Premature wrinkles are most often caused by overexposure to the sun, although there are some health problems, prescription medications and skincare products that can lead to it, as well.
Even some professional cosmetic procedures can, if they go wrong, make a person look older, rather than younger.
But, regardless of what caused them, there are things that you can do to improve your appearance and reduce wrinkling, without resorting to plastic surgery, with its high costs and risks.
Here's a look at some home treatments that have proven benefits.
Anti-aging Eating The skin is an organ of the body that has the ability to rejuvenate, completely, if it is given the right tools.
The tools necessary for building new cells and fibers are amino acids from protein, antioxidants, including vitamin C and essential fatty acids.
Those are the primary components of all of the cells of the body.
One study, published in the European Journal of Nutrition, showed that a soy-based supplement containing fish protein and antioxidants from tea, grape seeds and tomato, improved the skin's structure and firmness after six months.
Another showed that an omega3 fish oil supplement improved the skin's firmness by 10% after three months.
If you can firm up the skin, premature wrinkles will fade away.
Anti-aging specialists recommend eating more fish, like salmon, drinking tea or cocoa instead of coffee, and eating more fruits and vegetables to increase your protein, antioxidant and essential fatty acid intake.
Antioxidants prevent and repair the damage done by free radicals, which are molecules within the skin's cells that become highly unstable when exposed to the sun.
Topical Treatments You need to be really careful before you buy topical treatments designed for premature wrinkles.
Many of them contain mild acids that loosen and lift away the top layer of the epidermis.
This can cause redness, itching and irritation.
The underlying inflammation can damage collagen fibers, which are responsible for the skin's firmness.
They become weakened over time, anyway.
It just doesn't make sense to do anything to weaken them further.
On the other hand, antioxidant-rich creams have proven benefits over the course of four to six weeks and they do not cause irritation, as long as they are properly formulated.
One of the best formulations is an emulsified form of coenzyme Q10.
It's found in some of the better anti-aging creams.
A Complete Plan Along with eating right, taking good dietary supplements and using anti-oxidant rich moisturizer on a regular basis, a complete plan for repairing premature wrinkles would include protecting the area from the sun.
That takes a little more than just using any old sunscreen.
The face should be shaded by a hat and sunglasses should be worn to protect the delicate areas around the eyes.
Antioxidants like coenzyme Q10 will work to repair damage, but you want to give them all of the help that you can.
When you must be out in the sun, use a zinc oxide sun-block.
It won't help repair premature wrinkles, but it will protect your skin from further free radical damage.
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