Home remedies for wrinkles on face, under eyes, forehead, neck and other parts of skin. We all know that wrinkles are a sign of ageing. But, they can be more than that. As we age, our skin sags, but wrinkles can be prevented and even treated to a great extent. Wrinkles mostly form on the face and generally appear more prominent when we laugh or smile. It happens both in women and men. To get rid of wrinkles, stick to natural ingredients and really improve the nutritional quality of your diet.
The world loves wrinkles on a pug, but as far as we humans are concerned, wrinkles are a guage of our age. That is why many men and women fret over them and want to get rid of them. But, once they form, it is not easy to get rid of them completely ( except for laser wrinkle removal treatments ). But lasers are costly, and there is a slight risk of skin damage.
One can reduce the appearance of wrinkles on skin by applying completely natural topical masks and solutions and also through diet. It takes time for wrinkles to subside, but a good anti-ageing home routine really starts showing its results in 3 months ( that's the time our skin takes to shed 3 times ).
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Collection of Home remedies for Wrinkles
One can use a variety of natural products on wrinkles, like face masks, oils, essential oils and herbs.
1. Cold Treatment
Use anything cold on the wrinkles, like splashing with chilling cold water, rubbing ice or something like that. Cold may initially numb the skin but this makes blood rush to the spot. Nerves are relieved and activated. This simple process daily keeps the skin healthy.
One can notice the difference in skin tautness ( the firmness of skin ) after splashing it with cold water. This simple treatment is highly effective at preventing wrinkles and keeping the face fresh.
- How many times to do this daily ? Wash face with very cold water 3 times a day. And this does not include the wash done for removing makeup ( which should be done with warm water ).
2. Eat less fructose ( a kind of sugar )
Any food product with low quality of nutrients and high on fructose is potentially harmful for your face. Fructose has been identified as a key participant in the process called glycation which is what causes the wrinkles. Glycation actually damages the quality of collagen network in skin. However, it is not clear why it affects face the most.
Avoid eating foods and beverages like coke, packed juices ( with added sugar ) and other such foods. One the other hand, fruits which contain fructose may not be harmful as they are providing us with powerful antioxidants to fight many times the damage.
Simple rule of thumb - Avoid foods with artificially added sugars.
3. Prevent Sun Damage With Tomatoes
Skin is easily damaged by ultraviolet radiation beamed by the sun. These rays penetrate deep into our skin and damage the skin cells through free radical reactions. We can't prevent gong out in the sun, to some extent. To prevent the cellular damage, one needs to take lots of antioxidants in diet.
All antioxidants are not the same. They are all different, and they work better on specific kind of cells. Lycopene, for example, is one of the best natural antioxidants for skin. It protects our skin from sun damage even when there is no sunscreen on.
If you go out in sun often, eat tomatoes all year long. Lycopene from tomatoes is easily absorbed when they are cooked, like in a soup, or home made tomato ketchup. Other ways to include tomatoes in diet - salads, sun dried tomatoes, pureed tomatoes and whatever else you can imagine and cook.
4. Facial Muscle Exercises
Did you know that our face contains 40 - 50 different muscles ? Well, if these muscles remain strained, they affect the skin over it, leading to folding which causes wrinkles. These can be prevented and even relieved by performing facial exercises, like face yoga.
These exercises aim to tone facial muscles so that they don't let the skin sag over them. Don't worry, you won't have to do 40 different exercises. They are about a dozen exercises ( facial expressions ), each of them toning a few muscle groups.
Do this routine 1 time a day. Within a few months, one can find a difference in the appearance of wrinkles.
5. Pomegranate or Watermelon juice ( there is a reason for this combination )
Research indicates that wrinkles may also be the result of Vasoconstriction ( narrowing of blood vessels in the face ). To eliminate this, we have two of the most powerful natural Vasodilators ( things that open up blood vessels ).
They are pomegranate and watermelon.
So, drink 1 - 2 glasses of pomegranate juice or watermelon juice daily. You can drink both, if you like. Watermelons taste nothing short of awesome in summers.
6. Olive oil
This is one of the best remedy for wrinkles because olive oil is found in almost everybody's house. Olive oil is one of the healthiest oils for the skin. It can make wrinkles vanish by regular application in a few months. Do not just dab it on the face or skin where wrinkles area. Use olive oil to gently massage the skin.
There are interviews of women living past 100 years of age ( the golden age ) and they had trusted their skin with nothing but olive oil. Some of them had great looking skin even in the last days.
Olive oil is really spectacular oil for skin massage. It has the right viscosity, good concentration of antioxidants and it also provides mild sun protection.
7. Avocado oil
This greenish color oil is obtained from avocados. Apply this natural oil on the skin after exfoliating the skin. It regenerates damaged skin cells and reduces wrinkles.
Rose Hip Seed oil : This oil is derived from rose plant. It is incredible and healthy. It has skin regenerative effects like that of avocado oil. So, it can be used to reduce wrinkles.
Coconut oil : Apply a bit of coconut oil to get rid of wrinkles. This can work too. A lot of people in the tropical regions of the world have been using coconut oil to beautify and maintain the skin.
Almond oil : It is an expensive oil taken from almonds. It has high nutritional value and is used to treat
dry skin and
dry hair. Apply it on the skin if you have wrinkles due to excessively dry skin, like what happens in winter. People who apply oil cleansing products may also develop a dry skin.
You may be wondering why all the remedies for wrinkles are natural oils. Well, our skin needs healthy fats to be strong and elastic. It also needs collagen. To restore the natural oily nature of skin, one would require the use of any of these fantastic natural oils.
For wrinkles caused by saggy skin : The body is surely in need of collagen.
- Eat berries : They prevent free radical damage that can cause sagging and eventually wrinkles.
- Eat foods high in Vitamin C : This is helpful because Vitamin C plays a key role in synthesis of collagen in body.
- Eat protein : Take animal protein, milk protein and foods like soy beans to increase protein intake in diet.
Diet plays a major role in how the skin looks and performs. Eat healthy and take good care of the skin. Try to stay happy and
avoid stress. Wrinkles on the forehead can be caused by stress. Avoid going out in the sun without a sunscreen.
