BEAUTY CORNER

Why skin Wrinkles Did you know that everyday we stress our face with over 15,000 facial expressions and these can cause wrinkles? There are 3 types of wrinkles 1 DYNAMIC WRINKLES - Smiles, frown and scowl lines, forehead creases and lip wrinkles, develop each time we smile, laugh or frown. The common locations are between the eyebrows, across the forehead and on the cheeks near the outer corners of the eyes. 2 STATIC WRINKLES - formed due to lack of skin elasticity caused by sun damage, smoking, genetics, poor nutrition, or from prolonged dynamic wrinkling. They are visible regardless of muscle contraction. 3 SKIN FOLD WRINKLES - formed due to sagging of the cheeks causing deep grooves between the nose and mouth. 3 main reasons why skin wrinkles 1 COLLAGENASE - is a wrinkle-formation enzyme generated deep in the skin by ultraviolet and other irritants. Collagenase decomposes dermal collagen and elasticfibres, leading to the loss of skin elasticity. 2 LOW SKIN METABOLISM due to ageing results in: • Hardening and reduction of collagen resulting in resistance of daily facial stresses. • Skin cells divide more slowly and the dermis layer begins thin. • Loss of fat pads give the face a droopy look • Skin loses elasticity and is unable to retain moisture as oil-secreting glands are less efficient. • Hormonal effects of menopause or decreased oestrogen lowers collagen levels by 2% per year and reduces in skin thickness by 1 % per year. 3 FREE RADICALS - damage cell function and activate metalloproteases, an enzyme that breaks down collagen.