Causes and prevention of wrinkles
Wrinkles on the chin have different causes. Analyze your habits and body condition. Perhaps these recommendations will help you.
Age
Age is the main enemy of youthful skin. After 30 years, collagen production in the subcutaneous layer decreases, and the skin loses its elasticity.
Facial expressions
Excessively active facial expressions, habit of grimacing. Try to control your facial expression.
Incorrect posture
The habit of walking and sitting with your head down is a common cause of chin deformation.
Practice good posture. Walk as if an invisible rope is pulling the top of your head into space, look forward.
Keep your chin parallel to the floor. When sitting, make sure that your head and neck are in a vertical straight line, with your spine resting on the back of the chair.
Uncomfortable pillow
A high, poorly chosen pillow and an uncomfortable position during sleep provoke the appearance of wrinkles on the chin.
Replace the pillow with a less voluminous one or choose a comfortable bolster. If you sleep on your back, your head should not be raised too much. Sleeping on your stomach is not advisable.
Dry skin
Dry facial skin is a problem for men who often shave their chins. Microtraumas and alcohol-based products strip the skin of its protective fatty film.
Use moisturizing aftershave care and nourishing creams.
Dream
Lack of sleep and stress cause hormonal imbalances in the body. When there is a lack of sleep, a person lacks the hormone melanin. At the same time, the level of stress hormones increases, causing accelerated aging.
Get enough sleep! To maintain youthful skin, the body must relax and rest.
Nutrition
An unbalanced diet, lack of vitamins, diets with sudden weight loss, and obesity reduce tissue elasticity.
Where does hypertonicity come from?
Tension in the chin area is caused by an unconscious reaction to emotional stimuli - this is how dissatisfaction, stress, intransigence, disgust, resentment, and emotional tightness manifest themselves. These are patterns, masks, and the process of their formation begins almost from birth. Remember how offended children “pout”? With age, the attitude towards life forms a pattern - at first it is just a certain facial expression, on which wrinkles, pinches, and a chin fold begin to appear over the years. The most common muscle patterns reflect a dissatisfied face, pursed lips, and downturned corners of the mouth.
Removing wrinkles on the chin at home
So, you have found wrinkles on your chin - how to get rid of them? Do not despair. We remember how to remove wrinkles on the chin with home remedies.
- We clean the skin of the chin and neck with soft peeling twice a week.
- After the cleansing procedure, we make a moisturizing and tightening mask. You can use ready-made masks sold in pharmacies or home remedies - choose any recipe you like.
- Nourish your facial skin with creams containing retinol. Olive, almond and grape oils and vitamin A, sold in pharmacy capsules, are perfect.
- We combine applying oil to the skin with a chin massage. Hands move smoothly along the massage lines, from the middle of the chin up towards the temples.
- Contrast showers or compresses tone the skin and stimulate blood circulation. The procedure can be performed using a small towel, soaking it alternately in hot and cold water and applying it to the chin for a short time.
Causes of creases under the chin
- Excess body weight
The accumulation of excess fat negatively affects not only your health, but also your appearance. Adipose tissue cells form in problem areas, one of which is the chin.
- Addiction to gadgets
Constant use of a mobile phone, tablet and other devices, either from top to bottom or lying down, leads to the appearance of a double chin. This is due to the fact that in such positions blood circulation worsens and muscles lose tone.
- Genetics
This is a genetic tendency to develop a double chin, when an extra fold can appear regardless of the absence of any provoking factors. If there are people with double chin among family members from generation to generation, then you may also encounter this problem.
- Age
As we age, muscles weaken and the skin becomes less elastic and more susceptible to negative changes. Due to the loss of muscle tone, a double chin appears, which becomes increasingly difficult to remove with age.
- Poor posture
Scoliosis and other spinal problems can also cause a double chin. This is due to the constant incorrect position in which the head is located, which is lowered down most of the time. As a result of this position, the muscles located in the front of the neck weaken.
Interesting fact: excess folds can appear at any age, in both men and women, but as a result of numerous observations it has been established that the problem of a double chin is most often faced by people with a round face shape and a short neck.
French gymnastics for the face
French women know how to remove wrinkles on the chin with the help of gymnastics. Cosmetologist Evelyn Gunther-Pechot came up with a system of exercises that became popularly known as French gymnastics.
The exercises are performed using the palms and fingers and consist of sequential tension and relaxation of the facial muscles.
Evelyn's followers claim that after a month of daily exercise they began to look 10 years younger!
- Apply nourishing cream to cleansed facial skin.
- We pat the neck and chin: with the left hand - on the right side of the neck, with the right hand - on the left. We continue the cotton massage of the chin upward, along the cheeks and wings of the nose, ending on the forehead. Clap until the skin turns slightly red.
- Exercise for the oval of the face, getting rid of “bulldog” cheeks. Open your mouth, place the fingers of one hand behind your lower teeth (place a clean cotton napkin under your fingers) and pull your jaw forward - down. At the same time, create resistance by trying to close your mouth. Perform 4 times for 15-20 seconds.
- Exercise to smooth out wrinkles under the lower lip. Place the fingers of both hands under your lower lip and press slightly. Use your lower lip to push your fingers away, creating resistance with them. Tighten your muscles for 30 seconds, then relax, perform 2 times.
- Removing the double chin. Place the thumbs of both hands under the chin in the middle and press with them from below, creating resistance with your head. Perform for 1 minute, without repetitions. Then massage your chin with your thumbs.
- Cover one palm with the other, place them under your chin and press on it while trying to open your mouth. Perform 3 times for 20 seconds.
Traditional methods for solving the problem
At home, you can make a large number of masks that will tighten your chin, remove wrinkles and improve the tone of your facial muscles:
- Based on glycerin and proteins . Take 10 ml of glycerin, a little flour and egg white. The mixture must be brought to the consistency of sour cream, and then applied to problem areas. You can treat not only the chin, but also the décolleté area. Keep the mask on for 12-15 minutes, and then rinse with a decoction of green tea and treat the area with ice cubes.
- With the addition of honey. You should take an apple, peel it, remove the core and cut it into small pieces. Then put the mixture into a blender and add a little honey (2 tbsp.). It is necessary to obtain a homogeneous mass. It should be applied to the epithelium, left for 10-12 minutes, and then removed with chamomile decoction.
- Based on alum. 1 tsp. A spoonful of alum powder needs to be mixed with a scrub that contains sea salt. Then add a little water to the mixture. The prepared cream must be applied to the neck and chin, left for 20 minutes, and then washed.
Read also: Redness of the skin and itching on the face after peeling
Removing wrinkles from the chin using folk remedies is quite simple, the main thing is to follow the proportions of the recipes and carry out the procedures regularly.
Wrinkles on the chin
Cosmetology procedures
If home remedies don't help and you don't know how to fill wrinkles on your chin, seek professional help from a cosmetologist. The following procedures may be offered to you:
- Chemical peeling. During the procedure, the top layer of skin is removed using acids. The procedure is painful and not harmless.
- Botox. Injections relax facial muscles, wrinkles on the chin disappear after 10-15 days. The effect lasts up to 8 months. Botox has contraindications and can only be used by certified specialists.
- Revitalization – subcutaneous injection of hyaluronic acid. Several procedures are carried out, wrinkles disappear within 5-7 days. Repeat once every six months to maintain the effect.
- Spot correction – filling wrinkles on the chin with subcutaneous injections of drugs.
- Laser tightening of wrinkles on the chin. It is carried out in several procedures.
- Photorejuvenation with light pulses. Causes slight redness of the skin; sunbathing is contraindicated during the course.
- ELOS treatment is a combination of light and radio wave radiation. A course of 5-6 procedures with a month interval between them. Painless, the effect lasts for a long time.
- Ultrasonic lifting. The pulses affect the subcutaneous layer to a depth of 5 mm. The effect is immediate and lasts 1-3 years.
On the forehead and around the eyes
If many cross-shaped wrinkles , a spinal disease cannot be ruled out. And a transverse wrinkle indicates a problem specifically in the cervical-occipital area - often osteochondrosis.
If horizontal wrinkles cut across the forehead above the bridge of the nose, this is a common sign of a tendency to migraine.
A deep vertical groove between the eyebrows tells its owner that his body clearly lacks oxygen and movement in the fresh air.
A vertical crease between the eyebrows on the right indicates a damaged liver and gallbladder. If the wrinkle is shifted to the left, this is the first sign of problems with the spleen.
A vertical wrinkle in the middle of the forehead at the level of the bridge of the nose indicates stomach problems.
wrinkles under the eyes are a “projection” of possible bladder problems.
Swelling of the upper eyelids indicates that not all is well with the kidneys.
Bags under the eyes indicate a problem with the heart.
Of course, to get rid of these defects, you must first treat the disease. But if your wrinkles are still purely cosmetic, you can say goodbye to them with simple facial yoga exercises. Read more about them here.
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Massage – the hands of a massage therapist are able to create a new neck line
Various types of massage give good results, especially with the use of warming components that activate blood and lymph circulation in the cervical area. The massage therapist’s hands will break up fat deposits and strengthen the subcutaneous muscle.
Massage
An additional positive effect will be created by herbal and other natural ingredients included in the massage products. They will improve the condition of the skin and help remove wrinkles.
The number of procedures performed is selected individually. Improvements will be observed for another two weeks after the last massage session. In the future, you will need to periodically contact specialists to keep your neck muscles in good shape.
How does a double chin appear?
Some patients develop a double chin at a young age due to genetic factors. Excess tissue may also remain after significant weight loss. As a result, the jaw line loses its definition and the face looks older.
Double chin
However, in most cases the process proceeds differently. Beneath the skin of the neck is a subcutaneous muscle called the Platysma, which acts like a tight wrap to hold the rest of the tissue in place. Due to age-related changes, it begins to weaken and sag downwards, driven by the force of gravity. This causes the appearance of stretched skin, a double chin, and a blurred jaw line.
Having noticed such unfavorable signs, you need to contact a cosmetologist who will help eliminate them using procedures.
Thread lifting – tightening the skin of the neck
This effective treatment will appeal to those who are embarrassed by double chins and sagging skin. Thread lifting is performed by introducing polymer threads with notches that are well retained in the tissue. After placing the threads, the doctor lifts them up, cutting off the ends that are too long. Anesthesia allows you to make the procedure as comfortable as possible.
Thread lifting
Subsequently, the threads will be “embedded” in the tissue, stimulating tissue renewal and the growth of collagen protein. Rejuvenating and restorative processes will begin. The results of thread lifting last for 2–3 years.
