Name: What Causes Wrinkles?
Uploaded: 2024-02-29T22:34:49.000Z
Duration: 5 min 40 s
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Their origin and nature is said to be "notoriously complex,"

but current thinking is that wrinkles occur

The process has been compared to an old leather glove,

the expression lines, temporary wrinkles,

etches the temporary grooves into permanent wrinkles.

See how the smile lines around the eyes at baseline

show up as permanent wrinkles 8 years later?

Given that wrinkles develop from forehead furrows

and expression lines from frowns and laughter,

one dermatology journal review on aging skin

offered the tongue in unwrinkled-cheek suggestion

of "Living alone to minimize the use of facial expressions."

"live in space to avoid the effects of gravity."

However, there is a way to freeze parts of your face

In fact, one contraindication to getting Botox

"necessitates a wide range of facial expressions."

It's never been formally put to the test,

but there was a case report of a pair of identical twins,

one of whom who spent tens of thousands of dollars

getting Botox treatments across multiple areas on her face

Compared to her non-regularly injected twin,

she ended up with fewer imprinted facial lines.

tried to make the case that wrinkles may result

from the skin distortion from mechanical compression

Of course, the primary author also is a partner in a company

selling $160 quote-unquote "wrinkle-fighting" pillows.

It turns out there does not appear to be any correlation

what about topical adhesive "anti-wrinkle" pads

Product claims include "look up to 10-15 years younger,"

declaring a 70 percent reduction in wrinkles.

But when actually put to the test for a month

for crow's feet, forehead, or between-the-eye wrinkles,

no objective benefits were reported at all.

There did appear to be a placebo effect in that subjectively,

the study participants felt the wrinkles looked better,

by facial plastic surgeons of before-and-after pictures

For example, having lighter skin color is a predisposing factor.

Caucasian skin wrinkles more readily than Asian skin,

such as freckles, blotchy patches, and liver spots.

Chinese women tend to have more wrinkles around their eyes

There are, however, factors we have control over.

For example, drier skin has also been found predictive

suggesting regular use of skin moisturizers may help.

Wrinkles are formed by repetitive creasing

Kids can scrunch their faces all they want

because the architecture of their skin has yet to be

is why you don't have wrinkles on your forearms

no matter how much sun they've soaked up.

Rather than immobilizing your face with Botox,

you can focus on preventing the underlying structural damage

This involves tobacco avoidance and regular sun protection.

What about safeguarding against other kinds of light?

From the Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering:

"Can light emitted from smartphone screens

and taking selfies cause premature aging and wrinkles?"

Human skin cells bathed in the light of iPhones and iPads

experienced an 80 to 90 percent increase in free radicals,

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What Causes Wrinkles?

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