Genova Skincare Blog
How Skin Heals After 40: Hormones, Scars, and the Skin Barrier Explained
Quick Summary: After 40, skin often heals more slowly due to hormonal shifts, reduced collagen renewal, and a gradually weaker skin barrier. These changes can affect how scars settle and how skin responds to irritation. Understanding what's happening beneath the...
How Skin Heals After 40: Hormones, Scars, and the Skin Barrier Explained
Quick Summary: After 40, skin often heals more slowly due to hormonal shifts, reduced collagen renewal, and a gradually weaker skin barrier. These changes can affect how scars settle and how skin responds to irritation. Understanding what's happening beneath the...
Does Silicone Scar Gel Really Work? A Science-Backed Guide for Faster, Flatter Scar Healing
If you're staring at a scar from surgery, an injury, or a procedure and wondering if it will ever fade, you're not alone. Many women notice their skin heals differently during perimenopause and menopause- scars seem thicker, redder, and slower...
Does Silicone Scar Gel Really Work? A Science-Backed Guide for Faster, Flatter Scar Healing
If you're staring at a scar from surgery, an injury, or a procedure and wondering if it will ever fade, you're not alone. Many women notice their skin heals differently during perimenopause and menopause- scars seem thicker, redder, and slower...
How to Fade Scars at Home: The Exact Routine Dermatologists Recommend (Featuring Silicone Scar Gel)
Summary: Fading Scars If you've ever looked at a healing scar and thought "Why isn't this fading?", you're not alone. Many women - especially during perimenopause and menopause - notice that scars linger longer, heal slower, and feel more visible...
How to Fade Scars at Home: The Exact Routine Dermatologists Recommend (Featuring Silicone Scar Gel)
Summary: Fading Scars If you've ever looked at a healing scar and thought "Why isn't this fading?", you're not alone. Many women - especially during perimenopause and menopause - notice that scars linger longer, heal slower, and feel more visible...
Why Scars Become More Irritated After Menopause (And What Actually Helps)
Quick Summary: Scar Irritation Menopausal hormone changes don't just affect your skin – they can reactivate old scars, causing itching, redness, and discomfort years after healing. Declining estrogen disrupts your skin's moisture barrier and inflammatory response, making scars more reactive...
Why Scars Become More Irritated After Menopause (And What Actually Helps)
Quick Summary: Scar Irritation Menopausal hormone changes don't just affect your skin – they can reactivate old scars, causing itching, redness, and discomfort years after healing. Declining estrogen disrupts your skin's moisture barrier and inflammatory response, making scars more reactive...
Burning, Tingling or Stinging Scars After 40: Why Your Old Scars Feel Electric
Quick Summary: Old Scar Behaviour Burning, tingling or stinging sensations in old scars become more common after 40 due to hormonal changes affecting nerve sensitivity in scar tissue. These "electrical" feelings - often described as zinging, pins and needles, or...
Burning, Tingling or Stinging Scars After 40: Why Your Old Scars Feel Electric
Quick Summary: Old Scar Behaviour Burning, tingling or stinging sensations in old scars become more common after 40 due to hormonal changes affecting nerve sensitivity in scar tissue. These "electrical" feelings - often described as zinging, pins and needles, or...
Why Old Scars Feel Tight or Pulling After Menopause (And What Actually Helps)
Quick Summary: Old Scars That pulling sensation in old scars in menopause isn't your imagination - hormonal changes cause it during perimenopause and menopause, which reduce skin elasticity and collagen. While mild tightness is normal, especially in winter, several evidence-based...
Why Old Scars Feel Tight or Pulling After Menopause (And What Actually Helps)
Quick Summary: Old Scars That pulling sensation in old scars in menopause isn't your imagination - hormonal changes cause it during perimenopause and menopause, which reduce skin elasticity and collagen. While mild tightness is normal, especially in winter, several evidence-based...