If you place a premium on your appearance – and most of us do – there is nothing as disturbing as having a clear imperfection on your face. The faults come in different packages, it may be scars, acne, or even skin sags characterized by wrinkles.
Causes Of Face Skin Wrinkling
Aging
The skin happens to naturally lose its elasticity and creases with time due to low production of collagen whose production decreases in sync with age.
UV Ray Exposure
Long and frequent exposure of the skin to the sun rays causes it to lose its moisture due to absorption breaking down the skin’s connectivity tissues hindering collagen and elastin production.
This reduces the skin’s strength and flexibility causing skin sags and premature wrinkling.
Smoking
A cigarette a day keeps healthy skin at bay. Smoking escalates the production of MMPs(Matrix metalloproteinases ), a carcinogenic factor that inhibits the production of collagen and elastic fibers – causing premature wrinkling of the skin.
Habitual Facial Expressions
As Warren Buffet once said; the chains of habit are normally too light to be felt till they are too heavy to be broken.
Aha those squints you make may look normal or may be a way of expressing yourself but alas! With time they tend to form permanent creases, whose extent depends on the frequency they are done.
Ways Of Preventing Face Wrinkling
With the above causes highlighted, one may wonder how on earth they might escape wrinkling. Aging is a must and is our way all – there might be no remedy for its prevention sadly.
However, there are a couple of techniques which we will look at as the article progresses that might actually help alleviate the skin’s aftermath of aging.
The use of sunscreens may help in preventing the intensity of the UV’s interaction with your skin without necessarily having to wear long sleeves and caps. All you have to do is find sunscreen that’s compatible with your skin.
As for smoking, you’ve seen posters everywhere begging you to quit for your wellbeing’s sake.
The habitual cause could be more countered if you try to control the frequency of face twisting and creasing.
Remedies For Wrinkled Face Skin
Old is gold but many don’t see the reason why the skin should show it thus in an attempt to counter aging related wrinkles, various techniques have emerged.
These counter methods involve the use of non- invasive techniques such as the application of radiofrequency and coolsculpting, face lifts using professional aesthetic products, laser resurfacing and for those bold enough for the knife, rhytidectomy and dermal fillers.
In the section below, I’ll discuss existing non-invasive techniques.
Non- Invasive Face Tightening Procedures
Also referred to as non-surgical procedures, non- invasive techniques involve the application of procedures that are only applied externally without incisions on the skin or extraction of body tissues being made.
It consists of radiofrequency, ultherapy, evoke, emsculpt, thermage, and thread lifting.
Radio Frequency for Face
Radio frequency for face tightening is a non-invasive skin procedure that involves the use of heat on the skin to trigger more production of collagen.
There are a couple of radiofrequency systems that have so far proved to be effective and include exilis, profound RF, thermlift, thermage and thermi.
Results are quite visible 4-5 weeks of therapy.
Aside from tightening the skin and removing wrinkles, radiofrequency also reduces/completely gets rid of UV damage on the skin and is used in face slimming and contouring.
Its only disadvantage is one may get low degree burns which are treatable.
A Skin Tightening Device
There are a number of effective skin tightening devices currently in the market at quite affordable prices. There are both skin tightening devices for home use and professional uses and the choice is absolutely yours.
One of the ideal skin tightening devices for home use should be able to maximumly generate collagen from within the body leaving a smooth non wrinkly appearance after a couple of uses similar to the radiofrequency devices used professionally.
