How to Understand What Causes Facial Wrinkles
It's not a pleasant feeling waking up in the morning, looking at yourself in the mirror and seeing a bunch of lines and wrinkles on your face that you didn't notice before, and you may wonder where they come from. Wrinkles develop over time and they are a natural product of aging, but some factors may speed the wrinkling process or put you at greater risk of developing aging skin before your time. Understanding the root causes of wrinkling can help you figure out a way to deal with them properly. Does this Spark an idea?
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Realize that wrinkles are fundamentally the loss of elasticity in your skin's collagen layer. Aging can cause the loss of elasticity, which leads to wrinkling.
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Look at the faces of people who smoke cigarettes regularly and you are likely to see many lines and wrinkles. Smoking negatively hampers microcirculation in the skin, which promotes wrinkles, particularly prevalent around the mouth, notes Dr. Jonathan M. Sykes from LamasBeauty.com.
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Notice the skin on those who tan a lot, exposing the skin to solar rays and dehydration. Their skin is depleted of moisture, leading to wrinkles. According to MedicineNet.com, this is called photoaging and it results in damage to collagen fibers.
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Recognize that some wrinkles are a result of natural facial muscle contractions, like smiling and squinting says MedicineNet. These lines may become more pronounced over time.
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Improve your nutrition to see how it affects the look of your skin. Nutrition promotes the synthesis of collagen, so eating a balanced diet can go a long way toward improving the vitality and appearance of your skin. Experts from Prevention believe that sugar in particular may promote wrinkling of the skin, as sugar in the bloodstream attaches to proteins and forms "advanced glycation end products," which damage adjacent proteins, particularly collagen and elastin, the proteins your skin depend on, reports msnbc.com.
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