Anti-Wrinkles: to rid and prevent

If you're serious about getting rid of wrinkles, you should stop smoking right now. Cigarettes do a number of things to your body that could cause premature wrinkles to form. Cigarettes inhibit the amount of collagen that your body makes to heal wounds and repair damaged skin, which can lead to deeper wrinkles. Cigarettes also inhibit the body's circulation, which means blood won't reach the capillaries (minute blood vessels) in the skin on your face, which means more dead skin, wrinkles, and less color in your cheeks.

Staying out of the sun should help you get rid of wrinkles. If you're sun worshipper like myself, you're painfully aware of how bad the sun is for your skin these days. Not only do you do a lot of squinting in the sun, producing "crows feet" wrinkles around the eyes, but if you've ever seen a man or woman who just won't stop tanning, you'll see what I'm talking about--their skin is like leather. Do yourself a favor and reduce wrinkles by putting on suntan lotion if you're going to be around between the peak hours of sunlight (10:00 am - 3:30 pm), and wear sunglasses when you go out, too.

Avoid strong soaps and scalding water if you want to get rid of wrinkles. A lot of people make an association between exfoliating face washes and the reduction of wrinkles. The fact of the matter is, harsh facial cleansers, hot water, and soaps that claim to get rid of wrinkles only serve to make your skin less healthy and more prone to forming wrinkles by killing the top layers of your skin and seeping the oil out of layers of skin below that. Over time, this repetitive abuse of your skin will show in the number and deepness of your wrinkles.

A diet rich in Hyaluronic Acid may be to your ticket to get rid of wrinkles. Studies done have shown that people who ingest a large amount of hyaluronic acid (sweet potatoes are loaded HA) live longer than people who do not. Because the lack of hyaluronic acid is often times the cause of premature wrinkles, it's safe to assume that hyaluronic supplements are an effective means to get rid of wrinkles. There are, however, some studies linking HA to cancer. So, before you go off to your local health foods shop in search of hyaluronic acid supplements, do a little research and maybe see a nutrionist or a doctor and ask them for a second opinion on this matter.

Treatments that contain Hydroxy acids and moisturizing creams may help get rid of wrinkles. You have two choices for Hydroxy acids: alpha and beta. For reasons we won't get into here, alpha hydroxy acids are best for treating sun-damaged skin that isn't prone to things like acne. In other words, teenagers should stay away from alpha hydroxy acids, and go with beta hydroxy acids which are better for treating clogged pores, whiteheads, blackheads, and to avoid premature wrinkles.