For many patients, the biggest area of concern about their appearance is keeping their skin looking young. Some may want their tattoos and lip fillers, their microblading and their piercings, but few things cause more consternation than the arrival of wrinkles.
If you are worried about crow’s feet, there are many things you can do, none of which is to go on worrying, since stress will not help you at all. Instead, you can take a wide range of steps to help keep your skin young for as long as possible. But when wrinkles do appear, you can always get anti-wrinkle injections in Birmingham.
The first ting to understand is what causes wrinkles in the first place. Your body produces a substance called collagen, which helps keep your skin elastic and flexible. As this declines, your skin is more likely to either become stretched or floppy, leading to wrinkles appearing.
Unfortunately, genetics does play a part in how much your collagen production declines with age, which means you may be getting wrinkly sooner than you hoped, no matter what else you do. Nonetheless, whenever it is that you might naturally start getting wrinkles, that time can be pushed back by some actions you can take.
Firstly, you should do what you can to avoid skin damage. An obvious element of that is sun exposure, which not only increases the skin cancer risk, but also leads to the skin ageing faster. That means more sun cream and a sun hat on hot summer days equals fewer wrinkles.
Sun cream is not all you can add. Moisturiser helps because as you get older your skin gets naturally drier and therefore more likely to lose elasticity. Keeping it moist can do this, which also means drinking plenty of fluids.
You can even use a retinoid cream on your skin, which actually encourages extra collagen production. And if you want to keep your collagen high, don’t smoke as this reduces it.
Finally, eat the right foods, as lots of vitamins and antioxidants will keep your skin healthy, as well as plenty else. Olives, salmon and green tea are all great for this.
If all this has not managed to keep the wrinkles away, or if you haven’t been doing these things enough up to now and are literally facing the consequences when you look in the mirror, getting anti-wrinkle treatment is a viable option.
This involves the injections of Botox or, to give its precise name, Botulinum toxin. This helps to relax your facial muscles and smooth out lines. The effects of the treatment last for three to four months as your body gradually gets rid of the toxin, so if you are not doing it for short-term reasons, you will need to have further treatment in time.
Only a minority of patients cannot have Botox, which includes those who are ill, have a skin or muscle condition or are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Having such anti-wrinkle treatment can make a big and positive difference to your appearance, but there is also much else you can do to help prevent deterioration.
