There are five types of wrinkles we all “inherit” through being alive. With a consistent skin care program and various treatment methods, you can help diminish the fine lines and wrinkles that reveal your age.

TYPE I: SUN TRIGGERED

The great majority of wrinkles can be blamed on long-term sun exposure. Ultraviolet rays batter skin by breaking down the collagen and elastin, the building blocks that support the outer layer of skin, or epidermis. The most common trouble zones are eyes, upper lip, and nose. Damage sets in as early as the mid-twenties.

TYPE 2: EXPRESSION LINES

Years of habitual movements-frowning, brow-knitting, squinting, can etch permanent expression lines into your face. Most common types: crow’s feet, smile lines, forehead furrows. These usually start becoming noticeable in the thirties and forties.

TYPE 3: SLEEP INDUCED

Burying your face in your pillow night after night, year after year, can “iron” fine vertical lines into your face. Sleep wrinkles often appear between the temple and the corner of your mouth on the side you normally sleep on and can become permanent fixtures by the forties.

TYPE 4: COLLAGEN/ELSTIN COLLAPSES

As we age, the strength of these support tissues naturally starts to diminish. The result: the same as when a mattress’s support structure starts to give way-the overlying skin begins to sag here, crease there; all over the face. Usually not really noticeable until the early or mid-sixties.

TYPE 5: GRAVITY GROOVES

Though its effects can begin to show as early as the thirties, by the early to late sixties, gravity really takes its toll on our looks- jowls sag, under-eye bags form, even our ears get longer. As we age we gradually lose some of the underlying facial fat that helps support and round the skin above. The tell tale signs: cheeks get hollow, bags form under the eyes, a guant look appears. These become apparant in the sixties.

DON'T DESPAIR!

Unfortunately, the aforementioned can be depressing for anyone. One reason cosmetic surgery and wrinkle altering preparations are so popular is the reversal effects they have in combating this enemy. There are many different treatment methods to combat the wrinkling effects of age including:

At home skin care products
In office AHA treatments
Microdermabrasion
Laser Skin Resurfacing
And more.

To find out what treatments would help your individual needs, contact our licensed master esthetician to schedule a free skin care consultation today. Excel Cosmetic Surgery Center- 801-379-2900 / 1735 N State St. Provo, UT