Crepey Skin, Sagging Skin & the Science of GHK-Cu

If you’re fit, strong and taking care of yourself — but suddenly feel like your skin didn’t get the memo — this episode is for you.

Crepey skin. Sagging skin. Wrinkly skin. Skin that suddenly seems too big for your body.

It is one of the biggest frustrations I hear from women and men in midlife. You can be in fantastic shape, yet suddenly you’re thinking twice about sleeveless tops because of your upper arms. You’re noticing the skin above your knees. Your chest looks different. The backs of your hands look older.

And sometimes it genuinely feels as though it happened overnight.

So in this episode of Midlife Mayhem, we’re going deep into what is actually happening to our skin as we move through our 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond — and, more importantly, what the science tells us we can potentially do about it.

And yes, this is a science-heavy episode.

Because over the past year I have gone rather spectacularly down the rabbit hole of regenerative skincare while developing my Blue Theory™ range — particularly my Regenerative Face Serum and the new GHK-Cu Body Booster.

Why does our skin suddenly change so much?

Collagen makes up a huge proportion of the structure of our skin, but we begin losing it surprisingly early in adulthood. That decline becomes particularly noticeable around perimenopause and menopause as estrogen falls.

At the same time, we're losing some of the substances responsible for keeping skin hydrated and plump, including hyaluronic acid. Elastin becomes damaged. And the biological signals telling our skin to repair and rebuild itself become quieter.

That last part became incredibly important to me.

When I started formulating Blue Theory, I wasn't interested in creating something that simply sat on top of the skin and made it look shiny for a few hours.