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4 Gravity and Wrinkles Causes

The whole universe is held together by gravity. The movements of the earth around the sun (determining the seasons) and of the moon around the earth (regulating the tides) are all according to the invisible force of gravity. Although gravity makes life possible (and helps people walk rather than float!), we are not often conscious of gravity’s effect on our appearance.

But gravity does affect how we look. Gravity probably contributes to the gradual elongation of our earlobes and nose. And as we age, gravity pulls our skin down! With the natural thinning of our skin with age and loss of underlying fat comes drooping, especially of the eyelids and jowls.

Resorption (or shrinking) of bone usually accelerates as we reach our late 50s or early 60s. Especially prominent can be the regression of the jawbone and cheek bones, which in turn contribute to sagging jowls. If we lose teeth and dentures are needed, the bony ridges that usually hold our teeth can erode. Our lips can contract, and wrinkles appear. Gravity exacerbates the effects of all of these natural changes.

Another cause of gravity-induced wrinkles is major weight loss. If you allow yourself to become overweight or obese, your skin has no choice but to stretch to accommodate. As you (hopefully) lose that extra weight, you may suffer not only from stretch marks, but also from having excess skin! The younger you are, the more resilient is your skin. When a younger person loses weight, the skin reforms to a thinner body; with age, excess skin just droops.

The key to retarding this immutable force of gravity on your skin is prevention. Do not let yourself become overweight. Always exercise to protect your muscles and bones. Eat a healthy diet to provide your system with essential supplements. Take good care of your teeth to avoid the need for dentures. You will not only enjoy a longer life in better health, but also a better, more youthful skin with fewer wrinkles.

5 Your Sleeping Position and Wrinkles Causes

The average person sleeps for one-quarter to one-third of his or her life. By the time you reach 60 years old, you will have slept for 15-20 years! What you may not be aware of is that while you have been sleeping, you have spent 6-8 hours each day pressing wrinkles into your face!

A dermatologist or plastic surgeon can almost always recognize the side on which you tend to sleep because your wrinkles are deeper on that side. If you sleep with your arm over your face, you may actually be pushing extra wrinkles into one side of your face. If you have diagonal wrinkles across your forehead or cheeks (running from your temples to the mid-forehead or from your cheekbones inward), these lines are not from your facial expressions but from your sleeping position. In children these wrinkles disappear as soon as they get out of bed; but in adults, unfortunately, they can become permanent.

Thousands of years ago, Chinese women recognized that they could prevent creases appearing on their faces by sleeping on their backs, using concave porcelain pillows. You don’t need to suffer so much to learn not to bury your face in your pillow! You can easily learn to sleep in a different position. If models and actresses can sleep on their backs, face-up to prevent wrinkles, so can you! To develop the habit and to make this position more comfortable, just place a pillow under your knees.

I have two other pieces of simple advice to help you sleep comfortably without adding wrinkles to your face. Firstly, invest in a silky-smooth, satin pillow case: It’s luxuriously comfortable, and your skin does not “stick” to satin as it might to cotton, especially if you perspire occasionally. Secondly, use a big, soft, non-synthetic pillow that does not apply added pressure to your facial skin if you tend to toss and turn.

If you become conscious of your sleeping habits, with very little effort you can prevent your time asleep from leaving its mark on your face!

6 Smoking and Wrinkles Causes

Cigarette smoking actually accentuates facial wrinkles! You can often immediately recognize long-term cigarette smokers by their wrinkles: smokers in their 40s often have as many facial wrinkles as nonsmokers in their 60s. Particularly prominent in smokers are tiny wrinkles spreading from the upper and lower lips (especially noticeable in women, as lipstick runs into them).

Crow’s feet are more accentuated in smokers. Also, deep lines and numerous shallow lines form on a smoker’s cheeks and lower jaw. Often, the cheeks are slightly hollow, probably from the muscular motion of inhaling. A smoker’s facial skin often looks leathery and gray because nicotine constricts small blood vessels.

I urge you stop smoking now. In addition to all of the health problems and complications caused by cigarettes, if you smoke, you will not look as good as you might, and your skin will inevitably suffer considerable damage.

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