Wrinkles are the creased, thin and sagging skin that is especially noticeable on the neck, hands and face. Most wrinkles appear on the parts of the body where're biggest sun exposure. These include the face, neck, the backs of the hands, and the tops of the forearms. There's not a magic age when everyone suddenly gets wrinkles. Some people in their 20s have little wrinkles around their eyes from squinting or spending too much time in the sun. Skin wrinkles typically appear as a result of aging processes such as glycation or, temporarily, as the result of prolonged immersion in water. Wrinkling in skin is caused by habitual facial expressions, smoking, aging, sun damage, poor hydration and various other factors. The hair and nails also change with aging, including hair loss, graying of the hair, and brittleness of the nails. Dry skin with weak elastin and collagen will sag, wrinkle and shrivel. The skin around the eyelids, neck and jaw is especially thin, and therefore more naturally prone to aging.
Heat, wind, chemicals and the natural effects of aging cause a certain amount of wrinkling for everyone. Exposure to ultraviolet light, UVB or UVA, from sunlight accounts for 90% of the symptoms of premature skin aging. The dermis has an elastic quality thanks to fibers (called elastin) that keep the skin looking and feeling young. A protein in the dermis called collagen also plays a part in preventing wrinkles. Changes in the epidermis caused by the sun include thinning of the epidermis and the growth of skin lesions such as basal cell carcinomas, actinic keratoses, and squamous cell carcinomas. Sunlight damages collagen fibers and causes the accumulation of abnormal elastin. When this sun-induced elastin accumulates, enzymes (called metalloproteinases) are produced in large quantities. Habitual facial expressions cause the skin to wrinkle as it looses elasticity.
Products and treatments, including anti-aging creams, promising to remove, reduce or prevent age-related wrinkles are big business in many industrialized countries. Vitamin A Acid has the longest track record of success in treating aging skin and fine lines. Creams which contain tretinoin must be used on an ongoing basis. They may produce redness and peeling at first, but discomfort can usually be minimized by lowering the cream's concentration or applying it less often until the skin gets used to it. Alpha-hydroxy acids are so-called "fruit acids" include glycolic and lactic acid. Antioxidants include preparations that contain the vitamins A, C, and E, as well as beta-carotene. Such creams may provide a certain amount of sun protection as well as mild improvement of fine wrinkles. Stay out of the sun as much as possible in order to minimize skin wrinkling.
Ways to get rid from wrinkles:
1. Use your fingers upwards from the lower of your eyes to the sides of the forehead; it relives the stress from the facial muscles.
2. Tap the face slowly and lightly with the fingertips to increase the blood circulation.
3. Stroke your chin in upward motions using both your thumbs. It helps reducing the double chin.
4. Breathing should be proper while doing any of the workouts no matter whether.
5. Blow off air from mouth as you are filling air in a balloon, it's a helpful exercise in filling the flat cheeks.
6. Close your lips, take your mouth in the left and then in the right. Practice it 3-4 times.
7. There are some lightweight, battery operated equipments are available in the market to use for facial exercises.
8. Making a smiling face and then holding it for few second and releasing it are as good exercise for the cheeks.
