Wrinkles - Info on Wrinkles Symptom, Causes & Treatment

Skin changes with age; wrinkles: As we grow older, several changes become apparent on the skin:

1. There is a patchy implement in the amount of pigment in the skin; so gradually the skin appears blotchy.

2. Dead cells accumulate on the skin - this results in dryness and roughness of the skin.

3. The natural oil production is reduced adding to the dryness of the skin.

4. The connective tissue beneath the skin loses its natural elasticity, as the elastic fibres break down.

All these changes mixed with the effects of the different environmental factors like the sun, winds, and chemicals produce wrinkling of the skin. Smoking has often been mentioned as a reason for the early development of wrinkles. This is possibly because smokers tend to screw up their eyes against smoke the wrinkles then develop along these lines.

Although it is not likely to entirely prevent the development of wrinkles, it is possible to slow down the process:

1. The sun is a giant wrinkling machine - so the simplest and the most effective way would be to keep out of the sun and to use sunscreens if it is necessary to go out in the sun.

2. Using a good moisturising cream routinely reduces the dryness of the skin. For this you can use, any moisturising cream - the fancy, expensive nourishing creams with exotic contents are actually no better than the ordinary creams. Although massaging the skin with creams is a frequently mentored advice, this suggestion is absolutely empirical. As a matter of fact, some dermatologists even believe that massaging may actually hasten the appearance of wrinkles.

3. Exercise is also often promoted as an effective way to stay young. Complex routines are designed to fortify the facial muscles- but again there is no evidence that these exercises retard the development of wrinkles.

There are numerous remedies available for wrinkles - most of them are actually useless. The popular anti-wrinkle creams are nothing but masking creams, they just masquerade wrinkles. Vitamin E enriched creams have been used extensively with dubitable effect. Special electric treatments and laser therapies are provided by beauty houses at exorbitant rates, though there seems to be little benefit from these and they may actually even harm the skin. Especial diets and anti-wrinkle pills are also a waste of money. Vitamin supplements also do not help wrinkles. A simple and cheap way is to cleverly use make-up to camouflage the wrinkle lines and this is what is most frequently used.

Surgery is the only defmitely effective way of getting rid of wrinkles - there are several methods available but the best results are obtained 'with a face lift.

Causes

Here we have provided the common causes of Wrinkles, the main cause is sun exposure but there are other factors also, some are

• Normal aging changes in the skin
• Smoking
• Ageing processes
• Sun damage - Exposure to ultraviolet radiation (too much sun) can result in premature aging of skin.
• Heredity (some families wrinkle more)
• Muscle movement
• Skin type (people with light-colored skin and blue eyes are more susceptible to sun damage)
• Other skin diseases with a tendency to scar (e.g. discoid lupus)

Symptoms

Common sign and symptoms are :

• Brow ptosis (the forehead sags so the eyebrows drop over the eyelids, which then feel heavy)
• Eyelid ptosis (the upper eyelid drops, sometimes obscuring the pupil)
• Baggy upper and lower eyelids
• Sagging lower eyelids, revealing the reddened mucosal surface (ectropion)
• Hollow look to the eyes
• Tired-looking eyes with a illustrious groove beside the nose (tear-trough deformity)
• Jowls (loss of jaw line)
• Loss of neckline
• Elongated earlobes
• Dropping of the tip of the nose
• Thinning of the upper lip