Every woman wants to always remain young and beautiful. But with time, youth passes, the first signs of aging appear, followed by deeper wrinkles. The beauty industry offers a huge amount of skin care products, cosmetic procedures and vitamins to nourish the skin. But in search of natural, effective and inexpensive lifting products, we turn to popular recipes and face self-rejuvenation methods.
causes of wrinkles
It is impossible to completely get rid of the problem of the appearance of wrinkles, but it is possible to slow down the aging of the skin. And doing so is much easier than smoothing out wrinkles that have already appeared. Wrinkles and their premature appearance are not only an aesthetic flaw, but also an indicator of problems in the body. It is important to approach its prevention and elimination in a comprehensive way, since the causes of aging are not always in the skin's characteristics. The following factors can cause the appearance of wrinkles and premature aging of the skin:
- overweight and sudden weight loss: under the pressure of excess fat, the skin sags, the muscles of the face weaken, and with a sharp weight loss, the oval of the face does not have time to tighten up in new ways ;
- bad habits: alcohol and smoking lead to skin dehydration and inhibit metabolic processes, while skin elasticity weakens, the complexion worsens;
- unhealthy lifestyle: unbalanced diet, stress, lack of physical activity and adequate rest wear out the body, which cannot but affect the condition of the skin;
- use of low quality cosmetics: cosmetics may contain low quality or critical synthetic components that will not benefit your face;
- unfavorable ecology: the skin absorbs harmful substances contained in the air, is exposed to an aggressive environment (frost and sunlight) and, as a result of all this, becomes dehydrated;
- health problems: wrinkles can only be a symptom of a more serious illness and hormonal disorders;
- genetic predisposition: to know what awaits your face in the future, take a closer look at the faces of your older relatives;
- Facial structure: malocclusion, weak chin can cause wrinkles.
Lifting care features
A complex of anti-aging procedures cannot be common to all fair sex. Cosmetic care depends on the specific age, skin type and type of wrinkles you need to deal with. There are two main types of wrinkles:
- mimicry (or dynamics) - appears in our life first; each person has their own way of expressing emotions on their face, and facial wrinkles occur in areas of active contraction of facial muscles;
- static (age, gravitational) - a person meets them already in adulthood; such wrinkles appear regardless of the features of facial expressions: the skin ages, collagen production decreases, elasticity is lost, the oval sags. Under the influence of gravity, sagging skin tends to sag and ptosis of the face occurs.
The first wrinkles, caused by active facial expressions or insufficient care, can appear as early as 25 years old.
Ways to deal with wrinkles depending on age
Throughout life, our face undergoes several changes, as a result of which wrinkles of various depths appear:
- First, we are faced with superficial wrinkles - a fine network that has affected the top layer of the skin. They appear at the age of 25 to 30 years, so prevention should be started as early as possible. At this time, it is important to provide enough nutrition to the skin, avoid stress, bad habits, and observe sleep and wakefulness. The network of superficial wrinkles can be removed with peelings, relaxing facial massages and hydrating cosmetics.
The premature appearance of wrinkles is to be feared mainly by those with dry skin. Dehydration is one of the reasons for the appearance of the first wrinkles, which in the future will be difficult to smooth. However, oily and normal skin also needs proper care, combined with thorough cleaning.
Superficial wrinkles occur not only as a result of active facial expressions, but also due to the loss of moisture from the skin.
- Superficial wrinkles can later develop into deep ones, caused by a violation of collagen production, at the age of 40-55 years. During this period, collagen synthesis, the main substance responsible for skin elasticity, slows down. The skin starts to lose elasticity. At this stage, it is important to combine a healthy lifestyle with meticulous care: cleaning the skin of the face, using moisturizing and lifting products. To eliminate wrinkles of medium depth, a serious integrated approach is needed.
- In the formation of deep wrinkles, in addition to the layers of the epidermis, subcutaneous fat participates. The degree of manifestation of such wrinkles depends on the environment, care and genetic predisposition. Over time, the quality of the skin begins to deteriorate and the oval begins to sag. These defects usually appear around age 55-65. Means designed to deliver nutrients and collagen to dehydrated skin do not penetrate the deeper layers of the dermis and are therefore not very effective. Therefore, to all the procedures already applied, it is worth adding massage, facial gymnastics and special devices for rejuvenation. In the fight against deep wrinkles, hardware cosmetology and plastic surgery come to the rescue.
For every age there is its most effective care. But when you pass a certain age limit, you should not abandon all previous cosmetic procedures - add new ones to them, and such an integrated approach will lead to a better result.
General recommendations for preserving youth
Over time, the skin disappears, so our task is to delay the appearance of this unpleasant phenomenon. Recommendations for prolonging youth are similar to those for maintaining general health:
- eat moderately and balanced;
- go to sports;
- drink plenty of water (at least 1. 5 liters a day);
- get enough sleep (sleep should last at least 6 hours);
- Eliminate cigarettes and alcohol from your life. The main recommendation to preserve youth at any age is to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
To keep the skin radiant and the oval of the face firm, cleansing, nourishing and firming products and procedures are also necessary.
To protect your face from the appearance of a second chin, get a comfortable orthopedic pillow to sleep on, don't read lying down, and watch your posture. A head tilted downwards causes a skin fold to form, which later turns into a cosmetic defect.
Anti-aging care at home
Home cosmetic procedures can involve either using ready-made (store-bought) products or a purely natural approach with hand-made creams and masks. You should not choose just one thing, categorically refusing the other, for both directions are good in the struggle for youth. So, to help rejuvenate the house comes:
- store and handmade cosmetics: moisturizing creams, nourishing, lifting, exfoliating, masks, tonics, selected according to your age and skin type; All this will support the freshness and elasticity of your face. Skin care cosmetics will help fight the first wrinkles at age 25-30 and delay the appearance of signs of aging at age 40 and beyond;
- Facial gymnastics and massage: improving blood circulation and strengthening the muscles of the face is an excellent prevention and way to eliminate wrinkles. At the age of 35, metabolic processes slow down and it is no longer enough to act with creams on the top layer of the skin. Gymnastics accelerates blood circulation, cells are saturated with oxygen and wrinkles are smoothed from the inside;
- Hardware cosmetology: progress does not stand still, so you can carry out a professional cosmetology procedure with the help of special devices. Over the years, even with careful care, the quality of the skin deteriorates, medium and deep wrinkles appear and the face sags. The problem of aging after 45 years is solved by salon injection procedures and plastic surgery or by home cosmetic devices;
- exotic method of rejuvenation: Achatina snails. The mucus of these molluscs contains a large amount of substances that restore and nourish the skin. With this procedure, the superficial wrinkles disappear and the deeper ones are smoothed. Snail therapy will be useful in 30 years and in 50.
Homemade scrubs and masks for wrinkles at 25-35 years old
The delicate skin of the face needs to be maintained and nourished with vitamins, gently cleansed and moisturized. The stores offer a variety of exfoliators, moisturizing and nourishing creams, masks, lotions, among which you can find suitable products according to your skin type, age and taste preferences. However, to be absolutely sure of the composition of the product, it is much easier and cheaper to prepare it. The first stage of cosmetic care is cleaning, which we perform with an exfoliation. By removing dead particles from the epidermis, we even out the skin tone and ensure better penetration of nutrients into the deeper layers of the skin. In addition, exfoliation allows you to get rid of surface wrinkles. The scrub has a creamy base with exfoliating particles. There are many variations of the composition for peeling, and here are some of them:
- Oat and Olive Scrub for Combination Skin:
- chop 1 tbsp. I. oatmeal in a blender or coffee grinder;
- mix with 2 tbsp. I. olive oil;
- add 3 drops of rose oil;
- mix the ingredients until smooth. Crushed oatmeal gently cleanses the skin, gives elasticity, smoothes fine wrinkles and fights inflammation, while rose oil eliminates age spots and tones.
- coffee scrub with yogurt for oily skin:
- 1 teaspoon ground coffee mixed with 1 tbsp. I. Low-fat yogurt;
- add 3 drops of rosemary essential oil. Low-fat yogurt nourishes the skin and gives a matte glow, coffee has a tonic effect, rosemary ether increases blood circulation and promotes cell renewal
- fruit scrub for dry skin:
- grate a quarter of an apple;
- mix the resulting mass with mashed potatoes from half a banana;
- add 1 tbsp. I. crushed oats;
- pour 1 tbsp. I. low-fat kefir;
- mix all the ingredients. The banana pulp softens and nourishes the skin, the apple lightens the face and evens out the color.
For owners of normal and oily skin, it is recommended to carry out this exfoliation 3 times a week, for girls with dry and sensitive skin, reduce the procedure to 1-2 times a week. Makeup must first be removed from the face. As for creams, you can enrich your favorite store-bought product by adding 2-3 drops of essential oil to it. Lifting, smoothing, toning and softening oils are esters of rosemary, sandalwood, geranium and lavender. They eliminate free radicals, smooth out fine wrinkles, saturate the skin with nutrients. Special nourishing masks are also designed to maintain facial skin tone. They smooth out small wrinkles and even out skin texture. Here are recipes for some masks:
- gelatin lifting mask:
- 3 teaspoons, mix the gelatin with a quarter cup of milk and let it swell;
- bring the resulting mixture in a water bath to a state of a homogeneous (but not boiled) viscous mass;
- add 2 tbsp. I. liquid honey and 3 tsp. glycerin and mix well. Apply the cooled mixture with a brush to the face along the massage lines in several layers. Let it act for 15 minutes and rinse with a damp cotton. Gelatin is the same collagen: it gives the skin softness, velvety and elasticity
- seaweed mask:
- 2 tbsp. I. pour seaweed powder with water (half a cup) and leave for half an hour;
- add to the mixture 1 tbsp. I. grated ginger, olive oil and milk;
- bring the composition to homogeneity. Apply the mask for 20-25 minutes and then rinse with water. The seaweed mask has lymphatic drainage, anti-edematous and rejuvenating properties.
- clay mask:
- fresh cabbage leaf pour 6 tbsp. I. hot cream and leave for 8 minutes;
- chop the leaf and mix with the cream;
- add 1 tbsp. I. honey and red clay;
- bring the mixture to homogeneity. Apply the cooled composition to the skin and hold for 20 minutes, then rinse with water. The clay mask has a pronounced tightening effect and is suitable for people over 40.
Masks should be applied to the entire face, except for the area around the eyes and lips. A contraindication to the use of homemade cosmetics may be individual intolerance to the components that make up the composition.
Rejuvenation with Achatina snails at age 25–50
There is a rather exotic method of facial rejuvenation for the most daring and unscrupulous - with the help of snail mucus. During the procedure, Achatina snails are planted on the face, which, moving slowly along the skin, perform peeling, massage and leave traces of mucus. It is the secret secreted by the molluscs that has the main rejuvenating function. The mucus of Achatina snails contains:
- allantoin, which regenerates the skin and fights radicals;
- natural sunscreen that protects against harmful UV radiation;
- vitamins A, C, E, smoothing, moisturizing and nourishing the skin;
- glycolic acid, which cleanses dead cells;
- natural elastin, which improves skin turgor;
- natural collagen, stimulating the synthesis of collagen itself and increasing skin elasticity.
In salons, the Achatina rejuvenation procedure is quite expensive. But snails can be bought and grown at home. They need an aquarium with a volume of at least 10 liters with soil at the bottom, which needs to be changed periodically. Baby molluscs are fed 1-2 times a day, adults - a few times a week. Snails feed on cucumbers, zucchinis, cabbage leaves, apples.
Before the massage, the skin should be cleansed, then take a horizontal position and gently place it on the clam's face. A massage session lasts from 30 minutes to 1 hour. At the end of the procedure, the snail is returned to the aquarium and the mucus is left on the face for another 15 minutes, then washed off with water. After that, a moisturizer is applied. A contraindication to the procedure is individual intolerance to snail mucus (allergy). Curls easily deal with fine wrinkles, smooth the medium and deep ones and prevent the appearance of new cosmetic defects, so the procedure is useful for young and more mature women.
Do not confuse snail massage with hirudotherapy, which is also used in anti-aging cosmetology. In no case should you work with leeches yourself. This procedure is performed only by a qualified specialist.
Massage and gymnastics for wrinkles at 35-55 years old
Unfortunately, wrinkles affect not only the surface of the skin, but also deform the deeper layers of the dermis. Therefore, an effective fight against average wrinkles at the age of 35-50 years is an effect on the skin folds from the inside, as nutrients from masks and creams practically do not penetrate the skin. Massage and facial exercises improve blood circulation and improve metabolic processes in the epidermis. Thanks to this, the skin cells are saturated with oxygen, the facial muscles are toned and the sagging of the oval disappears. General recommendations for gymnastics or facial massage:
- first carefully study the proper massage technique and massage lines of the face to avoid unpleasant consequences;
- the procedure should be carried out with oil or cream (but not on dry skin);
- the classic massage begins with light caresses of the skin towards the massage lines;
- after "warming up" the face, apply light pressure on the skin; You need to finish the procedure by touching your face with your fingertips.
All massage movements must be clean and light so as not to injure the skin.
Before doing facial gymnastics, it is best to consult a beautician, as inept actions can cause the appearance of new facial wrinkles.
Hardware cosmetology at age 45-60
The most effective for medium and deep wrinkles is the use of special cosmetic devices. Its action also extends to the deep layers of the dermis, which provides a noticeable positive effect. Devices are distinguished by the type of effect on the skin. Contraindications to the use of devices are inflammations and skin lesions, neoplasms in the affected area, blood clotting disorders, colds, sinusitis, infectious diseases, gold and platinum reinforcement, pregnancy.
Table: types of devices for rejuvenation and their action
| Types of devices for rejuvenation | Action |
|---|---|
| DRIVED | Normalization of blood flow, production of natural collagen |
| Microcurrent powered | Restoration of facial muscles |
| Galvanic | Tightening of the epidermis |
| Laser | Renewal of the surface layers of the epidermis, elimination of dead skin particles |
Assessments
Keeping skin young and healthy is within reach not only of professional cosmetologists. With a careful attitude towards your body, proper nutrition and proper care, competently combining grandmother's natural remedy recipes with new anti-aging techniques, medicines and devices, you will keep your face young and radiant for years to come.