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- Fact: Anti-wrinkle products that can’t live up to their claims are a waste of your money and will do nothing but cause you disappointment.
How your skin ages and wrinkles is a very complex series of events, but the primary factors are:
1. Sun Damage
Repeated exposure to the deadly, carcinogenic rays of the sun or tanning beds destroys collagen, elastin, and produces abnormal skin cells that cannot behave like young skin. It is the major cause of wrinkling.2. Genetics
Your skin color effects how your skin handles sun damage. If you have inherited a darker skin tone, then you will be less vulnerable to the sun’s impact on your skin.3. Chronological Aging
Every year we get a little older and those added years negatively influence our skin, just as they do for the
rest of our body.4. Hormone Loss
Menopause changes the texture and elasticity of skin. The most common sign? Skin becomes crepey, thinner, and doesn’t bounce back when pinched.5. Fat and Bone Depletion
Your skin is supported by both fat and bone. As you age, some of that support is lost, which causes
skin to sag.6. Muscle Movement
The parts of your face you use the most wrinkle the fastest and deepest. Plus, facial muscles become lax over time, causing further sagging.7. Disruption of Skin’s Protective Barrier
Unprotected sun exposure decreases vital substances in skin (such as ceramides and lecithin), leaving
your skin more vulnerable to damage by the sun, smoke, air (oxygen), and pollution.
So, you’re at the cosmetics counter and the anti-wrinkle product you’re thinking of buying claims the collagen it contains can build collagen, resulting in firmer, less-wrinkled skin. That sounds great, but is it really possible?
A couple more facts you need to know:
- Fact: There isn’t a miracle vitamin, plant extract, or any other ingredient anywhere in the world that can change one wrinkle on your face. Stop looking for one ingredient that does it all, because that just leads to disappointment. Just like your diet requires a variety of foods for you to be healthy, your skin needs a variety of ingredients to repair damage, strengthen its barrier, and make healthy collagen.
- Fact: There are thousands of anti-wrinkle products available around the world with claims that are either misleading or just plain false about what they can do for your skin. Look for products that provide research to support their anti-wrinkle claims, such as those from Paula’s Choice RESIST.
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