What causes wrinkles and expression lines?
One day you looked in the mirror and studied those lines that furrowed your brow, and you wondered: Where did they come from? Too much stress? In general, how skin ages and wrinkles is a complex process. It isn’t just about cellular changes, collagen depletion, hormone loss, damage caused by free radicals, and so on; it’s a combination of many factors. The Anatomy of the Wrinkle The lines that appear between your brows (glabellar lines) actually result from muscle movement and the passage of time. You may have heard the expression “wearing your emotions on your sleeve,” but in reality you wear them on your face. If you’re angry or annoyed, for example, you knit your brows together. Underneath your skin, your facial muscles contract, cause a pleating of the overlying skin, and then, as anyone can see, you’re frowning. After years of crinkling and wrinkling, those glabellar lines start to linger longer and can become more pronounced. For women, whose faces tend to be more animated than m
- Smoking
- Light skin
- Genetic factors
- Exposure to UV (ultraviolet light)
- Hair – some hairstyles provide more shade for the face than others.
- Clothes – people who tend to wear hats and long sleeves usually develop wrinkles later in life
- Facial expressions – • Smiling, frowning or squinting your eyes can all cause expression lines to appear on the face. Furthermore, expression lines can also lead to fine lines and wrinkles developing later in life.
