Is Exercise Better Than A Facelift?

We all workout for different reasons. Sometimes it is for stress relief, sometimes it is to get into our favorite jeans. For those with a competitive mindset, they use exercise to make it onto the podium. 

It's always a good idea to exercise for any reason, but did you know that exercise could make you look younger? It makes sense when you think about it. Exercise increases blood flow, which delivers oxygen and nutrients to your skin cells. This helps them stay healthier for longer periods of time. Plus, exercising can reduce the appearance of age because exercise boosts collagen production in the body - something that slows down as we get older. Read on for the many reasons why exercise will help keep your youthful appearance!

Boosts Collagen Production 

Do you spend hours looking over expensive, collagen-enriched creams in the beauty aisle of Sephora? Did you know that exercise may actually produce younger looking skin with an increase in collagen production? That’s what research has suggested. Exercise not only promotes collagen production but it has shown a toning and tightening of skin that provides a smoother complexion. Exercise also delivers nutrients to skin’s cells to help keep those fine lines away. 

Reduces Appearance Of Age 

Is exercise truly better than a face lift? One study appears to provide encouragement for exercise vs going under the knife. 

A study from McMaster University in Ontario, on 65 and older participants, says that exercise appears to keep skin looking younger, and later in life it may even help reverse skin aging.

"I don't want to over-hype the results, but, really, it was pretty remarkable to see," said Dr. Tarnopolsky, himself a middle-aged exerciser. Under a microscope, the volunteers' skin "looked like that of a much younger person, and all that they had done differently was exercise.”

Crane JD, MacNeil LG, Lally JS, et al. Exercise-stimulated interleukin-15 is controlled by AMPK and regulates skin metabolism and aging. Aging Cell. 2015;14(4):625-634. doi:10.1111/acel.12341

Increases Blood Flow

When you get your heart pumping after a long run or an hour long yoga class, you are providing your skin with an ample supply of oxygenated blood. Have you ever noticed how you glow after a good workout? That is increased blood flow and possibly a mood boost brought on by feeling energized!

Helps You Sleep Soundly

We all need sleep. If you don’t get enough - who wants to look in the mirror?! Exercise has been thought to help people fall asleep faster, sleep sounder and help with better workouts the next day. Exercise has also helped some reduce sleep medications and experience less daytime grogginess. There are A LOT of other very beneficial health reasons to get quality of sleep, but maybe the “looking in the mirror” resonates with most of us.

Keeps Metabolism High

Who doesn’t like to burn calories! Exercise does that and synergistically increases metabolism. As you age, metabolism tends to get slower. If you can keep a regular exercise program going, it may be easier to maintain a healthier body, which keeps weight off and keeps you looking younger!

Exercise Slows Cell Aging

Our cells normally age at the chromosomal level. At the tip of each chromosome there is something called a telomere. As we age, telomeres get shorter and shorter - not good - but it just means we are aging. Happens to the best of us!

The University of California San Francisco did a study that found a link between regular exercise and how fast telomeres slow. If you exercise on a regular basis, it takes longer for telomeres to slow, and therefore your cells will live longer. 

Less Stress

Exercise is a great medication for our stressful lives. Exercise takes us away from the mental challenges that infiltrate our days and seem never ending. Hiking, running, lifting, biking; all activities that push us physically, release a chemical in the brain called endorphins. Endorphins help us release stress and anxiety and can positively effect our mental and physical well-being. They can also help fight the negative effects of aging. So exercise should be in your accountability list - exercise more - stress less - and slow down your aging clock.

Other Ways Exercise Help You Look Younger?

Exercise can help improve posture. It can possibly provide a better bone density test - yes strength or resistance training plays a part in healthy bones. Exercise helps reduce muscle loss, which is experienced as you age. And exercise just fuels our energy and that alone might make us look younger! 

Good things come to those that sweat!

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