When we are younger, we never think about wrinkles and aging. They seem like far off problems that will never actually come to be. We can be careless with the health of our skin and with the lifestyle habits that we allow into our routine. However, facial wrinkles are something that we all have to deal with at some point in our lives. Many of us take the wrong approach to anti-aging. We don’t worry about it until we are already experiencing signs of aging. We allow huge amounts of damage to come to our skin and think about the consequences later.
The secret to anti-aging skin care is that the earlier you begin fighting aging, the better off you will be. Although we will all age, you can cut down dramatically on the amount of damage and wear that it put on your skin if you know the right strategies. But you may have habits that are going to cause your skin to age at much higher rate than it should. If you are smoking and leaving your skin unprotected against UV rays you could be accelerating the severity and amount of facial wrinkles on your skin.
What are facial wrinkles?
A wrinkle is an indentation or small crease in the skin. From far away it can appear that a small line has been drawn on the skin. They are usually seen more frequently around the areas of our faces that we move the most as we speak and express ourselves using our face. The most expressive areas of the face are the mouth, eyes, and forehead. So naturally, these are the areas of the face that have the most wrinkles. However, these areas of our faces can accumulate even more wrinkles due to UV rays and the damage of cigarette smoke.
How does smoking damage the skin?
When most people think about the side effects of smoking, we think about the damaging of effects of cigarette smoke on the lungs. It can present irreversibly terrible side effects on the health and function of your lungs. However, your breathing isn’t the only thing that is at risk when you smoke cigarettes. You are also risking the health of your skin. The toxic chemicals that manufacturers inject into cigarettes can damage the skin and cause wrinkles to appear on the skin. Smoking can also cause wrinkles to appear on the skin or to deepen because smoking can cause the skin to dry out. Dry skin is vulnerable to wrinkles.
These side effects are why many people who have had a heavy smoking problem for many years find that they appear to be much older than they actually are. The damage of smoking on the skin does not appear right away, it takes time but once it happens the damage can be brutal and irreparable. The best thing that you can do for you skin and the overall health of your body if you are a smoker is to try to end your smoking addiction. There are many ways to end a smoking addiction. You can use patches, quite cold turkey, make use of vapor cigarettes, or you can even try hypnotherapy.
How do UV Rays damage the skin?
UV rays, or ultraviolet rays are short rays of light that can damage the skin. As you may already know, the sun is a natural source of UV rays, but you may also be exposed to UV rays if you visit tanning beds. They damage the skin by damaging the DNA of skin cells and aging the cells. We are all exposed to the sunlight and we must protect our skin from potential damage by applying sunscreen or wearing protective clothing such as light layers or hats. You may not think that occasional unprotected exposure to the sun is damaging but over time UV rays can present a multitude of damage to your skin cells which can lead to wrinkles. There is nothing wrong with getting some sun. It can improve your mood and provide your skin with a beautiful sun-kissed glow. You don’t have to avoid going outside and basking in the sun completely you just need to be prudent about protecting your skin. In order to cut down on the amount and depth of wrinkles on your skin.
In Conclusion
Your skin is precious. You should protect it against any and all factors that present damage to it. Preventative skin care is the best route to go. Ultraviolet rays and cigarette smoke are two factors that can hold a significant amount of damage to the skin. If you don’t want unnecessary wrinkles and you have either one of these habits you should consider making serious changes to your lifestyle.
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