Sun damage is the leading cause of fine lines and wrinkles, though heredity, age, and facial expression also play a part.
Creams and gels with retinoids (forms of vitamin A) may help ease wrinkles by making skin smoother and more uniform in tone and color. Retinoids may make the skin more vulnerable to sun exposure; use sunscreen while using these treatments.
2. Change Your Sleep Position
Sleeping on your back, stomach or side has long-reaching implications for both health and wellness. Selecting your sleeping position could reduce fine lines and wrinkles as well as alleviating aches and pains; however, there is no universal solution available; for those suffering from health conditions like obstructive sleep apnea or back pain changing your sleeping position could make an immediate impactful difference in how it impacts you.
Other causes for reconsidering sleeping posture could include snoring and neck pain, personality traits and overall quality of rest. Prone positions might help people suffering from pneumonia or short-term lung conditions breathe easier by allowing their lungs to expand more readily; however, these positions should not be used by those suffering from snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, heartburn or similar disorders as it could worsen them further. Back sleeping, on the other hand, allows spinal alignment while alleviating pressure off specific joints while helping with spinal alignment and alleviating pressure points on certain joints.
3. Apply Retinol
Retinoids (a group of vitamin A-derived products) are considered the gold standard in skincare for mature skin. Retinoids work to diminish fine lines, wrinkles and large pores while improving uneven pigmentation, texture and hydration levels in mature skin.
Carroll stresses the importance of applying your retinol product on clean, dry skin before layering moisturizer or other serums so it penetrates all layers. She suggests choosing a non-greasy serum or cream containing ingredients like squalane and ceramides that soothe irritation while providing essential hydration benefits.
Retinoids take several months to work their magic and it is key that you use it regularly in order to reap long-term benefit. While retinoids may initially cause purging, redness, and dryness in your skin, once adjusted you should find yourself using it every night without purging or redness occurring.
4. Moisturize
Moisturizing should be part of every morning and nighttime skin care routine, keeping the skin hydrated while diminishing fine lines and wrinkles – particularly those caused by dry skin types.
Many moisturizers also include anti-ageing ingredients like hyaluronic acid, which attracts and retains water to plump up skin by plumping up fine lines. Other anti-aging ingredients that promote firmness and elasticity of the skin include antioxidants like vitamins C and E and retinol.
Other ingredients, like pomegranate blossom extracts and lavender flower oil, may help boost collagen production, improve color tone, and alleviate stress levels in the skin. A chemical peel is another great natural way of stimulating this production of collagen.
Peptides offer one of the more sophisticated approaches to reduce fine lines, acting “like a mini facelift.” Alexiades explained they work by activating skin’s own natural production of collagen – look out for products such as RoC’s Advanced Wrinkle Repair Eye Cream and Olay Regenerist line with Peptides as they contain this ingredient.
