A list of undesired things that come with the age? Well, forgetting things very easily, grey hair and wrinkles are first to cross our mind and today, our main focus is going to be on wrinkles. There are many ways of fighting wrinkles and other signs of aging on your skin. Let’s check out some of them.
Vitamin A
Wrinkles appear when collagen is reduced in the connective tissue of the skin. Your skin loses its elasticity and becomes flabby. Vitamin A builds and repairs collagen. This vitamin is mainly stored in greens and vegetables such as carrots, sweet potatoes, dried apricots, sweet red peppers, etc.
Getting enough sleep
When you are deprived of sleep, your body starts to produce more cortisol. Cortisol is also known as “the stress hormone” and it can reduce collagen as well. This is why, no matter how hectic your life is, you should try to get your minimum 7 hours of sleep every day.
Exfoliate
Exfoliation is one of your best friends (or your skin, in this case)! Although exfoliating with scrubs can also do the job, cosmetologists also advise using mechanical or chemical exfoliant once a week at night.
Staying away from fire
We know, we know. It’s winter, it’s cold and all you want to do is to snuggle closer to the fire and read a book or drink some tea. Well, that all sounds nice and all, but sitting too close to fire or heater can break down collagen as well and cause premature wrinkling.
Staying away from alcohol as well
Drinking once or twice a month with a company, will not do any significant damage to your skin, but regular consumption of alcohol can help to increase the aging process. Alcohol deprives you of the Vitamin A; it dehydrates your skin and can cause inflammation.
Keeping the happy face
And the last (but never the least) item on our list is frowning. During the day, we express our emotions not only verbally, but also with the help of various facial expressions. Negative facial expressions can draw deep lines along our skin, if repeated often. We feel this is a thing which is hard to control, so this is what we are going to do. To relax not only your face muscles, but also your eyes, every 20 minutes, fix your eyes on a location 20 feet away for 20 seconds.
See also: Beauty Tips to Look Younger
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