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  Chapter 1: Skin barrier, frontline to protect your skin  Have you ever felt that your skin has become dry and sensitive, or that your wrinkles appear to have increased significantly? One of the causes of all these problems may be the weakening of the skin barrier. What is a skin barrier? Simply put, think of it as a thin protective film on the outermost layer of our skin. Just like a solid wall stacked tightly with bricks and cement, skin cells (bricks) and lipids (cement) work together to protect our body from external harmful substances and prevent the moisture inside from evaporating. When this skin barrier is strong, the skin is moist and healthy, and it is not easily shaken by external stimuli. However, when the barrier weakens, external bacteria, fine dust, and ultraviolet rays easily penetrate like a perforated wall, and the moisture in the skin rapidly evaporates, leading to dryness, decreased elasticity, and wrinkles. Surprisingly, the health of this important skin ...

"Really" in the mirror. How old am I? "Your skin looks so good!" What better moment to hear that? On the other hand, "You look a little tired these days" makes me shrink for no reason. Regardless of the age on our ID card, we live with another age that the skin in the mirror tells us: **Skin age. This skin age varies widely depending on how we lived and under what circumstances we lived. Wrinkles, decreased elasticity, blemishes... All of these phenomena occur not just over time but also due to scientific causes and effects. In this article, we explore the causes of skin aging scientifically and present solutions that everyone can easily practice. 1. Identify the Cause of Aging by Science Why does someone look younger at the same age? Skin aging is largely divided into two types: endogenous and exogenous aging.  * Endogenous aging: It's a phenomenon that happens naturally in our body over time. As the cells divide by genetic factors, the **Telomere** a...