Rationales for Anti-aging Activities in Middle Age: Aging, Health, or Appearance?

Calasanti, Toni; King, Neal; Pietilä, Ilkka; Ojala, Hanna

doi:10.1093/geront/gnw111

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“… 26 The global anti-aging industry has gained the worth at 292 billion US dollars in 2015 and the market trend tends to be a robust growth. 27 Currently, the natural origin ingredients and formulations have gained the increasing interest, because of consideration on health, environmental awareness, and safety of synthetic chemicals. 28 …”

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Phyllanthus emblica L. (amla) branch: A safe and effective ingredient against skin aging

Chaikul

Kanlayavattanakul

Somkumnerd

et al. 2021

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

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Background and aim Skin aging influences the changes in skin, including skin dryness, wrinkle, and irregular pigmentation. Amla ( Phyllanthus emblica L.) branch has shown several benefits, but not the anti-skin aging. The study aimed to evaluate the anti-skin aging efficacy of amla branch. Experimental procedure Amla branches were standardized the phenolic acids. The extract was investigated anti-skin aging activities, including antioxidant, anti-tyrosinase, anti-melanogenesis, and matrix metalloproteinase-2 inhibitory assays. Topical gel containing extract was prepared and evaluated the skin irritation by a single closed patch test. Randomized, double-blind, placebo-control study was performed in 20 volunteers for 84 consecutive days. The tested skin was evaluated by Chromameter® CR 400, Dermalab® USB, Mexameter® MX 18, Corneometer® CM 825, and Visioscan® VC 98. Results Amla branch extract, a dark brown powder, consisted a variety of phenolic acids, mainly sinapic and ferulic acids. The extract exhibited the potent antioxidant and tyrosinase inhibitory activities in vitro assays and the melanin suppression through inhibition of tyrosinase and tyrosinase-related protein-2 activities, the strong antioxidant, and the potent matrix metalloproteinase-2 in cellular assays at 0.1 mg/mL. Topical gel containing 0.1% extract was a stable and safe formulation. Clinical study was proved the superior anti-skin aging efficacy, including the lightening skin color, the enhanced skin elasticity and hydration, and the skin wrinkle reduction. Conclusion The study results suggested that amla branch is a rich source of bioactive compounds and can be a potential ingredient for utilization in anti-skin aging products.

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Phyllanthus emblica L. (amla) branch: A safe and effective ingredient against skin aging

Chaikul

Kanlayavattanakul

Somkumnerd

et al. 2021

Journal of Traditional and Complementary Medicine

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“…Galina, on the contrary, holds a managerial position in a private bank, travels abroad several times per year, has a yearly pass to a fitness centre, and lives separately from her children and grandchildren. Taken the disadvantaged position associated with ageing in Russia, it might have been expected that the Russian interviewees would try to distinguish themselves from a typical “pensioner” in the country (Calasanti et al., 2018).…”

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“…Assumptions that age has lost its societal significance refers, as a rule, to chronological age (the number of years passed since one’s birth) (Koskinen et al., 2017). However, cultural gerontology and feminist studies have been arguing that inequality based on age does exist, and people are trying to distance themselves from what is considered signs of ageing (Calasanti et al., 2018; Tiidenberg, 2018). Regardless recent attempts to celebrate mature beauty, some pieces of research (Jermyn, 2016, p. 586) interpret these occasional inclusions as a “cynical attempt at edginess” rather than real attack on ageism.…”

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Being like others vs. being different: Wearable technology and daily practices of 50+ consumers in Russia and Finland

Morozova

Gurova

2021

Int J Consumer Studies

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This is a qualitative study of consumers aged 50+ and their daily practices connected to wearable devices (smartwatches and fitness trackers). Drawing on the practice theory, we seek to uncover how participation in such practices might enhance users’ well‐being as an integral part of social sustainability. We assume that both ageing and well‐being are not pre‐given but they rather co‐evolve when users of wearables engage in situated practices. Hence, wearables such as smartwatches and fitness trackers might positively reconfigure the existing practices of consumers over 50, or even recruit them into new ones, resulting in higher well‐being and social sustainability. The phenomenon is examined in Russia and Finland, as ageing has been high on the agenda in these countries due to controversial pension and social welfare reforms. Though these countries are different in terms of possibilities (access to medical help, employment, social participation and so forth) for their ageing populations, an active ageing framework with an emphasis on individual responsibility over one’s well‐being has been gaining popularity in both Russia and Finland. This framework is compatible with the use of wearable devices that measure physical activity and basic health characteristics. Based on data elicited through 17 semi‐structured interviews with Russians and Finns aged between 50 and 73 y.o., this study suggests that engagement in practices with wearables might have a positive effect on consumers’ well‐being. This is achieved, for instance, by helping manage one’s daily tasks, reducing stigma that is sometimes attached to ageing individuals and/or boosting feeling of togetherness in social interactions that might decrease with ageing. In addition, an important difference between the two countries lies in how ageing consumers see themselves in relation to other ageing people when using a wearable: in Russia, the use of a wearable can signal one’s social distance from an “average” ageing person, while Finnish consumers regard themselves as doing what everyone of the same age does.

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“…The use of non-drug methods, including metabolic agents and gas therapy in geriatric practice and nonspecific geroprophylaxis, can reduce the drug load and the associated risks of complications, as well as physiologically correct gerontogenesis [9,13,14].…”

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Passport and biological age in the choice of metabolic geroprophylactic therapy

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We compared the effectiveness of geroprophylactic means of gas and metabolic therapy (hypoxytherapy, hyperbaric oxygenation, ozone therapy, dry carbonic baths, amino acid arginine, regulatory tripeptides H- Glu-Asp-Arg-OH u H-Lys-Glu-Asp-OH, interleukin-2 in medium therapeutic dosages by their ability to reduce biological age when tested on practically healthy people or patients with mild subclinical forms of polymorbid pathology at the age of 35 – 74 years. It has been established that the effectiveness of agents and effects in terms of the degree of decrease in biological age depends on the type of geroprophylactic agent, as well as in the part of research – the passport age of patients. In this case, the biological age of the subjects after treatment decreased in the range from 12.8 to 1.3 years, depending on the means used and, in some cases, on the passport age. The greatest efficiency was achieved after the use of a combination of peptide bioregulators in the age group with a passport age of 35 – 59 years. When prescribing metabolic geroprophylaxis, it is necessary to take into account, in addition to the indications and contraindications of the means used or the correction method, the state of the body, also the calendar age and the degree of decrease in biological age.

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Rationales for Anti-aging Activities in Middle Age: Aging, Health, or Appearance?

Cited by 20 publications

References 15 publications

Phyllanthus emblica L. (amla) branch: A safe and effective ingredient against skin aging

Phyllanthus emblica L. (amla) branch: A safe and effective ingredient against skin aging

Being like others vs. being different: Wearable technology and daily practices of 50+ consumers in Russia and Finland

Passport and biological age in the choice of metabolic geroprophylactic therapy

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