Skin Tightening Remedies for 40 Plus (2025)

Discover the best natural skin tightening remedies for women over 40. Firm, lift, and rejuvenate your skin with these age-defying home treatments and tips.

Having a youthful and glowing skin is desired by all, yet due to factors like ageing it is hard to achieve the desire. Loss of elasticity and collagen production at all time low, contribute to ageing process that leads to sagging and lose skin. However, skin tightening is still possible for 40 plus people if they take proper care of their skin. I am suggesting some easy to apply tips that will help achieve a visibly tighter and firmer skin.

Tips for Skin Tightening

I always suggest using natural ingredients and taking ample care of your skin would help in achieving firmer skin with youthful glow. Therefore, I am suggesting some remedies with natural approach that can be incorporated in your skincare routine to achieve desired results:

1. Nutrition- It is essential that you have a diet that is rich in Vitamins, antioxidants and minerals that nourish the skin. For this you should ensure to consumer seasons fruits like mangoes, kiwi and avocados in your diet, include nuts and seeds like almonds, peanuts and sunflower seeds. These are rich in Vitamin E that is essential for cell regeneration, healing the tissues and achieving flawless beauty. Additionally, consume capsicum and spinach for balanced diet.
2. Exercise- Even if you are not able to work out at the gym you can still move around, take a brisk walk and light jog to ensure blood circulation throughout the body and to keep your muscles strong. It benefits the skin too as it enables in proper delivery of oxygen to your skin promoting firmness.
3. Face Yoga- This too helps enhance the appearance of your skin, indulge in face yoga that specifically targets facial muscles. Helps relieve symptoms of crow's feet, sagging facial skin, labionasal lines and laugh lines. Eventually, with regular face yoga sessions you will see the difference.
4. Hydrate- The biggest turnaround that a mature skin face is loss of moisture and hydration. due to this the skin starts experiencing dryness, breaking of surface skin and loss of radiance. It is essential to amply supply your body with lots of liquids, juices, smoothies and drink plenty of water throughout the day. Apply hydrating moisturiser or cream.
5. Skincare- Ensure that you change your skincare routine once you cross the age of 40 as you need to recalibrate it as per the needs of your skin that requires hydration. to begin with:

Day time routine:

• Use a hydrating face wash that is gentle on the skin.
• Gentle exfoliation once a week is enough.
• Apply a hydrating cream or moisturiser to your skin and use SPF during the day time.

Night time routine- At night wash your face:

• Use a hydrating face mist.
• Use a skin serum to lock in the moisture.
• Apply an herbal under eye gel that would help firm the skin around your eyes.
• Night cream that would help repair the cells and tighten the pores giving you firmer and youthful skin appearance.

Avoid the following:

• Caffeinated drinks
• Smoking and alcohol
• Aerated drinks
• Processed snacks
• Sugary food and drinks
• Stress and keeping awake at night

(This article is authored by Shahnaz Husain)