The thin, finely wrinkled texture people call “crepey skin” usually appears first where skin is thinnest and care is rarest: the neck, chest, upper arms, and legs. Faces get a seven-step routine; the body gets bar soap. That gap is why body skin often looks older than facial skin — and why closing it produces some of the most visible improvements in any routine.
Why skin gets crepey
Three causes stack on each other: the natural decline of collagen and elastin with age, cumulative sun exposure (the forearms and chest see decades of it), and chronic dryness — body skin has fewer oil glands, and most body washes strip what little moisture it has.
The body routine that helps
1. Stop stripping
Swap harsh soap for a moisturizing, firming-focused wash like our Lotus Firming Body Wash. Cleansing should add to your routine, not subtract from it.
2. Treat, don’t just moisturize
Basic lotion sits on top of skin; treatment formulas bring the same active ingredients used on the face — peptides, botanicals, rich emollients — to the body. Our Body Skin Therapy and Pumpkin Regeneration Body Soufflé were formulated exactly for this.
3. Do not forget hands and neck
Hands and neck reveal age faster than the face. A dedicated Hand & Nail Therapy and daily attention to the neck and décolletage — with a treatment like Neck Therapy — pay visible dividends.
4. Apply to damp skin, daily
The single best habit: apply your body treatment within three minutes of showering, while skin is still damp. It seals in water rather than chasing it later.
How long until you see a difference
Hydration improvements show within days. Visible improvement in the look of texture and firmness typically takes 4–8 weeks of daily care — the same timeline as facial skincare, for the same reason: consistency is the active ingredient.
Clientele Labs formulates and manufactures its complete face and body line in its own Florida laboratory, and has specialized in mature skin since 1985.