Causes
If you listen to the cosmetic industry, you might believe wrinkles are a natural part of aging. However, you have much more control over the look and feel of your skin than you’ve been led to believe. You don’t have to accept wrinkles under your eyes, on your forehead, dark circles, lines under your eyes, or hyperpigmentation. You can regain smooth, clear skin. Let’s look at how.
Causes of Wrinkles, Crow’s Feet, & Fine Lines
Wrinkles occur when your skin dries out and loses its fullness. Dry skin slows down its metabolism because skin cells, like all cells, need moisture to function properly. With a slower metabolism, your skin cells don’t produce as much moisture. As a result, old, worn-out cells aren’t replaced as quickly, and they don’t regenerate the collagen and elastin that make your skin firm, strong, and flexible. This leads to wrinkle formation.
The skin around your eyes develops crow’s feet and fine lines first because it is thinner than the rest of your face and body and moves more frequently. Every time you look around, smile, frown, squint, or even sleep, the skin around your eyes moves. Exposure to wind and sun further accelerates its drying out. The skin on your forehead develops expression lines and wrinkles early for similar reasons. While it’s slightly thicker than the skin around your eyes, it still moves a lot and dries out faster.
Other factors contributing to wrinkles include poor sleep and diet, excessive sugar consumption, smoking, alcohol consumption, and environmental pollution. These elements weaken your skin, dehydrate it, and use up antioxidants like vitamin E that would otherwise keep your skin healthy and radiant.
Home Remedies For Wrinkles
Simple and natural home remedies for wrinkles include:
Eliminate Sugar from Your Diet
Cut out refined sugar as it destroys collagen and weakens your skin.
Eat Natural, Organic Food
Fruits and vegetables provide essential vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants. Ensure you get enough proteins and amino acids in your diet. If you don’t eat meat or dislike it, supplement with options like nuts, which are rich in protein, vitamins, and minerals. Your skin needs protein to build collagen and elastin.
Eat Dark Chocolate
Consume dark chocolate with very little sugar. Cocoa contains epicatechin and catechin, which protect against UVB sun damage.
Exfoliate Your Skin
Remove dead skin to promote skin cell rejuvenation. Use gentle, organic skincare products instead of harsh chemicals.
Moisturize Regularly
Choose skincare products with organic moisturizers and nutrients. Avoid products containing parabens, phthalates, and petroleum, which coat your skin with toxic chemicals, causing stress and suffocation.
Apply Topical Vitamin C
Your skin uses vitamin C to build collagen and maintain its structure. Topical vitamin C reduces fine lines and age lines. In one trial, patients using topical vitamin C reported 84% higher satisfaction with their treatment than the control group. Vitamin C also protects against UVB rays that damage your skin.
Natural Skin Care Tips to Reduce Wrinkles
A good skincare regimen should moisturize and nourish your skin. Here are five natural skincare remedies to help with crow’s feet and brighten your skin.
Avocado Mask
Avocado oil cleans, protects, and moisturizes for soft skin. It promotes the absorption of nutrients like vitamin A, which slows aging, vitamin C, which supports toned, smooth skin, and vitamin E, an important antioxidant for your skin. To make an avocado mask, remove the pit and mash one avocado. You can use the inside of the avocado skin to exfoliate, or use your preferred exfoliating rinse. Apply the mashed avocado on your face and leave it on for 10 minutes, then rinse with warm water.
Cucumber Mask
Cucumber cools and soothes while yogurt moisturizes and nourishes. Puree cucumber and coconut-milk yogurt together. Gently rub the mixture onto your face and leave it on for 15 minutes.
Raw Honey and Coconut-Milk Yogurt
Raw honey and yogurt offer multiple benefits. Yogurt’s lactic acid exfoliates, while honey hydrates and cleanses the skin of bacteria. Combine plain coconut-milk yogurt and honey in equal amounts, and apply to your face for 10 minutes. Rinse thoroughly with warm water.
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is an excellent moisturizer and brightener. Simply rub a small amount on your fingers and gently apply it below and to the sides of your eyes.
Luminous
For an all-natural skincare approach to crow’s feet, I recommend Luminous. This face cream penetrates seven layers into the skin to nourish, moisturize, and enhance cell growth for smooth, ageless skin. It contains a coconut oil base, aloe vera, green tea extract, hempseed oil, and more.
