Facial Wrinkles – Iron Out the Facts and Solutions

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There are treatments that can help you iron out the wrinkles

that come with time. We will separate the fact from the

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Facial Wrinkles – Iron Out the Facts and Solutions

Copyright © 2006 Kamau Austin,

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There are treatments that can help you iron out the wrinkles that

come with time. Separate the fact from the fiction.

Today, we live in an increasingly self-conscious world, one in

which it is easy to become obsessed with how we look. Looking

younger seems almost to be a national obsession.

Increasingly, wrinkles are regarded as unwanted facial

characteristics. Newer and more potent treatments and drugs vie

for our attention; claiming that they will reduce wrinkles and

give us a more youthful appearance.

Why do most anti-aging treatments and surgeries focus on the face

and neck as the area for enhancement? This is because usually

the face and neck most clearly betrays the effect of passing

time.

Being one of the most " exposed " parts of our body to the

surrounding environment, the face reflects the ravages of time

quite faithfully. Haven’t you noticed that you can very

accurately estimate the age of a person merely by looking at

their face?

Even babies are born with this skill – they can differentiate

between the face of an adult and a child.

There are very clear biological and environmental factors behind

the maturing of our faces and wrinkles. As a person grows older,

the shape of their cranium actually changes.

The skin tends to become darker with the passage of years. Also,

it loses its elasticity and becomes less flexible.

Not only that, it becomes rougher but also more leathery. Various

blemishes and discolorations appear on the skin. Not only is an

aging face betrayed by lines and wrinkles, it also plays host to

pouches and folds.

The pores of our skin appear wider, bags appear under the eyes

and the very skin appears to sag. These conditions can often

result in a double chin.

Many consider the above conditions unsightly. The sight of

facial wrinkles and sagging chins is enough to send some of us

rushing to the nearest plastic surgeon or botox treatment.

May be a better strategy should be to look into the reasons

behind the appearance of wrinkles. Only then we can understand

this process and attempt to actually reverse it.

Most experts will cite photo damage or sun damage as the primary

reason behind wrinkles. This is because the sun’s rays can very

easily penetrate the skin’s surface. These rays can actually

physically destroy the delicate tissues of our skin, leading to

wrinkles.

Although sun tanning is a very fashionable activity, research

indicates that this could lead to earlier and also deeper

wrinkles.

You might think that tanning, burning, and peeling is the only

damage the sun can cause. These are, in fact, only the more

apparent and superficial effects of sun damage.

-- The Deeper Ravages of the Sun --

Sunrays can cause much damage to the deeper layers of the skin.

This is because Ultra Violet rays (in sunlight) have different

bandwidth. UV rays and can actually penetrate much deeper into

our skin.

Darker skin tones tend to be much less vulnerable to skin burns.

However, in the way they respond to wrinkles because of sun

damage is not very different. Apart from wrinkles, the sun also

causes dryness of skin and the manifestation of age spots – all

signs of a skin struggling to survive the challenges of time.

Studies show that most age related wrinkles start appearing

around the age of 27. This also depends on a number of factors

apart from the environment like...

– facial habits

- genetic inheritance and

- skin care regimens.

Biologically, wrinkles are caused by the breakdown of the

collagen and elastin fibers. These fibers lie beneath our skin

and which give it its flexibility and firmness.

Ultra violet rays contribute to the damage of skin fibers. What

follows is when stretched, our skin is no longer capable of

" snapping " back. This helps lead to wrinkles.

Gravity is also an acknowledged culprit in this game. It

constantly pulls our skin downwards and causes it to sag over a

period of time. This is especially visible on the face and neck

and on our upper arms.

Cigarette smoking is another cause for early wrinkle formation.

Scientists are not sure of the reason behind this, but studies

have consistently shown that smokers are far more susceptible to

wrinkle damage than non-smokers.

This is even evidenced when both smokers and nonsmokers belonged

to the same age group. In these test groups participants

exposure to the sun had been similar and their complexion was of

similar types. The smokers experienced more wrinkles in their

skin. Scientists suppose that this might happen because of the

damage that the cigarette smoke causes to elastin.

Other factors which have been proposed to explain the formations

of wrinkles like hormone loss as we age. Free radicals are said

to attack our skin. Certain areas of our facial skin reflect age

much earlier. Is the case especially in areas around our eyes

and lips and our foreheads.

This is because our skin repeatedly folds around these regions.

Our skin actually " remembers " our habitual expressions and over

time. It gets permanently folded accordingly.

Botox injections have proven especially effective when these

specific facial features have been targeted.

Some over the counter formulas are now available to help in the

fight against the ravages of time. Rejuvinol™, available at

www.BODeStore.com, may be one of these products. It is a unique

nutrient-rich moisturizer that nourishes, tones and rehydrates

for firmer, more resilient skin. Skin is protected from oxidation

(aging), sun and environmental damage. It contains Hyaluronic

Acid, a naturally occurring substance in the body, is one of the

most effective moisturizing agents available.

When it comes to looking younger today, we owe it to ourselves

to use everything in our arsenal to stave off the ravages of

time.

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