For Women Everywhere
Forget About Bad Hair Days, National Survey Says Bad Skin Days
Send Women Into Hiding
(NAPSI)-We've all had "bad hair days," but
in a new nationwide survey conducted by Harris Interactive, more than 1,000
American women aged 30-64 shared opinions about what it means to have a
"bad skin day." Designed to explore the lengths that people will go to
achieve great skin, the survey was conducted on behalf of Lubriderm Skin
Renewal, a line of anti-aging skin care solutions.
According to the survey, women sometimes take
unconventional measures to combat "bad skin days," marked bypimples, flaking
or peeling skin as well as blotchy, uneven skin tone that may appear as
we age. Approximately one in five
said they have actually stayed home or cancelled plans with friends
or a date.
Leading Beverly Hills celebrity dermatologist
Peter Kopelson explains, "As women age, the natural renewal process gradually
slows down. New cells are being produced at a lesser rate, causing fine
lines and wrinkles to appear along with other signs of a '‘bad skin day.'
The
solution is simple. Choose products formulated to help address two essential
skin care basics-moisturizing and cell renewal, also called exfoliation."
Here's what else the survey revealed:
Making a Mountain Out of a Molehill:
Take a really close look in the mirror! One
in four women said a pimple that only they can see represents a "bad skin
day." Develop a simple skin care regimen with multi-benefit products that
moisturize, exfoliate and may offer sun
protection. For example, Lubriderm Skin Renewal re-hydrates skin with
rich moisturizers and renews skin by accelerating the natural renewal process/cell
turnover (exfoliation) to reveal soft, smooth, younger, healthy-looking
skin.
Laugh Lines are no Laughing Matter:
29% of women ages 50 and older said the onset of
deepening laugh lines were signs of a "bad skin day," and 17% of 40-49-year-olds
plus 14% of 30-39-year-olds agreed. So would they sacrifice a good laugh
for good skin? Maybe; maybe not. But 60% of women said they would give
up chocolate (33%) or their morning coffee (29%) for more good skin days.
Celebrity Skin Defies March of Time:
Whether they're aging gracefully or barely
aging, celebrities seem to be defying the march of time. Women surveyed
awarded top honors for the most radiant, youthful-looking skin to 43-year-old
Michelle Pfeiffer and 30-year-old Jada Pinkett Smith (18% each). Don't
count out other beauty icons. Sixty-one year-old Raquel Welch came in a
close second (17%).
