Scientists have proven: we don’t age gradually, but in leaps — at 44 and 60 years. During these periods, the activity of genes, proteins, the microbiome, and metabolism changes sharply. What exactly happens — and how to prepare the body for it — in a detailed review by a medical doctor and dietitian.

Scientific advances in medicine make it possible to take a preventive approach to the problem of human aging. Today, there is the concept of the “healthy aging phenotype.”

Once armed with a patient’s the Baumann skin type indicatorscore, physicians are equipped with significant information that can assist them in treating numerous skin conditions and confidently recommending the most appropriate OTC topical skin care products for their patients.

Until recently, plastic surgery was based on a simple principle: signs of aging were eliminated by excising skin, fat, fascia, and muscle tissue, followed by tightening of the remaining tissues. But what about now? What changes have occurred in the approach to rejuvenation?

Selection of rejuvenation methods for patients of different age groups by the French aesthetic medicine specialist Bernard Eyot.

How to defeat aging? An age-old question that still has no definitive answer. From the dawn of plastic surgery to this day, this pressing issue has troubled the minds of many scientists around the world.