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Introduction
As time goes by we all age and the most common symptoms of ageing often fall under the category Fine Lines & Wrinkles, as our skin becomes drier, less firm and the loss of our collagen. It’s inevitable that your skin will age but how and when fine lines & wrinkles are created can be staved off by the lifestyle you lead, the environment you live in and the skin care you practise.
Ultraviolet (UV) light and air pollution, lack of sleep and stress, lack of hydration, eliminating facial expressions and several other factors are responsible for fine lines and wrinkles forming around our eyes, lips and forehead. But with the most modern skin care technological advances, and a healthy lifestyle you can avoid them and treat them, to undo some of the damage the passage of years has done.
If we know how and why we get Fine Lines & Wrinkles, we can prevent them. For instance, if you have the right skincare, avoid certain foods and protect your skin from the sun, which will give you healthier, brighter and younger-looking skin.
1. Skincare routine to give you healthy and vibrant skin
Skincare Routine is important to prevent Fine Lines & Wrinkles. A skincare routine will help with repairing the skin and preventing water loss in the skin to retain its youthful appearance.
Cleansers aid in cleaning the skin but do not dry the skin’s barrier. The toner help to keep the pH of the skin acidic compared to other skincare products. An important thing is to keep your skin hydrated
But if you can do this daily. Do not use Cosmetic products if you are not going to. Applying skincare Products with very few steps in your skincare routine will help your Fine Lines and Wrinkles.
2. Srink to Srink: Hydrate your skin with Skincare
Young & Youthful skin is Hydrated. Dry skin will accentuate the Fine Lines & Wrinkles and give the skin a wrinkled appearance.
So, to ensure your skin is healthy, ensure you have well-hydrated skin by applying moisturisers with humectants such as Hyaluronic acid, Glycerins or Ceramides. This will improve hydration of the skin and will remove saggy, dull and wrinkled skin with Fine Lines & Wrinkles.
3. Check for Sun damage: From the outside
Skin damage by the sun is another factor that results in premature ageing of skin and Fine Lines and Wrinkles. Caused by UV (Ultraviolet Light) rays which result in the degradation of collagen (protein) and elastin (protein that gives skin stretch) and leads to saggy, dry and wrinkled skin.
It is advised to wear sunscreens to avoid UVA and UVB rays (broad-spectrum sunscreens). UVA rays cause ageing of the skin and UVB rays cause you to tan (burn).
Use sunscreens all the time or even when it is overcast or even in your backyard. Apply every 2-3 hours while exposed to the sun and sunscreens are a good way to limit intrinsic (natural) ageing.
4. Retinoids: Best to treat fine lines and wrinkles
Retinoids (such as retinol) are the best ingredients to treat Fine Lines & Wrinkles as they promote Collagen synthesis and cell turnover.
Retinoids accelerate the turnover (shedding and renewing of cells), meaning fewer fine lines and wrinkles, smooth the skin’s appearance and tighten the skin. They will also reduce the appearance of wrinkles.
They usually cause some irritation (itchy, stings, burns and redness). We use a lower concentration and few times a week to minimise irritation.
Night application of Retinoids and use of emollients/moisturisers to prevent skin barrier damage make this tolerable And lastly, they are the best treatment for Fine Lines & Wrinkles.
5. Antioxidants stop the premature ageing
Antioxidants are useful to prevent premature ageing of the skin and fine lines & wrinkles. Vitamin C, Vitamin E and niacinamide are some of the antioxidants that prevent premature skin ageing.
Vitamin C whitens and induces collagen formation and Vitamin E tones the skin. Niacinamide keeps skin moist, soothes redness and gets rid of patches.
Antioxidant vitamins (or antioxidants) are vitamins that fight the effects of the skin’s “ditchhikers” – free radicals which are produced by the body in response to stress, sunlight and pollution. Free radicals can lead to premature skin ageing, with saggy skin, wrinkles and dry skin.
Antioxidant serums are best applied in the day, after cleansing and prior to sunscreens. This forms a protective layer on the skin to prevent it from damage and to give a youthful, glowing and healthy skin.
6. Be food for Collagen to BE Ting and Tight
And non-harmful products that have vitamins, minerals, omega-3s and antioxidants such as berries, oily fish, nuts and seeds and leafy green vegetables. This will improve elasticity, firmness and hydration.
Vitamins will help but not necessarily. It will glow your skin when you use collagen powder and vitamins but it’s not the best for a healthy lifestyle and skin care.
7. Sculpt your Face with exercises and massages
Face massage is an emerging, healthy & natural approach to improve skin health and prevents Fine Lines & Wrinkles. Facial massages can enhance skin blood flow to supply new blood to the skin, which supplies the skin with oxygen and nutrients to help maintain good skin health.
Face massages stretch, tone and exercise the muscles of the face. Placid faces, placid foreheads and jaw stretches will work these muscles to improve sagging skin on the face, and improve facial skin elasticity to help maintain a youthful facial appearance.
8. Restful Nights to Prevent Wrinkles
Under deep sleep, we have a repair process which occurs, this includes: cell renewal, boosting collagen production and removing the health-damaging stress response on the adrenals.
However, when we lack sleep, we lack this process and thus get saggy skin, dark circles and fine lines. Lack of sleep can lead to premature ageing.
Evening skin care to slow the process of ageing. Cleans the skin, use products to repair the skin (moisturisers and retinoids) and does not block the skin (comedones/ black heads) in cleaning products.
9. Make changes to your life to help with ageing
A harsh lifestyle is responsible for age-related signs such as Fine Lines & Wrinkles. Alcohol, beer, sugar and cigarettes and stress all age your skin first, breaking down collagen (protein providing firmness in the skin) with subsequent sagging skin.
Smoking will reduce blood flow and is more prevalent with fine lines & wrinkles and dehydration with excess alcohol will also cause fine lines & wrinkles. When we’re stressed, we have five times the amount of the stress hormone cortisol which could lead to a breakdown of our collagen and us.
But positive behaviours will help. Exercise, de-stress (meditation or belly breathing) and have healthy, well-balanced diets will give you clear skin. All of the above can be done slowly and through changing your lifestyle, the ageing process can be slowed.
10. For Fast Results
At times, deep or stubborn Fine Lines & Wrinkles can be treated in a quick, but forceful manner. These assist in increasing collagen levels, balance out areas of your skin and enhance skin texture.
A Chemical peel is an acid to peel/pick away the skin to expose new smooth skin. Microneedling is pinpoint to heal and open up the skin to help the skin produce collagen/elastin. Laser is the most intense and the one that alters the skin to tighten, smooth and re-colour the skin.
Early, if you don’t have the physical features/results you want to have from over-the-counter cosmetic skin products, or want to remove Fine Lines & Wrinkles that may affect your self-esteem. They will suit your skin type, skin problem and skin care.
This may be a life-changing treatment but not a Magic Wand or immediate & long lasting. It may be a step wise treatment with upkeep treatment. And low expectations & expectations is the key
Conclusion
And the key to preventing and minimising Fine Lines & Wrinkles in facial skin is not necessarily the fountain of youth or the “value for money” products you can find in supermarkets, but more importantly, a positive attitude to accept that this is a lifelong journey, skin care, diet and lifestyle. Skin sun protection, retinoids, skin care products containing antioxidants and a good diet containing collagen and enhances skin function which can prevent ageing.
There are cosmetic repetitions which can assist with this; however, it’s worth remembering the skin needs to be protected from the sun, moisturised and above all, consistent. It’s the regularity of these exercises that will give healthy skin, elasticity, softness and glow.
But there are treatments that can accelerate the process.
FAQs
1. From what age do we get Wrinkles?
We can get fine lines and wrinkles as early as 20 years of age in our forehead and on our eyes. But we get deep wrinkles on the surface from 30 years of age from lack of collagen and other intrinsic and extrinsic factors.