet face, then rinse to leave skin feeling cleansed and renewed.
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Buy now with No 7 Step 2: Smooth over a firming serum
Buy now with free deliveryFormulated With collagen peptide-based technology, and Matrixyl 3000+, No7 Menopause Radiance Serum helps give the face and neck a firmer look in just 1 week. It’s also infused with nourishing lipids and ceramides and hydrating hyaluronic acid to hydrate skin for 72 hours, while the instant cooling applicator helps skin feel soothed.
How to apply: Apply morning and evening on cleansed or makeup free skin for an instant cooling sensation.
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Buy now with No 7 Step 3: Apply an eye firming serum
Buy now with free deliveryDesigned with a cooling metal roller applicator, No7’s Firm and Bright Eye Concentrate revives, brightens and firms the appearance of tired-looking eyes during menopause. Formulated with nourishing niacinamides and ceramides, this eye concentrate leaves skin looking firmer and more toned while helping to reduce the appearance of dark circles and wrinkles in just 4 weeks.
How to apply: Squeeze the tube to prime, then gently glide the product around the contours. Lightly pat and blend any remaining product with your fingers until fully absorbed.
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Buy now with No 7 Step 4: Hydrate and plump skin with a menopause cream
Buy now with free deliveryOne of the best face creams for firming skin’s appearance, No7’s Protect and Hydrate Day Cream offers 72-hour hydration for even sensitive skin types. It’s formulated with green tea, Vitamin C and SPF 30 to help protect skin from UV damage and aging, and 94% of menopausal women agreed their skin felt moisturized after just one use.*
How to apply: Use every evening and massage in small upward circles over the face and neck. Allow the product to completely absorb before applying any other product.
* Based on a consumer study
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Buy now with No 7 Step 5: Apply a menopause night cream
Buy now with free deliveryWake up to skin that looks refreshed, less tired, and feels deeply nourished in 1 week. No7 Nourishing Overnight Cream works to support skin during its natural overnight repair process, and is proven to deliver hydration to dry, menopausal skin. Formulated with a blend of lipids, peptides for menopause and hyaluronic acid, it makes for one of best night creams for glowing skin.
How to apply: Every evening, massage in small upward circles over your face and neck. Allow the product to completely absorb before applying any other product.
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Buy now with No 7 Step 6: Use a skin peel 1-2 times a week
Buy now with free deliveryNo7 Laboratories Resurfacing Peel is powered by 15% pure glycolic acid, for a gentle yet effective sagging skincare option. It works to help peel away dead skin cells, impurities and pollutants, revealing a more luminous-looking complexion that feels firmer and dramatically smoother in just 5-minutes.
How to apply: Use 1-2 times a week in the evening. Apply to clean, dry skin using a cotton pad or fingertips, leave on for 5 minutes and wash away with lukewarm water or a damp cloth.
Warning: Before first use, refer to patch test instructions on the leaflet enclosed in the product packaging. Use on non-consecutive nights for a maximum of 3 times a week. This product contains an alpha hydroxy acid (AHA) that may increase your skin’s sensitivity to the sun and particularly the possibility of sunburn.
