Upper Lip Wrinkles

The saying goes, “The eyes are the window to the soul”. And if that holds true, are your eyes in need of a touch up or even a complete overhaul? Our facial expressions and body language convey to the world our true feelings and intentions. As we grow old, the twinkle we once possessed loses some of its glimmer and is muted by visible signs of aging around our eyes. Is is possible to regain the vibrant luster that our eyes once had? The answer to that question is…”Absolutely!”.

Let’s use an old house as an example. This aging home has magnificently, beautiful windows beckoning all visitors to take a closer look inside. But the rest of the house is in bad shape. The paint has faded and is severely weathered having cracks and chips. The wood framing around the windows is rotten. The mortar between the bricks has begun to deteriorate. This once magnificent home has fallen into distress from years of neglect.

If you haven’t guessed it already, this home represents the signs of aging on your face due to overexposure to the sun’s UV rays, poor diet, lack of exercise, and maybe even a smoking addiction. Just like a home can be renovated, you can tap into your body’s rejuvenative powers with a corrective eye cream treatment and little bit of direction.

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If you haven’t heard of the latest treatments in the fight against wrinkles, Botox and collagen injections, then you have probably been under a very heavy rock. These invasive injection procedures are increasingly more common than ever before with little to no signs of slowing down. These antiwrinkle treatments use external agents to fill folds and crinkles or by relaxing the muscles that create wrinkles and fine lines. While the media continues to rave about the effectiveness of Botox and collagen injections in treating wrinkles, all is not glitter and gold. As with many skin care products, comes a downside to the hype. We’ll start with botulinum toxin type A, better known as Botox.

If you have been paying the slightest attention to breakthroughs in the skin care industry, then Botox injections is at the top of the list. It’s nearly impossible to see, hear, or read about anti-aging skin care without Botox being mentioned.

Botox comes from a bacterium that causes botulism, a typed of food poisoning. Botulism is extremely dangerous and can result in paralysis and in some cases, death if it goes untreated. Botox is a watered-down version of the botulism toxin. Botox treatments are used to combat forehead lines, crow’s feet, and other kinds of wrinkles. One of the biggest selling points for this type of treatment is that it’s a quick and easy method for removing unsightly wrinkles.

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Finding the cure for wrinkles has been prevalent, especially for women, since Cleopatra’s era. Although many products have been developed and advanced over the past centuries, few if any can actually boast being “the cure” for this natural aging process. Cleopatra credited her youthful skin to her daily use of milk and honey for washing and bathing her skin. Another well-known French beauty from the late 1600′s, Ninon de L’Enclos, was still so physically alluring at the age of 90 years old that young men fell hopelessly in love with her. Her face was as smooth and free of wrinkles at 90 as it had been at 20. Louis XIV declared that she was the marvel of his reign. Paintings of her from ages 50 to 85 show her with youthful, clear, wrinkle free skin. Her secret, which was later revealed around 1710, was a simple balm made from beeswax, lard and onion juice!

Although anti-aging skin treatments from Cleopatra’s and Ninon’s eras, and even the most highly advertised “wrinkle creams” on the market today, cannot stop the natural aging process of the skin, studies have shown several natural and herbal ingredients can certainly slow the process down significantly. I will be covering a few of the most effective of these ingredients a little later.

Firstly, let’s do some “Wrinkles 101″. Wrinkles are visible creases in the skin. Wrinkles form as the skin loses collagen, a protein that allows the skin to retain fluids that support a smooth, supple contour. As the collagen-filled elastic tissues underlying the skin are increasingly damaged, wrinkles deepen and become more prominent. Exposure to ultraviolet light and free radicals accelerate the process. Frequent exposure to sunshine results in premature skin wrinkling and increased pigmentation, called liver spots. Exposure to cigarette smoke means exposure to toxic free radicals that also contribute to wrinkling. In women, smoking exacerbates skin wrinkling that occurs after menopause, canceling out the anti-wrinkling effects of estrogen treatment. Other factors that can lead to premature wrinkling include poor diet and nutrition, poor muscle tone, habitual facial expressions, stress, lack of proper skin care, excel sun exposure and heredity.

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In todays over hyped extreme media world there is more pressure to look younger then ever before. Without missing a beat the beauty companies have responded to this need with literally hundreds of different anti wrinkle treatment creams. This might seem great at first, but how can you decide which product is the right facial wrinkle cream for you in this sea of products? This article is meant to help you find the right wrinkle cream to produce the results you want in as little time as possible.

Two different types

Getting the most from a facial wrinkle cream requires you to choose between the two types of creams on the market. One produces results almost on contact with the skin. The second, takes a couple of weeks to start showing results but it hits the problem at it’s roots, the causes of aging.

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