Ways to rejuvenate the face at home

Every woman wants to always remain young and beautiful. But over time, youth passes, the first signs of aging appear, followed by deeper wrinkles. The beauty industry offers a huge amount of skin care products, cosmetic procedures and vitamins to nourish the skin. But in search of natural, effective and inexpensive lifting products, we turn to folk recipes and methods of self-rejuvenation of the face.

Causes of wrinkles

It is impossible to completely get rid of the problem of the appearance of wrinkles, but it is possible to delay the aging of the skin. And to do this is much easier than to smooth out the wrinkles that have already appeared. Wrinkles and their early appearance are not only a cosmetic flaw, but also an indicator of problems in the body. It is important to approach their prevention and elimination in a comprehensive manner, since the causes of aging do not always lie in the features of the skin. The following factors can provoke the appearance of wrinkles and premature aging of the skin:

• excess weight and sudden weight loss: under the pressure of excess fat, the skin sags, the muscles of the face weaken, and with a sharp weight loss, the oval of the face does not have time to tighten up in accordance with new forms;
• bad habits: alcohol and smoking lead to dehydration of the skin and inhibit metabolic processes, while skin elasticity weakens, complexion worsens;
• unhealthy lifestyle: unbalanced diet, stress, lack of physical activity and proper rest wear out the body, which cannot but affect the condition of the skin;
• use of low-quality cosmetics: cosmetics may contain synthetic low-quality or critical components that will not benefit your face;
• unfavorable ecology: the skin absorbs harmful substances contained in the air, is exposed to an aggressive environment (frost and sunlight), and as a result of all this is dehydrated;
• health problems: wrinkles can only be a symptom of a more serious disease and hormonal disorders;
• genetic predisposition: to know what awaits your face in the future, take a closer look at the faces of your older relatives;
• facial structure: malocclusion, weak chin can cause wrinkles.

Features of lifting care

A complex of anti-aging procedures cannot be common to all the fair sex. Cosmetic care depends on the specific age, skin type and type of wrinkles that you have to deal with. There are two main types of wrinkles:

• mimic (or dynamic) - appear in our life first; each person has his own way of expressing emotions on his face, and facial wrinkles occur in areas of active contraction of the facial muscles;
• static (age, gravitational) - a person encounters them already in adulthood; such wrinkles appear regardless of the features of facial expressions: the skin ages, collagen production decreases, elasticity is lost, the oval sags. Under the influence of gravity, flabby skin tends to fall down and ptosis of the face occurs.

The first wrinkles, caused by active facial expressions or insufficient care, may appear as early as 25 years.

Ways to deal with wrinkles depending on age

Throughout life, our face undergoes a number of changes, as a result of which wrinkles of various depths appear on it:

1. First, we are faced with superficial wrinkles - a thin network that has affected the top layer of the skin. They appear at the age of 25-30 years, so prevention should be started as early as possible. At this time, it is important to provide the skin with sufficient nutrition, avoid stress, bad habits, and observe sleep and wakefulness. The network of superficial wrinkles can be removed by peeling, relaxing facial massage and moisturizing cosmetics.

   The premature appearance of wrinkles should be feared primarily by owners of dry skin. Dehydration is one of the reasons for the appearance of the first wrinkles, which in the future will be difficult to smooth out. However, oily and normal skin also needs proper care, coupled with thorough cleansing.

   

   Superficial wrinkles occur not only as a result of active facial expressions, but also due to loss of skin moisture.

2. Superficial wrinkles can later develop into medium-deep ones, caused by a violation of collagen production, at the age of 40-55 years. During this period, the synthesis of collagen, the main substance responsible for skin elasticity, slows down. The skin begins to lose elasticity. At this stage, it is important to combine a healthy lifestyle with meticulous care: cleanse the skin of the face, use moisturizing and lifting products. To eliminate medium-deep wrinkles, a serious integrated approach is needed.

3. In the formation of deep wrinkles, in addition to the layers of the epidermis, subcutaneous fat takes part. The degree of manifestation of such wrinkles depends on the environment, care and genetic predisposition. Over time, the quality of the skin begins to deteriorate, and the oval begins to sag. Usually these defects appear by the age of 55–65. Means designed to provide dehydrated skin with nutrients and collagen do not penetrate into the deeper layers of the dermis, and therefore are not very effective. Therefore, to all already applied procedures, it is worth adding massage, facial gymnastics and special devices for rejuvenation. In the fight against deep wrinkles, hardware cosmetology and plastic surgery come to the rescue.

For each age there is its most effective care. But when you pass a certain age limit, you should not abandon all the previous cosmetic procedures - add new ones to them, and such an integrated approach will lead to a better result.

General recommendations for preserving youth

Over time, the skin fades, so our task is to delay the onset of this unpleasant phenomenon. Recommendations for prolonging youth are similar to those for maintaining health in general:

• eat moderately and balanced;
• go in for sports;
• drink enough water (at least 1. 5 liters per day);
• get enough sleep (sleep should last at least 6 hours);
• Eliminate cigarettes and alcohol from your life. The main recommendation for preserving youth at any age is to maintain a healthy lifestyle.

To maintain radiant skin and a tightened face oval, cleansing, nourishing, tightening products and procedures are also needed.

To protect your face from the appearance of a second chin, pick up a comfortable orthopedic pillow for sleeping, do not read while lying down and watch your posture. A low tilted head provokes the formation of a skin fold, which later turns into a cosmetic defect.

Anti-aging care at home

Home cosmetic procedures can involve both the use of ready-made (store-bought) products, and a purely natural approach, with hand-made creams and masks. You should not choose only one thing, categorically refusing the other, since both of these directions are good in the struggle for youth. So, to help in home rejuvenation come:

• store and hand-made cosmetics: moisturizing, nourishing, lifting creams, scrubs, masks, tonics, selected according to your age and skin type; all this will support the freshness and elasticity of your face. Skin care cosmetics will help in the fight against the first wrinkles at 25–30 years old and slow down the appearance of signs of aging at 40 years and beyond;
• facial gymnastics and massage: improving blood circulation and strengthening the muscles of the face is an excellent prevention and way to eliminate wrinkles. At 35, metabolic processes slow down and it is no longer enough to act with creams on the top layer of the skin. Gymnastics accelerates blood circulation, cells are saturated with oxygen, and wrinkles are smoothed from the inside;
• hardware cosmetology: progress does not stand still, so you can carry out a professional cosmetology procedure yourself with the help of special devices. Over the years, even with careful care, the quality of the skin deteriorates, medium and deep wrinkles appear, and the face sags. The problem of aging after 45 years is solved either by salon injection procedures and plastic surgery, or by home cosmetic devices;
• exotic method of rejuvenation: Achatina snails. The mucus of these mollusks contains a large amount of substances that restore and nourish the skin. With this procedure, superficial wrinkles disappear and deeper ones are smoothed out. Snail therapy will be useful both in 30 years and in 50.

Homemade scrubs and masks for wrinkles at 25–35 years old

Delicate facial skin needs to be maintained and nourished with vitamins, gently cleansed and moisturized. Shops offer a variety of scrubs, moisturizing and nourishing creams, masks, lotions, among which you can find suitable products according to your skin type, age and taste preferences. However, to be completely sure of the composition of the product, it is much easier and cheaper to prepare it yourself. The first stage in cosmetic care is cleansing, which we carry out with a scrub. By removing dead particles of the epidermis, we even out skin tone and ensure better penetration of nutrients into the deeper layers of the skin. In addition, scrubbing allows you to get rid of superficial wrinkles. The scrub has a creamy base with exfoliating particles. There are a great many variations of the composition for peeling, and here are some of them:

• olive-oatmeal scrub for combination skin type:
  • chop 1 tbsp. l. oatmeal in a blender or coffee grinder;
  • mix with 2 tbsp. l. olive oil;
  • add 3 drops of rose oil;
  • mix the ingredients until smooth. Crushed oatmeal gently cleanses the skin, gives elasticity, smoothes fine wrinkles and fights inflammation, while rose oil eliminates age spots and tones
  
• yogurt-coffee scrub for oily skin:
  • 1 tspground coffee mixed with 1 tbsp. l. low-fat yogurt;
  • add 3 drops of rosemary essential oil. Low-fat yogurt nourishes the skin and gives a matte glow, coffee has a tonic effect, rosemary ether increases blood circulation and promotes cell renewal
  
• fruit scrub for dry skin:
  • grate a quarter of an apple;
  • mix the resulting mass with mashed potatoes from half a banana;
  • add 1 tbsp. l. crushed oatmeal;
  • pour 1 tbsp. l. low-fat kefir;
  • mix all the ingredients. The banana pulp will soften and nourish the skin, the apple will whiten the face and even out the color.
  

For owners of normal and oily skin, it is recommended to carry out such scrubbing 3 times a week, for girls with dry and sensitive skin, reduce the procedure to 1-2 times a week. Makeup must first be removed from the face. As for creams, you can enrich your favorite store-bought product by adding 2-3 drops of essential oil to it. Lifting, smoothing, toning, softening oils are rosemary, sandalwood, geranium and lavender esters. They eliminate free radicals, smooth fine wrinkles, saturate the skin with nutrients. Special nourishing masks are also designed to maintain facial skin tone. They smooth out small wrinkles and even out the skin texture. Here are the recipes for some masks:

• gelatin lifting mask:
  • 3 tspmix gelatin with a quarter cup of milk and leave to swell;
  • bring the resulting mixture in a water bath to a state of a homogeneous viscous mass (but not boiled);
  • add 2 tbsp. l. liquid honey and 3 tsp. glycerine and mix well. Apply the cooled mixture with a brush on the face along the massage lines in several layers. Leave on for 15 minutes and rinse with damp cotton pads. Gelatin is the same collagen: it gives the skin softness, velvety and elasticity
  
• algae mask:
  • 2 tbsp. l. pour kelp powder with water (half a cup) and leave for half an hour;
  • add to the mixture 1 tbsp. l. grated ginger, olive oil and milk;
  • bring the composition to homogeneity. Apply the mask for 20-25 minutes, then rinse with water. The kelp mask has lymphatic drainage, anti-edematous and rejuvenating properties.
  
• clay mask:
  • fresh cabbage leaf pour 6 tbsp. l. hot heavy cream and leave for 8 minutes;
  • chop the leaf and mix with cream;
  • add 1 tbsp. l. honey and red clay;
  • bring the mixture to homogeneity. Apply the cooled composition to the skin and hold for 20 minutes, then rinse with water. The clay mask has a pronounced tightening effect and is suitable for people over 40 years of age.
  

Masks must be applied to the entire face except for the area around the eyes and lips. A contraindication to the use of home cosmetics may be individual intolerance to the components that make up the composition.

Rejuvenation with Achatina snails at 25–50 years old

There is a rather exotic method of facial rejuvenation for the most daring and unsqueamish - with the help of snail mucus. During the procedure, Achatina snails are planted on the face, which, slowly moving along the skin, carry out peeling, massage and leave traces of mucus. It is the secret secreted by mollusks that has the main rejuvenating function. The mucus of Achatina snails contains:

• allantoin, which regenerates the skin and fights radicals;
• natural solar filter that protects against harmful UV radiation;
• vitamins A, C, E, softening, moisturizing and nourishing the skin;
• glycolic acid, which cleanses of dead cells;
• natural elastin, which improves skin turgor;
• natural collagen, stimulating the synthesis of its own collagen and increasing skin elasticity.

In salons, the Achatina rejuvenation procedure is quite expensive. But snails can be bought and grown at home. They need an aquarium with a volume of at least 10 liters with soil at the bottom, which needs to be changed periodically. Mollusk cubs are fed 1-2 times a day, adults - a couple of times a week. Snails feed on cucumbers, zucchini, cabbage leaves, apples.

Before the massage, the skin must be cleaned, then take a horizontal position and gently put on the face of the mollusk. A massage session takes from 30 minutes to 1 hour. At the end of the procedure, the snail is returned to the aquarium, and the mucus is left on the face for another 15 minutes, then washed off with water. After that, a moisturizer is applied. A contraindication to the procedure is individual intolerance to snail mucus (allergy). Snails easily cope with fine wrinkles, smooth out medium and deep ones and prevent the appearance of new cosmetic defects, so the procedure is useful for both young and more mature women.

Do not confuse snail massage with hirudotherapy, which is also used in anti-aging cosmetology. In no case should you work with leeches on your own. This procedure is carried out only by a qualified specialist.

Massage and gymnastics for wrinkles at 35–55 years old

Unfortunately, wrinkles affect not only the surface of the skin, but also deform the deeper layers of the dermis. Therefore, an effective fight against average wrinkles at the age of 35-50 is an effect on the skin folds from the inside, since the nutrients from masks and creams practically do not penetrate into the skin. Massage and facial exercises improve blood circulation and enhance metabolic processes in the epidermis. Thanks to this, the skin cells are saturated with oxygen, the facial muscles become toned, and the sagging of the oval disappears. General recommendations for gymnastics or facial massage:

• first carefully study the technique of proper massage and massage lines of the face in order to avoid unpleasant consequences;
• the procedure must be carried out using oil or cream (but not on dry skin);
• classic massage begins with light stroking of the skin in the direction of the massage lines;
• after "warming up" the face, you should proceed to soft pressure on the skin; You need to finish the procedure by tapping with your fingertips on the face.

All movements in the massage should be neat and light so as not to injure the skin.

Before doing facial gymnastics, it is better to consult a beautician, as inept actions can provoke the appearance of new facial wrinkles.

Hardware cosmetology at 45–60 years old

The most effective for medium-deep and deep wrinkles is the use of special cosmetic devices. Their action also extends to the deep layers of the dermis, which provides a noticeable positive effect. Devices are distinguished by the type of effect on the skin. Contraindications for the use of devices are inflammation and skin lesions, neoplasms in the affected area, blood clotting disorders, colds, sinusitis, infectious diseases, gold and platinum reinforcement, pregnancy.

Table: types of devices for rejuvenation and their action

Types of devices for rejuvenation	Action
LED	Normalization of blood flow, production of natural collagen
Powered by microcurrent	Restoration of the facial muscles
Galvanic	Tightening of the epidermis
Laser	Renewal of the surface layers of the epidermis, elimination of dead skin particles

Reviews

Keeping the skin young and healthy is within the power of not only professional cosmetologists. With a careful attitude to your body, proper nutrition and appropriate care, competently combining grandmother's recipes for natural remedies with new anti-aging techniques, drugs and devices, you will keep your face youthful and radiant for many years.