Facial wrinkles: 5 tips to avoid or remove them

lady · Joined: 10 Feb 2006 Posts: 126

1. Protect yourself from the sun
Really essential! Take this tip seriously! Sun is so strong that it damages skin. Sun causes deep wrinkles, dry, rough skin, liver spots, and more serious disorders, such as noncancerous (benign) and cancerous (malignant) skin tumors.
Avoid sun between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Protect yourself by covering your skin with clothing- wear long-sleeved shirts, long pants, wide brimmed hats.
Protect yourself with sunscreen. Use at least 15 SPF and apply 20 minutes before going outdoors. Reapply sunscreen every two hours, especially if sweating or being in water.
2. Do not smoke
Smoking contributes to wrinkles forming- it dries your skin and repeated moving of facial muscles during smoking causes crows feet, eye wrinkles. Smoking causes blood vessels to narrow, which decreases blood flow. Consequently this results in lacking oxygen, nutrients, vitamin A, also in elastin and collagen. As a result, elasticity of skin decreases.
Smoking causes skin changes and these changes can be seen in young adults who have been smoking for as few as 10 years.
3. Be gentle to your skin
Essential for your skin is regular cleaning. Be gentle. Wash your skin in warm water, not hot nor cold water, since both represent shock to skin and remove oils from skin. . Limit your bath or shower time to about 15 minutes or less. After washing face, do not rub your skin, but gently pat is dry, so that some moisture remains on skin. Immediately moisturize.
Use soaps that are not too strong, because they also strip oil from skin and make it dry.
If your skin is sensitive, it is best to avoid products containing perfumes because they might irritate your skin and even cause allergy.
You must remove makeup before bed time or actually as soon as you do not need it no more. Remove it gently by using soft sponge or cotton cloth or balls- something soft to avoid damaging the delicate tissue around your eyes. If wearing heavy and waterproof makeup, it is best to use petroleum jelly for removing
makeup.
4. Regularly moisturize
Very important is to moisturize skin. By moisturizing you prevent water escaping from skin.
It is wise to select a moisturizer with SPF of at least 15. If having sensitive skin, avoid perfumed moisturizers. If you have dry skin, moisturize more often then if having oily skin.
5. Men and women- shave carefully!
Shaving also exfoliates skin, anyway you must do that gently. This goes especially for men.
It is best to shave after bath or shower, because your hair is softer and easier to shave. You may also press a warm wash cloth on skin before shaving.
Always apply shaving cream, lotion gel before shaving- never shave dry skin.
Shave in direction of hair growth, not against it.
After shaving, do not use lotions that contain ethyl or isopropyl alcohol.