How to firm your skin effectively?

On the face as on the body, over time, the skin becomes slack. It loses elasticity and volume: the oval of the face sags and the body becomes less toned. Are you wondering how to firm up your skin and combat skin ageing? Here's our advice.

Are you finding that your skin is starting to show signs of sagging? It's normal: many factors influence skin firmness.skin firmness:

Age

Loss of firmness is a perfectly normal phenomenon. Elastin, collagen and hyaluronic acid are essential for keeping skin supple and plump. Unfortunately, their natural production declines over time. From the age of 25, levels of hyaluronic acid, the molecule responsible for tissue hydration, decline. Skin becomes dehydrated and less toned.

Around age 30, collagen production is affected. These fibers, which hold the dermis and epidermis together, become rarer. The skin begins to lose elasticity and slacken. At the same time, fibroblasts also begin to produce less elastin. This protein is designed to help the skin regain its shape after stretching: skin slackening sets in.

Oxidative stress

Smoking, stress, pollution and the sun are all elements that attack the skin. They create free radicals, cells that modify skin tissue, especially the fibroblasts responsible for collagen and elastin production.

Hormonal changes

Another factor to take into account when considering how to firm the skin is hormonal fluctuations. Pregnancy can influence skin firmness, but it's especially at menopause that the effects are most visible. Hormones, which are essential to the proper functioning of tissues, are totally disrupted. Fibroblast activity slows down, accelerating the loss of firmness.

Weight changes

Rapid weight gain and loss weakens tissues. Over time, this leads to a loss of tone and firmness.

To help skin retain its firmness, we recommend you turn to 3 key ingredients:

Hyaluronic acid

This compoundis an essential ingredient in the fight against sagging skin. Able to absorb up to 1,000 times its weight in water, it is an essential active ingredient for restoring skin elasticity and hydration.

Ultra-corrective Micro-Algae Oil

This NUXE-patented active ingredient is extracted from Chlorella Vulgaris, renowned for its regenerative capacities. The oil strengthens the skin's internal structures and provides a lifting effect.

Green tea complex and rye extract

This firming duo helps skin regain its softness and elasticity.

NUXE research has developed a range of formulas rich in firming active ingredients:

• Sérum-en-Huile Activateur de Fermeté, Merveillance Lift

Infused with ultra-corrective Micro-Algae oil, it improves firmness by 32% after just one month of use!

• Crème Poudrée Effet Liftant, Merveillance Lift

Ultra-corrective Micro-Algae oil is integrated with a unique filling texture. 71% of women find their skin feels lifted immediately after application. With its natural blurring effect, it's perfect for normal to combination skin.

• Crème Velours Effet Liftant, Merveillance Lift

The benefits of ultra-corrective Micro-Algae oil in an enveloping formula for normal to dry skin.

• Crème Concentrée de Nuit, Merveillance Lift

Chlorella Vulgaris is once again at work in this cream, spreading its benefits throughout the night. 100% of women wake up to smoother skin.

• Super Serum [10], the universal anti-aging concentrate

This serum, bursting with hyaluronic acid and fractionated plant oil micro-beads, stimulates the skin's youthfulness mechanisms. In 1 month, 84% of women reported smoother, firmer skin (71%).

• Toning Firming Cream, Rêve de Thé

This body cream with its "icicle effect" texture combines hydration and firming action thanks to the firming duo of green tea and rye extract. After one month, 81% of women found their skin firmer.

• Nuxuriance Ultra Firming Body Lotion

Enriched with anti-aging Alfalfa seed extract and nourishing Shea butter, it improves skin firmness by 41% in one month. 

Want to know our secrets for finally knowing how to firm up your skin? We've got 5 tips to help you fight sagging skin:

• Visit scrub

Exfoliate your skin once or twice a week. This applies to both face and body. Your movements will tone skin tissue and remove dead cells. Your skin will be better able to benefit from the firming active ingredients in your skin care products.

• L'hydration

Apply moisturizing products every day to support the action of hyaluronic acid and keep skin supple and firm.

• The cold water jet

Conclude your showers with a jet of cold water over the entire body. Work from the bottom up for an instant tightening effect.

• Massaging

Take time to apply your skincare products by massaging your skin. This stimulates blood circulation, boosting collagen and elastin production in the dermis, for firmer skin. 

• Visit sun cream

Systematically protect your skin when exposed to the sun, to preserve your youthful appearance.

You've been wondering how to firm your skin, and now you have all the answers! By applying encouraging skin care products on a daily basis  the activity of the skin's support fibers and counteract the decline in hyaluronic acid production  your skin will look toned and plump!