Is Skin Ageing Nature or Nurture? - Nadine Baggott #AD

Have you ever wondered if your skincare really matters? If how your skin ages is down to nature or nurture; in other words does spf, or wearing a moisturiser or using a serum really make any difference? Well this video tells you the answers. Olay partnered with Harvard Medical School and 23 and Me to question 150,000 women to look at their genetic ageing skin markers and then looked at how their skin has aged. In other words did they have genetically good skin or did they just look after it well? They discovered that only 8% of the population have the DNA to be Exceptional Skin Agers, in other words they can cope really well with sun exposure and dehydration. But then they discovered that this did not necessarily mean that they looked younger. Of the Exceptional Skin Agers – over two-thirds had the two genetic variations linked to exceptional skin ageing; meaning that one-third look at least 10 years younger without these favourable genetic variations Of the Non-Exceptional Agers (92%) – almost two-thirds of these women carry the two favourable genetic variations linked to exceptional skin ageing, yet do not look 10 years younger The study results suggest that lifestyle factors like smoking, sunbathing and skin care choices have a greater part to play than genetics when it comes to the youthful appearance of our skin. In other words skin care counts, and two things count most of all wearing an SPF and preventing your skin from dehydrating and being irritated and inflam