What are the best ways to be more aggressive with wrinkle reduction and prevention?
The most important part of wrinkle prevention is sunscreen. Use at least an SPF 15, and if you are very fair and burn easily, I routinely recommend an SPF 30 or higher. This is the most cost effective way to reduce the formation of future wrinkles. Please go to our patient information section and download the file on Skin Cancer prevention for more information regarding sunscreen use. If you smoke, QUIT. Smoking also damages the skin and causes excessive wrinkling. The combination of smoking and severe sun damage can predispose you to the development of large blackheads and whiteheads along the cheekbones when you are older (>50). If you go to a commercial tanning booth and you don’t want to stop, learn to like your wrinkles you’re going to have lots of them. Otherwise, use a self-tanning cream or lotion to give yourself some color without increasing your chance of skin cancer or wrinkles. There are several other things you can do to improve fine wrinkles. I can’t really tell you which
