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Mimic wrinkles reflect our emotions. Perhaps the only way to prevent them is to take control of facial expressions. But a round-the-clock poker face is a dubious pleasure, and those around you will not understand. We figure out if there are other ways to remove facial wrinkles.
Causes of wrinkles on the face
It would seem that this is so? Nothing if the facial muscles were not involved in the process. Every time we change our facial expression, they move, and the skin is forced to move with them. Over the years, both the muscles and the skin get tired of the monotony and can no longer return to their original position.
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Types of mimic wrinkles
As the name implies, mimic wrinkles are formed in those areas of the face where facial expressions are most involved.
Mimic wrinkles on the forehead – pThe first horizontal wrinkles on the forehead can be seen already in adolescence due to the habit of raising the eyebrows. If you don’t have enough self-control to get rid of it, and you don’t want to do injections, turn to creams with a Botox effect.
brow crease – inoznikaet as a result of the habit of frowning eyebrows, difficult to correct.
Mimic wrinkles around the eyes “crow’s feet” – in their appearance, the smile is to blame. When we smile, the muscles around the eyes work, and after a while, rays of wrinkles appear in the corners of the eyes. If you do not take action, they will become deep.
Wrinkles on the lower eyelidthe thin skin of the eyelids quickly loses elasticity, and the habit of squinting keeps the muscles in constant tension. So it would not hurt to connect a vision correction to a cream with a decongestant effect (bags accelerate the process of wrinkle formation) if you squint due to myopia.
Wrinkles are laid in the areas of active facial expressions.
A person blinks 15-20 times per minute. Such active facial expressions lead to the formation of “crow’s feet”, which become more noticeable by the end of the day. In the evening, the eyes look older than in the morning due to more pronounced expression lines.
Mimic wrinkles around the mouth are of two types:
Nasolabial folds. True, their formation does not depend on facial expressions, but on heredity, the natural structure of the face, as well as malocclusion.
Perioral folds (purse-string wrinkles) are the result of continuous and active work of the circular muscle of the mouth. However, wrinkles form above the upper lip quite late.
Is it possible to remove mimic wrinkles with cosmetics?
Many modern cosmetics begin to work as soon as they enter the skin. But still, don’t expect a Photoshop effect from them, even if “filler” is written on the package – they won’t succeed in erasing wrinkles from the face in a minute.
Cream
Anti-wrinkle creams contain ingredients that can stimulate the synthesis of collagen and elastin:
vitamin C;
peptides;
glucans;
growth factors;
rhamnozu;
retinol and its derivatives.
Also, modern creams have a relaxing Botox-like effect on the skin. The most well-known components are hexapeptide and adenosine.
Serum
Filler
A relatively new variety of products that borrowed wrinkle filling technology from beauty injections. The principle is the same – to supply skin cells with hyaluronic acid, which attracts and retains water in the skin, straightening wrinkles from the inside. Fillers instantly improve skin tone and hydration, reducing the appearance of wrinkles over time.
Use anti-aging products to correct wrinkles constantly or in intensive courses of 3-4 months, including a full range of products: day and night creams, serum and filler. Comprehensive measures stimulate the internal reserves of the skin and activate the process of cell renewal.
Salon treatments for mimic wrinkles
There are two radical ways to make wrinkles disappear from the face:
immobilize mimic muscles so that the muscles stop moving and wring the skin;
straighten wrinkles from the inside by filling with a filler.
Injection techniques are used to correct wrinkles.
Injection techniques
Botulinum toxin. Botox injections immobilize overly active mimic muscles for several months. Together with the relaxed muscle, the skin also rests, ceasing to gather into folds, as a result, wrinkles are smoothed out.
Contour plastic. Wrinkles are filled from the inside with the introduction of high-molecular hyaluronic acid – a rather dense, but plastic gel, which, when skillfully applied, perfectly corrects deep wrinkles. Details here.
hardware methods. The devices fight wrinkles, trying in one way or another to tighten the collagen-elastin skeleton or start the process of skin renewal.
Thermolifting. Due to the increase in temperature in the dermal layer, the “stretched” old collagen is destroyed and the process of formation of a new one is started.
Fractional thermolysis. The skin is targeted damaged under the influence of a fractional laser that stimulates cell renewal. As a result of renewal, the skin becomes more elastic, fine wrinkles disappear.
Galvanization. One of the types of electrotherapy helps to relax the mimic muscles. Effective for forehead wrinkles correction.
Iontophoresis. Cosmetic preparations are carried deep into the skin with the help of an electric current, stimulating the production of collagen and elastin more effectively.
Self-massage and gymnastics
To get rid and prevent facial wrinkles, these are the tips of Facebook building supporters.
In the evening, when applying the cream, place your fingers on the forehead and stroke it from the center to the temples, massage the skin in circular motions to relax the muscles.
Press your fingertips to the corners of your eyes, close your eyes tightly for five seconds and relax – “crow’s feet” will become less pronounced.
Rotate your eyes in different directions under closed eyelids – this is good for vision and the skin around the eyes.
Rub the brow crease between your fingers, pinch it with small movements from the bottom up. Apply the cream horizontally, smoothing the wrinkle from the center to the eyebrows.
Put your fingers on the corners of your lips, draw a circle with the tip of your tongue along the inside of your lips: first in one direction, then in the other direction. This is a good prevention of wrinkles around the mouth.
Funds overview
Anti-wrinkle products can be used as a preventive measure. Focus on the condition of the skin: if you feel that it has lost its tone, and wrinkles are visible not only at the end of the day, but also after a good night’s rest, feel free to open a jar with the inscription anti-age.
Creams
Night intensive lifting care Revitalift, L’Oréal Paris
Strengthens elastin fibers, activates cell renewal thanks to proretinol.
Antiglycation cream for mature skin, AGE Interrupter, SkinCeuticals
Fights glycation (“sugaring” of collagen fibers), restores tissue elasticity. Contains blueberry extract, proxylan, phytosphingosine.
Day cream “Anti-aging care, Active Lifting 45+”, Garnier
Visibly strengthens the skin, increases its firmness and elasticity, reduces wrinkles. In the composition – plant cells, sea buckthorn oil, rice proteins.
Intensive anti-aging care Redermic C10, La Roche-Posay
Fills wrinkles, improves elasticity and evens out skin tone due to vitamins C and E, hyaluronic acid.
Anti-wrinkle day cream to increase elasticity Rénergie Multi-Lift, Lancôme
Returns skin tone and elasticity, protects against oxidative stress, provides a lifting effect.
Anti-wrinkle and skin firming cream Liftactiv Supreme, Vichy
Visually corrects wrinkles and fights them by stimulating collagen synthesis. Enriched with caffeine, adenosine, rhamnose, neohesperidin.
Serums
Corrective serum that increases the level of hyaluronic acid in the skin HA Intensifier, SkinCeuticals
“Pushes out” wrinkles from the inside, improves skin elasticity due to proxylan, dipotassium glycyrrhizate, purple rice extract, hyaluronic acid.
Intensive Serum LiftActiv Supreme, Vichy
Contains components that stimulate the production of collagen and elastin, increases the level of moisture, includes two types of rhamnose and hyaluronic acid.
Сыворотка Vitamin C10, La Roche-Posay
Antioxidant vitamin C in high concentration makes the skin radiant and reduces fine lines. The product is well tolerated by sensitive skin, but requires the application of a sunscreen.
Everyday microdose retinol serum to fight the signs of skin aging Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum, Kiehl’s
With a carefully calibrated dose of pure retinol, peptide and ceramides, it reduces wrinkles and smoothes the skin without causing discomfort. Suitable for the skin around the eyes.