What Are The Different Signs Of Aging Skin?
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We might spend a lot of time talking about the signs of aging, and how to make your skin look and feel younger. However, aging doesn’t work the same for all parts of the body. In fact, even your skin can age in a few different ways, often depending on where it is. For that reason, we’re going to look more closely at what the different signs of aging are, what the science behind them is, and what to do about each.
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The Lines of Activity
In many cases, your skin doesn’t simply wrinkle on its own. Rather, stresses can cause fine lines to appear, and there are few sources of stress more consistent than your own facial muscles. What is usually known as “lines of activity” are typically caused by your facial muscles moving and tugging on your skin. As skin loses its elasticity, the changes caused by this tugging can become more permanent, which can lead to things like crow’s feet and smile lines. Botox is one of the most popular treatments in addressing these lines of activity. Effectively, Botox freezes the muscles that would tug on the skin, giving it time to heal while ensuring that no further pulling or stretching causes the wrinkles to deepen even further.
The Lines of Rest
Just as movement can cause wrinkles and fine lines, so too can simply being at rest in some parts of the body. Gravity has an effect on the skin, which can lose elasticity over time. This elasticity can be restored with the help of things like collagen supplements and hyaluronic acid.
The sagging skin that can be caused by this loss, however, can be harder to get rid of, and often the help of women cosmetic surgeons can be necessary. This is the kind of treatment usually addressed by skin lifts and tucks. Sometimes, it may not be as dramatic to require that, but there are few more effective ways to deal with heavy sagging caused by nothing but gravity and time working together.
Changes in Pigmentation
Not all of the visual signs of aging are types of wrinkles, either. The pigmentation of the skin can go through some pretty dramatic changes, as well. Sun exposure is one of the greatest long term causal factors of these changes, whether they are recognizable sunspots or cases of hyperpigmentation and inflammation along the chest or upper arms. These issues can because by skin conditions like eczema, too. Investing in effective moisturization is a key to treating these issues, but there are also prescription products like hydroquinone, that can be given to you by a dermatologist, that can target these spots much more effectively than anything over the counter.
To better understand which approach you should take to fight the signs of aging, it’s a good idea to get a closer look at what you’re actually dealing with. Once you understand that, then you know which kinds of treatments are going to be more effective in actually helping you.
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