How to remove expression wrinkles

Every person has wrinkles, regardless of age, skin type and care products used. Wrinkles can be mimic or static. People owe the appearance of facial wrinkles to the mobility of the muscles lying under the skin, and they “acquire” static wrinkles with age due to gravitational ptosis (drooping) of soft tissues and decreased skin elasticity. Above the question How to get rid of facial wrinkles, many girls begin to think as soon as they have crossed the twenty-year mark, and after thirty years, almost everyone notes an increase in the number and deepening of wrinkleslocated in the corners of the eyes, around the mouth, as well as on the forehead and bridge of the nose.

Expression wrinkles form “across” the muscles - this is how the skin reacts to constant stretching and contraction. In young agewhen the content of elastin, collagen and hyaluronic acid is at its peak, wrinkles that appear during a smile, frowning or frowning of the forehead disappear immediately after the person stops straining the corresponding muscles. Otherwise the skin reacts in adulthoodwhen it lacks structural components that support elasticity: folds do not smooth out after muscle relaxation, and only surgical removal of facial wrinkles will help change the situation. Today, there are many rejuvenating and corrective hardware and injection cosmetic procedures, the use of which can significantly improve the condition of the skin and make wrinkles less noticeable.

All procedures that eliminate facial wrinkles are aimed at restoring the tone of the skin and muscles responsible for facial expressions; maintaining optimal levels of hyaluronic acid and protein fibers in the skin; restoration of facial architecture disturbed by gravity (combat ptosis).

Injections of mesotherapy cocktails, fillers and Botox for the correction of facial wrinkles

Correction of facial wrinkles with Botox. This technique is actively used to combat expression wrinkles located in the upper third of the face. Botox is a cosmetic drug based on botulinum toxin A, which has a relaxing effect on facial muscles by suppressing the transmission of nerve impulses from the brain to the area of ​​the face being corrected. Simply put, a person cannot frown or smile because the corresponding muscles do not obey him. Today, Botox is not the only (although the most famous) botulinum toxic drug - Xeomin, Dysport, Lantox and Relatox, which are injected into the periorbital, interglabellar, frontal and sometimes into the oral (around the mouth) areas, act similarly. Contrary to popular belief, Botox and its analogues do not correct lips, since it will not be possible to improve the shape and add volume to relaxed muscles, and a person after such a “beauty injection” will not be able to open his mouth, chew and speak normally due to the inability to control his lips. For small depths of facial wrinkles, mesobotox is used - a technique that allows you to relax the skin, not the muscles (superficial skin lifting).

Mesotherapy. During the procedures, the skin is saturated with cocktails containing vitamins, microelements, hyaluronic acid and collagen, thanks to which the integument is straightened, its turgor and color are improved. Restorative injections will save you from facial wrinkles, but only temporarily - after a while they will have to be repeated and done regularly in the future, otherwise the folds will very quickly return to their former depth. Read more about the technique in the article “Facial Mesotherapy”.

Biorevitalization. The procedure is similar to mesotherapy; it uses compounds whose action is aimed at activating regeneration processes that promote skin renewal and improve its structure. Biorevitalization is useful at any age, but when it comes to facial wrinkles, it can only be used to smooth out small wrinkles in young patients.

Contour plastic with fillers. The procedure uses hyaluronic acid, which is used to fill wrinkles in the belief that the substance has unique moisture-retaining properties (one molecule of hyaluronic acid is capable of attracting and holding an average of 500 molecules of water), will fill the wrinkle with moisture and thereby smooth out the skin texture. Currently, there are a great many drugs for contouring that correct expression wrinkles no worse than Botox, for example, Restylane, Highfiller, Replery and Glyton. Expression wrinkle fillers can be used in any area of ​​the face - preparations based on hyaluronic acid do an excellent job with expression wrinkles around the mouth and nasolabial folds, and also add volume to the lips. Hyaluronic fillers can also deal with “crow’s feet” and wrinkles on the forehead, although experts advise combining them with muscle-relaxing drugs based on botulinum toxins in these areas to get the best effect.

Bioreinforcement. The essence of the procedure is to create a supporting “framework”, for which the skin is “stitched” with threads consisting of material that degrades over time. The procedure uses preparations based on hyaluronic acid (high-density fillers), as well as compositions containing polylactic acid (Sculptora), polycapralactone (Ellans) and calcium hydroxylapatite (Radiesse).

Plasmolifting. A healing and strengthening procedure that allows you to activate regeneration processes in the skin. During plasmolifting, plasma obtained from the patient’s own blood is injected into the desired area, containing platelets, collagen, fibrin and growth factors necessary for the formation of cells. Experts value plasmolifting for its versatility, accessibility and the ability to improve skin health in a natural way.

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Hardware techniques for correcting facial wrinkles

The action of hardware procedures is aimed at activating processes occurring in the skin, namely improving lymph flow and blood supply, accelerating metabolic processes and normalizing the activity of sweat and fat glands. All this is necessary to create ideal conditions for fibroblasts - skin cells that produce proteins, as well as connective tissue cells responsible for the synthesis of hyaluronic acid. You can stimulate the skin to renew itself by using external irritating factors, for example, electric current or ultrasound, without damaging the skin, or you can deliberately damage the skin, triggering cellular renewal processes, without which healing of the skin is impossible. Peels and polishings operate on this principle.

Procedures without damaging the skin:

Procedures with skin damage:

Massage for facial wrinkles

A massage against facial wrinkles will help reduce the appearance of skin folds - a professional procedure tones the facial muscles and skin, and the essential oils used during the session enhance the effect, as they relieve tension and saturate the skin with lipids, vitamins and antioxidants. Massage against expression wrinkles can be carried out independently (as an option - while applying a nourishing cream), directing the sliding movements of the fingers strictly along the lines of least stretch (massage lines) and supplementing them with jerky tapping with the fingertips. By the way, “finger rain” has an extremely beneficial effect on crow’s feet. One of the popular types of massage for facial wrinkles is treating the skin with vacuum cups, however, despite the apparent simplicity and accessibility of the procedure, it is better not to do it yourself without mastering the technique perfectly, especially if there is rosacea (dilated blood vessels) on the skin.

How to remove expression wrinkles around the eyes? Is it possible to get rid of deep wrinkles on the forehead? What to do with the fine network of wrinkles around the lips? The effectiveness of modern cosmetological techniques: plastic surgery, injections, non-invasive techniques. Possibility of correction at home.

Expression wrinkles are not at all a sign of aging, as is commonly believed. Skin folds can occur at any age, even at a young age. Their cause is individual anatomy, habitual facial expressions, and emotionality. They say that by the appearance and location of these folds one can recognize a person’s lifestyle and character. His emotions leave marks on his face!

Causes

Facial muscles control our facial expressions. They are different from muscle tissue in other parts of the body. While the vast majority of muscles are attached at both ends to bones or tendons, the mimic ones are fixed in the skin tissue, intertwined with terminal fibers into the surface epithelium.

Muscles move in response to emotions. Laughter makes us squint our eyes, and surprise makes us raise our eyebrows sharply. At these moments, muscle fibers contract, as a result of which the skin “twitches” following the muscle, and a fold forms on the skin.

At a young age, such movements have no visible consequences. The skin is easily straightened, since the tissues contain a high content of structural proteins. The process of restoration of collagen and elastin occurs at an amazing speed, due to which the epidermis has high turgor, excellent elasticity and plasticity.

But over the years, the synthesis of structural proteins of the skin proceeds more and more slowly. The skin loses its elasticity, but the usual facial expressions are preserved. As a result, creases appear on the skin, which become deeper and more noticeable. This is the main reason for the formation of nasolabial wrinkles, crow's feet, and longitudinal frontal wrinkles.

The severity of skin folds varies, as does the age at which they first appear. Therefore, cosmetologists tend to believe that there are many more reasons for the formation of facial wrinkles.

1. Typical emotions. They say that by the age of forty, the face bears the imprint of all the characteristic emotions. Optimism in life creates crow's feet and fine wrinkles in the corners of the lips. And anger and sullenness are pronounced vertical furrows on the inside of the eyebrows. Therefore, one of the effective measures to prevent the formation of skin creases is to control your own emotions. Although it is almost impossible to implement it in practice.
2. Personal care . In women who are accustomed to devoting ten to fifteen minutes to their appearance in the morning and evening, the process of wrinkle formation occurs more slowly than in those who do not take care of themselves. The reason for this is the different capabilities of the skin. Well-hydrated skin has a good reserve of collagen and elastin, while depleted skin is unable to renew its own structure. In the absence of regular care, aging occurs more intensively.

Usually the question of how to get rid of facial wrinkles around the eyes or mouth arises after the age of thirty. By forty, the “emotional” folds of the skin are clearly formed in almost every woman.

Aesthetic medicine techniques

Cosmetology offers several techniques that can effectively combat facial wrinkles. One of the first was plastic surgery, which today is not used in aesthetic medicine to correct minor age-related changes.

The only situation where resorting to plastic surgery is a justified decision is anatomical sagging of the forehead. With this individual feature, longitudinal deep wrinkles on the forehead form already in adolescence. And the face has an unfriendly, frowning expression. During the operation, the frontal muscle is truncated, which allows you to “open” the face, “open” the eyes and eliminate skin folds.

Injection botulinum therapy

The most popular technique for combating expression wrinkles is botulinum therapy. In Russia it began to be used in the late nineties, in Europe - ten years later. Today it is recognized as a relatively safe, effective technique that allows you to quickly get rid of facial wrinkles and maintain the result for three to six months.

1. quickly - injections are performed from five minutes to half an hour;
2. relatively painless - the patient feels pricks with a thin needle or does not feel anything at all during superficial anesthesia;
3. widespread - you can use this service not only in a large clinic in a metropolis, but also in beauty salons in small towns;
4. minimum contraindications - these include pregnancy and lactation, neurological disorders, injuries to the facial area in the last 3-5 years.

For subcutaneous injections, Dysport, Botox, and Xeomin are used. The principle of their operation is the same. The difference lies in the period of activity: only Botox lasts up to six months, while other drugs maintain the effect for three to four months.

According to cosmetologists, botulinum toxin injections are considered the “gold standard” for the correction of facial wrinkles. But it is important to highlight shortcomings that can appear both immediately after the procedure and in the short term.

1. Physiological changes. Unqualified cosmetologists, either unknowingly or intentionally, do not warn patients that time should pass between courses of injections. That is, after the first course, you need to wait until the activity of the facial muscles is completely restored, and only then resort to repeated injections. If botulinum toxin is administered more often, dystrophic processes develop in the muscles.
2. Skin disorder. Frequent use of the technique leads to aesthetic skin problems. When microcirculation in tissues deteriorates, which inevitably occurs with periodic injections, the barrier properties of the skin and its tone decrease. The skin becomes thinner, which is visually manifested by the formation of a dense network of wrinkles and dryness of the epidermis.

In addition, it is important to consider the following aspect. All drugs of this type have been used in medicine relatively recently. “We can talk about their safety at the moment,” comments cosmetologist Olga Fem. “But no one knows how the drug will behave in the skin in twenty years. This practice simply does not exist.”

Hyaluronic acid injections

Biorevitalization or injections with hyaluronic acid is a more gentle technique for the body. It involves the introduction not of a toxin, as with botulinum therapy, but of hyaluronic acid, which our body produces itself. The principles of operation of the methods are also different.

When Botox is administered, nerve impulses are blocked. Hyaluronic acid fills the spaces in the tissues, saturates them with moisture, which is why wrinkles are literally pushed out from the inside.

The drug is administered to problem areas. A small amount of a substance is stabilized in the body, which the body perceives as its own, not foreign. In 2007, American specialists confirmed an increase in the intensity of the skin's production of its own collagen after injections of hyaluronic acid and a decrease in the rate of its destruction.

1. targeted impact - the ability to treat only problem areas with delivery of the active substance to the dermis;
2. tissue rejuvenation - hyaluronic acid activates collagen production, which improves skin tone and facial appearance;
3. cumulative effect - after the procedure, wrinkles become less noticeable, but after two weeks they appear again.

A course of procedures, the frequency of which is determined by the doctor, allows you to achieve a lasting result.

It would seem, what contraindications could there be for a technique that allows the skin to rejuvenate from the inside and start the process of “restoration”? If this is not a panacea for old age, what can be considered it? But not all cosmetologists share the opinion about the effectiveness of the technique, like other injection techniques.

“In my practice, I never use “beauty injections,” comments cosmetologist Olga Fem. “And it’s not that the sight of blood or the need to give injections scares me. For all people with medical education, this does not cause the slightest embarrassment. The reason is that a cosmetologist must take care not only of the current effect, but also of the patient’s condition in the future.

Any injections that are injected under the skin weigh down the facial tissues, continues Olga Fem. “And everyone knows that we are affected by gravitational forces, which cause age-related ptosis, that is, drooping of facial tissues with age. It is logical that the heavier the fabrics, the more they will sag. Therefore, at a specific point in time, injections can indeed bring improvement. But after five years, with a high probability, the patient’s condition will worsen.”

Non-invasive correction

The technique that allows you to remove facial wrinkles from the mouth, eyes, and forehead without injections is the most gentle, comfortable and effective. It was developed by the Meder Beauty Science laboratory, and is based on the superficial application of substances with a muscle relaxant effect to the skin.

The drug contains the vegetable protein Acetylhexapeptide. It acts similarly to Botox, blocking the transmission of nerve impulses to muscles in contact with the skin. The total duration of the procedure is 45 minutes, the course is carried out over one month and includes up to five procedures. The effect lasts from eight months to a year, subject to maintenance therapy. During this period, the active component remains in the tissues and corrects facial wrinkles, eliminating their appearance.

Advantages of non-invasive correction of facial wrinkles:

1. absolute painlessness, which allows us to recommend it to people who are afraid of injections;
2. lasting effect up to a year;
3. absence of trauma - the effect of “acne”, as after injections, pronounced lifting effect;
4. Possibility of use on different parts of the body - in the neck, décolleté.

The non-invasive correction technique forms the basis for a whole range of drugs that can be used at home. These are creams with peptides, which contain similar substances in lower concentrations.

Chemical peels are also considered a remedy for expression lines. But it is important to understand that compositions based on AHA acids work in the upper or middle layer of the epidermis, exfoliate the stratum corneum and stimulate skin renewal. After such procedures, the appearance really improves: the relief of the skin is evened out, tone and elasticity increase. However, chemical peels cannot completely remove expression lines; rather, they can smooth them out and reduce their severity.

Technologies for home use

You can also get rid of facial wrinkles on the forehead at home and reduce the severity of crow’s feet. Much depends on daily care and the general condition of the skin. But some techniques should not be overestimated.

Gymnastics

It is believed that facial gymnastics is an effective remedy for combating traces of active facial expressions. There are whole sets of exercises aimed at normalizing the tone of muscle fibers. And even face-building trainers who will help and teach the basics of such techniques.

But before you turn to gymnastics and place your hopes on it, think about this. The nature of facial wrinkles lies in the mobility of the underlying muscles and loss of tone and elasticity of the skin. Muscle fibers that are in good shape will not only not keep the skin smooth, but, on the contrary, will pull it and create additional muscle folds.

The essence of modern cosmetic techniques for correcting such folds is to block the mobility of a certain muscle group, while gymnastics is always aimed at “training” them. There is no proven effectiveness of such a technique, unlike massage.

Massage

Salon technology that can be used at home. Massage improves blood supply to tissues, increases the intensity of microcirculation, and allows the skin to receive more nutrients.

Massages are included in the basic range of anti-aging care technologies, and for good reason. After all, they are aimed at relieving the tone of different muscle groups, as a result of which the face is smoothed, wrinkles become less noticeable, and the skin acquires elasticity and an attractive color.

At home, you can use simple and effective techniques.

1. Frontal folds. Place your fingertips in the center of your forehead. Using pressure, move them apart towards your temples. Repeat 10 times. Place the fingers of one hand on your temple. Perform movements from top to bottom “zigzag” along the entire plane of the forehead. Repeat 10 times. These movements smooth out vertical and horizontal wrinkles.
2. Nasolabial folds. Place the pads of your middle and index fingers at the base of your nostrils. Press vigorously 10 times.
3. "Crow's feet." Perform circular tapping movements along the bony edge of the eye sockets. Place your fingertips under the lower eyelid and apply light pressure.
4. General massage. Walk along all massage lines with light pinches. This improves blood supply to tissues and increases skin tone.

Perform massage only on cleansed skin. It is convenient to do it when applying evening cream, after a shower. Avoid any massage techniques if you have inflammation on your face, rashes or acne.

Cream with peptides

Use a cream with peptides as a solution to remove expression lines on the forehead and under the eyes. Cosmetic compositions work effectively in the upper part of the face, but have virtually no effect on the nasolabial folds.

The principle of their operation is to block nerve impulses transmitted to muscle fibers. Therefore, such products are often called creams with the “Botox” effect. But surface application makes them much safer and more gentle.

Recommendations for the use of creams with peptides.

1. Apply locally. These formulations are good for solving problems in specific areas of the face. There's no point in spending it all over your face. Apply directly to wrinkles around the eyes and forehead.
2. Use for a long time. Unlike salon techniques, home remedies do not work as quickly. The effect of regular use appears within two to three months.
3. Apply as a course. During the year, conduct two courses of cream with peptides. The effect of each course lasts for several months.

Masks

There are no masks that can smooth out wrinkles. All compositions, both folk recipes and ready-made cosmetic ones, act in a different way. Masks saturate the epidermis with moisture and nutrients, due to which small networks of wrinkles that arise due to dryness straighten out. The epidermis improves tone, and the face looks much better than without such care.

Use moisturizing masks based on hyaluronic acid, urea, alginates, which perfectly renew skin functions and improve its tone. From folk recipes, choose formulations based on sour cream, yogurt, protein and yolk, oatmeal and rice flakes with the addition of a few drops of grapefruit, chamomile, and shea essential oils.

Expression wrinkles around the mouth, forehead, and around the eyes can be removed using modern cosmetic techniques. There are injection and non-injection methods for correcting skin folds. With appropriate home care, wrinkles become less pronounced. And the skin does not require serious interventions for a long time, maintaining an attractive appearance. Use peptide cream, moisturizing masks, massage at home.

Expression wrinkles reflect our emotions. Perhaps the only way to prevent them is to take control of your facial expressions. But a 24-hour poker face is a dubious pleasure, and those around you won’t understand. Let's figure out if there are other ways to remove facial wrinkles.

1. Causes of wrinkles on the face
2. Types of facial wrinkles
3. Is it possible to remove facial wrinkles with cosmetics?
4. Salon treatments against expression wrinkles
5. Self-massage and gymnastics
6. Tools Overview

Causes of wrinkles on the face

To understand how to remove facial wrinkles, you need to understand why they appear. The answer is simple: because man is not an insensitive creature. We smile, frown, widen our eyes in surprise, raise an ironic eyebrow - in general, our emotions are reflected on our face.

Wrinkles form in areas of active facial expression © iStock

It would seem, what's wrong with this? Nothing if the facial muscles were not involved in the process. Every time we change our facial expressions, they move, and the skin is forced to move along with them.

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Types of facial wrinkles

As the name implies, expression wrinkles form in those areas of the face where facial expressions are most involved.

Expression wrinkles on the forehead

The first horizontal wrinkles on the forehead can be noticed already in adolescence due to the habit of raising the eyebrows. If you don’t have enough self-control to get rid of it, and you don’t want to do injections, turn to creams with Botox effect.

It arises as a result of the habit of frowning and is difficult to correct.

Expression wrinkles around the eyes

"Crow's feet." A smile is to blame for their appearance. When we smile, the muscles around the eyes work, and after a while, rays of wrinkles appear in the corners of the eyes. If you don't take action, they will become deep.

Wrinkles on the lower eyelid

The thin skin of the eyelids quickly loses its elasticity, and the habit of squinting keeps the muscles in constant tension. So it would not hurt to add vision correction to a cream with an anti-edematous effect (bags speed up the process of wrinkle formation) if you squint due to myopia.

A person blinks 15–20 times per minute. Such active facial expressions lead to the formation of “crow’s feet,” which become more noticeable towards the end of the day. In the evening, the eyes look older than in the morning due to more pronounced facial wrinkles.

There are two types of expression lines around the mouth.

Nasolabial folds. True, their formation does not depend on facial expressions, but on heredity, the natural structure of the face, as well as malocclusion.

Wrinkles around the lips are associated with the work of the orbicularis oris muscle © iStock

Perioral folds (purse-string wrinkles) are a consequence of continuous and active work of the orbicularis oris muscle. However, they are formed quite late.

Is it possible to remove facial wrinkles with cosmetic products?

Many modern cosmetics begin to work as soon as they enter the skin. But still, don’t expect a Photoshop effect from them, even if the packaging says “filler” - they won’t be able to erase wrinkles from your face in a minute.

The key to success is regularity and duration of use. If you take a course on rejuvenation, use the product for 3-4 months to count on good and stable results.

Anti-wrinkle creams contain ingredients that can stimulate the synthesis of collagen and elastin:

retinol and its derivatives.

Also, modern creams have a relaxing Botox-like effect on the skin. The most well-known components are hexapeptide and adenosine.

Serum

This is a concentrate that specifically increases skin density. Serums usually contain hyaluronic acid, which improves complexion and smoothes its texture through deep hydration.

Filler

A relatively new type of product that borrows wrinkle-filling technology from beauty injections. The principle is the same - to supply the skin cells with hyaluronic acid, which attracts and retains water in the skin, straightening wrinkles from the inside. Fillers instantly increase skin tone and hydration, reducing the appearance of wrinkles over time.

Salon treatments against expression wrinkles

There are two radical ways to make wrinkles disappear from your face:

immobilize facial muscles so that the muscles stop moving and wringing the skin;

straighten wrinkles from the inside by filling with filler.

Injection techniques are used to correct wrinkles © iStock

Injection techniques

Botulinum toxin. Botox injections immobilize overactive facial muscles for several months. Together with the relaxed muscle, the skin also rests, ceasing to gather in folds, as a result, wrinkles are smoothed out.

Contour plastic. Wrinkles are filled from the inside by introducing high-molecular hyaluronic acid - a fairly dense but flexible gel, which, when used skillfully, perfectly corrects deep folds.

Hardware techniques. The devices fight wrinkles, trying in one way or another to tighten the collagen-elastin framework or start the process of skin renewal.

Thermolifting. By increasing the temperature in the dermal layer, the “stretched” old collagen is destroyed and the process of forming a new one begins.

Fractional thermolysis. The skin is damaged in a targeted manner under the influence of a fractional laser that stimulates cell renewal. As a result of renewal, the skin becomes more elastic, fine wrinkles disappear.

Galvanization. One type of electrotherapy helps to relax facial muscles. Effective for correcting wrinkles on the forehead.

Iontophoresis. Cosmetic preparations are carried deep into the skin using electric current, more effectively stimulating the production of collagen and elastin.

Self-massage and gymnastics

To get rid of and prevent facial wrinkles, these are the tips from Facebook building supporters.

In the evening, when applying the cream, place your fingers on your forehead and stroke it from the center to the temples, massage the skin in a circular motion to relax the muscles.

Press your fingertips to the corners of your eyes, close your eyes tightly for five seconds and relax - crow's feet will become less pronounced.

Rotate your eyes in different directions under closed eyelids - this is good for vision and the skin around the eyes.

Rub the fold between your eyebrows between your fingers, pinch it with small movements from bottom to top. Apply the cream horizontally, smoothing the wrinkle from the center to the eyebrows.

Place your fingers on the corners of your lips, draw a circle with the tip of your tongue along the inside of your lips: first in one direction, then in the other direction. This is a good prevention of wrinkles around the mouth.

Tools Overview

Anti-wrinkle products can be used for preventive purposes. Focus on the condition of your skin: if you feel that it has lost its tone, and wrinkles are visible not only at the end of the day, but also after a full night’s rest, feel free to open a jar labeled anti-age.

Creams

Anti-wrinkle day cream for firming Rénergie, Lancôme

Returns skin tone and elasticity, protects against oxidative stress.

corn extract, wheat proteins, vitamin E