What Is Skin Longevity? A Doctor’s Guide to Healthier Skin Aging
Most people are familiar with anti-aging. It is a term that has dominated skincare marketing, aesthetic medicine, and dermatology for decades. But over the past five years, the conversation in medicine has shifted in a meaningful direction. Researchers and clinicians are asking a different question: not how to reverse the signs of aging after they appear, but how to preserve the biological health of skin for as long as possible. This is the principle behind skin longevity, and it represents a substantively different framework for understanding and caring for skin. This article explains what skin longevity means in dermatological science,...