Somewhere in your fifties, skincare stops behaving the way it used to. Products that worked at 45 seem to do less. The standard advice to drink more water and get more sleep stops producing a visible difference.  That is not your imagination, and it is not simply aging. During and after menopause, skin goes through two specific, measurable changes. Only one of them gets talked about. What Actually Changes in Skin After 50 The first change is the familiar one: estrogen falls. Collagen and elastin break down faster than skin can replace them. Cell turnover slows. Circulation to the skin...