In your 20s- What is the very important place you forget to take care of?

Posted on January 31, 2012

Ah, you young 20 year olds.  You likely don’t think about your neck.  It has lovely crisp lines, tight skin.  Do you put sunscreen on your neck? Lotions and potions?  Or is it the forgotten thing to drape necklaces on?

Start. Now. Protecting. Your. Neck.

The neck is the hardest area to fix when you get older.  I can easily fix many things on your face which reveal your age- crows feet wrinkles, hollows under the eyes, lines on the face.  But the neck? The neck is tough.  See my blog on the neck here, but just a quick note to you 20 somethings- start now.  If you start putting sunscreen, antioxidants, and Retin A products on your neck at age 20, it will help your skin as it ages.  By the time you are 40, you will have been maintaining your neck skin for 20 years.  When people come in and tell me “I don’t want a facelift- I just want my neck tightened,” it almost always requires a facelift.  People spend thousands of dollars chasing noninvasive ways to “tighten” the neck skin.  It is a tough tough area.

So don’t forget your neck.

Starting now.