Opinion: How longevity is reshaping the future of anti-ageing

Published: 8-Sep-2025

Ahead of the next Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference in 2026, Dr. Katerina Steventon asks P&G’s Distinguished Fellow and retired Vice President, R&D Dr. Paul Matts where ‘anti-ageing’ is heading next

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This month, Dr. Katerina Steventon, the Scientific Programme Director of the Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference – a leading forum for advancing science and innovation in this industry category since 2008 – discusses the future of the anti-ageing space with Paul Matts PhD FRSA FRSC, Distinguished Fellow and retired R&D Vice President at Procter & Gamble, and Visiting Professor to the London College of Fashion, UAL.

With falling birth rates and rising life expectancy, we are clearly at a demographic tipping point. How do you see that shaping our industry?

We are living in unprecedented times. In advanced economies, we’re witnessing a paradox – declining birth rates alongside increasing longevity. It is a shift we have not navigated before.

That change alone reshapes everything – from how we define ‘vitality’ to who our target-consumer really is.

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