Hi! Today I try to answer the age-old question asked by all women and quite a lot of men. Yeah, men are bothered by the face lines too. We all wish we could get rid of the wrinkles and furrows to look younger, if nothing else. Is this achievable? Can you smoothen the face lines?
Promises…
Cosmetic manufacturers will tell you everything you want to hear to make you buy their superb miraculous anti-wrinkle cream. They will show you a flawless, baby-like skin to make you believe it. Can a cream really give you a wrinkle-free face? Can you reverse the changes caused by aging?
What are face wrinkles actually?
Generally speaking, they are the consequence of skin aging and the passing time. To be more precise, they are caused by the drop of collagen in the skin. Collagen and elastin are essential to preserve the plumpness and elasticity of the skin. Collagen is like a scaffolding for the skin, keeping it smooth, tight and resilient. Its level diminishes when we age so the skin gradually sags and creases.
Do you know that there are a few types of face wrinkles? Three top groups are:
- Expression lines.
- Lines caused by photoaging (sun damage).
- Lines caused by body dehydration.
How to banish expression lines?
You just cannot avoid those lines. We frown, narrow the eyes, smile, get angry… this is as normal as the expression lines that consequently appear. The lines around the muscle we tighten get deeper and deeper gradually.
In other words, expression lines are unavoidable. They appear sooner or later but thankfully we can delay their arrival. How? We must exercise the face muscles! I’m not joking. Face yoga or a series of special faces stimulate the skin to produce substances that aid the repair and revival. Massage, e.g. with the jade roller, gives similar results.
You should also get a face serum because anti-wrinkle creams don’t work as intensively. The proper serum is more powerful but it must contain vitamins (e.g. vitamin C) and substances that relax the muscles. This kind of serum makes the expression lines appear much later.
How to fight the sun-induced face wrinkles?
The sun is the skin’s biggest enemy. Solar radiation causes the so-called photo-aging. If you don’t shield the skin it becomes saggy, sallow and wrinkled. There is just one remedy in this case and it’s called sunscreen. Use it also in the fall and winter because the sunrays get through the clouds, clothes and windows.
How to fight off wrinkles caused by body dehydration?
This one is easy: drink lots of water to prevent the skin going thin. Luckily, these wrinkles are shallow and the least visible. Nevertheless we shouldn’t “cultivate” them because the lack of water in the body causes many diseases and ailments. Also, make sure you keep the water inside the skin – natural vegetable oils (like argan oil) are cut out for this purpose.
Summing up, let’s massage the face, use sunblock, drink water and get a good face serum (rich in vitamin C, retinol, peptides, etc.), and – above all else – let’s get enough sleep!
