Skin problems in menopause

What does the menopause with aging skin?

The lack of estrogen enhances the natural aging of the skin. It is certain that skin aging is related to the lack of female sex hormones (estrogen) that occurs during menopause .

During the period before menopause (premenopausal period) amendments to the skin and continue to increase after menopause often already seen.

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What are the most common problems?

• Dry skin: the skin becomes thinner, wrinkles are more numerous and more marked. When you pinch the skin, the skin fold is more pronounced and persists much longer; elasticity is low.
• Thinning of the epidermis: that is, the surface of the skin.
• Changing the dermis: The dermis is the deepest part of the skin. The collagen fibers and elastin are less abundant and especially become irregular. Under the skin, the fat also decreases, cheeks and hands sink stop being soft and round as the young woman.
• Decrease the fat and essential fatty acids all contribute to dry skin.
• Different distribution of melanocytes: the melanocytes are the cells that contain the pigment (responsible for skin tanning ). These cells are also less effective in their role of protecting the skin, making tanning is poorer. Melanocytes are irregularly distributed on the skin, forming brown spots due to accumulation at certain of these cells with pigments. These brown spots often occur on the face and back of hands, posing as drops in the forearms and legs, along with a smaller number of these pigmented cells.

Of interest

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Mucous

Genitals can occur vaginal dryness and the vulva (the outside). This can cause burning and intense itching. The presence of flow may result from an infection because there is also a lack of beneficial bacteria (Döderlein bacilli) for acidification and protection of the vagina. All this can lead to sex become annoying and painful .

The hair

The hair become dry and brittle, and there is a significant drop in hair. In the fall of man it is localized hair in women occurs diffusely. Sometimes there is a connection with the lack of thyroid hormone or an iron deficiency usually occurs in women following diets aberrant menopause, for fear of gaining weight or disgust toward certain foods, such as meat.

Hair fall is accompanied by a decrease underarm hair and pubic as well as increased facial hair, mustache, chin, cheeks and neck. This increase hair is more important in case of smoking.

The ones

The fingernails become dry and brittle, with grooves on the sites of longitudinal cracks in hands. In the toenails, however, thickening thereof is observed and take an aspect of claws.

Are there other events? What are the solutions to these skin problems?

The lack of sex hormones is the main cause of these problems, the treatment with sexual hormones to restore a substitute for these problems, taking into account the side effects of these hormone treatments. Medically it is known as HRT (hormone replacement therapy).

Hormonal treatment is beneficial in the sense of restoring the natural conditions of the skin. Women treated with sex hormones have a less dry skin and mucous thicker, with less hair and more hair than women without this treatment. This treatment attempts to slow down aging of the skin.

Instead, the hormone treatment has no effect on wrinkles or on skin elasticity. We must associate with sunscreen, decrease or abandonment of snuff , a good diet regimen and specific local circumstances can help the cosmetics .

It is believed that hormonal treatment acts in the deep skin (dermis) and cosmetics favor surface skin (epidermis), but the latter is rather theoretical.

Local hormones

They are at risk of an overdose when administered together with hormone replacement therapy. Currently, the cosmetics containing estrogen are not for sale, but can be certain cosmetics that contain estrogenic substances derived from plants.

Vitamin A, retinoic acid

The vitamin has a rejuvenating action on the cells of the epidermis, an increased number of collagen fibers and elastin. This treatment can be irritating and should be accompanied by moisturizers to counteract this effect.

Alpha-hydroxy acids and beta-hydroxy

They have a similar action on the skin and not cause irritation or allergy and are active at acidic pH.

Moisturizing cosmetics

They are advised to limit the insensible water loss from the skin. The most commonly used are collagen, elastin, hyaluronic acid, soy, avocado and essential fatty acids.

Other compounds

They fight against aging caused by the sun, that the hormonal and chronological aging is added.

What cosmetics can be used in menopause? What do the nutritional supplements?

Both minerals and the vitamins are indispensable. Many women are not aware of their own shortcomings when due to the appearance of revulsion against certain foods such as meat, milk or milk products, vegetables and fruits, they stop eating. Deficiencies can also occur by strict slimming diets.

A balanced diet contains the nutrients needed to get the balance right. Nutritional supplements should provide them in case serious shortcomings.

Is the practice of a sport is beneficial?

Playing sports is advisable to maintain the muscles that support the skin and to the elasticity of the same. It also provides vitality and prevents depression , which is very favorable at this stage of life of women.

What can the doctor do?

Examine the particular situation of the skin of women in menopause. Establish hormone replacement therapy and monitor its effects. In some cases restore the supply of minerals and vitamins. And provide absorbable substances such as retinoic acid, collagen, hyaluronic acid.

Other resources would in medicine and cosmetic surgery to accommodate the desires with a good quality of life both physically and mentally.

Cooperation of different specialists (gynecologist, endocrinologist, rheumatologist, surgeon, etc.) to get the best personalized treatment for women during menopause period is necessary.