I'm twenty, and I already have wrinkles. Not deep ones, but there are defiant lines forming under my eyes and around my mouth. When I first noticed them, I did a little panicking, then set out to find what is up with my face.
I looked up how and why certain wrinkles are formed. They start as your skin loses it's elasticity and gravity starts taking it's toll. They are sped up by exposure to sunlight, smoking, bad skincare, and having a poor diet.
Not all apply to me, but these are the most common wrinkles that appear earliest on women:
Droopy upper eyelid: Imagine a little extra skin just below your eyebrow and resting above your eye. This make you look tired even if you're not and heavy in the eyes. This happens because your eyelids and eyebrows are more or less always active on your face, whether or not you realize it, which aids in loss of elasticity as you get older.
Brow lines at the top of you nose: These come from activity of the eyebrows, again. Constant furrowing or tightening them together to make faces of disgust cause these. Wrinkles here can cause you to look angry or mad even if you're not.
Crow's feet: These form at the outer corner of your eyes. These typically make them person look like they are smiling and have "happy eyes." It's rumored that these form from laughing too much, which can lead people to assume you are a very happy person.
Wrinkles under the eyes: these don't have the same effect as crow's feet. Bags under the eyes make you look tired even when you're not. These happen again from constant blinking and just come with age. Constantly squinting speeds up the process (that's what I get for not wearing my glasses when I should).
Laugh lines: Lines on the sides of your mouth. When you smile, you naturally cause these lines to happen as you pull the skin back. Eventually, they appear even when you don't smile, but like crow's feet, it's a rumor that happy people who smile often develop these kind of wrinkles.
To remedy these, there's
Botox and eighty-million anti-wrinkle creams, but I'm skeptic about trying anything to alter the wrinkles forming since I'm young. Plus, I don't give a lot
Do you or anyone you know already have wrinkles? Are creams and Botox really worth it? What do you do to get rid of wrinkles?
Ms. Avocado
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Wrinkles are natural. Learn to live with them. There are bigger and better things to worry about.
i think it is silly to fret over wrinkles. and just having lines from smiles or whatever is not really wrinkles, it is just part of who you are...they will turn into real wrinkles in another 20 years :)
If you have very little fat in your face, you will likely get noticeable wrinkles at an earlier age than even your slightly heavier counterparts.
Right after a warm shower but a little bit of moisturizer on your face, I heard it helps get rid of wrinkles :D
Get ready,kids, It gets worse. Throw on some glasses and deal.
I started using creams when I was 12, but I don't know if it made a difference. My parents both look young for their age. People think I am younger than my little brother and up until a few years ago, people thought I was a teenager.
I wouldn't get botox, but stayin hydrated and keeping your face moisturized will make wrinkles less noticable at your ages.
It's never too early to wear anti-wrinkle cream..and whats more important is wearing one with an SPF 30+. Sun damage will cause premature aging.
Eat well.. lots of fruits and vegetables. My mother eats a lot of greens and she looks like she's in her early thirties when she's actually 46.
Well, I'm NINETEEN, I've eaten a fantastic diet since I was fifteen, and I always wear sunscreen, but I have wrinkles, too. Sometimes it's just the way things work: my eyebrows are always raised or furrowed in concentration or just general animation. It's made my forehead wrinkly.
Creams are worth it if you start young. You probably stayed in the sun way too much at a young age.
Start using lotions and creams now and use sunscreen.
Some of the wrinkles are "good." The crows feet and wrinkles around your mouth are a part of who you are. I've had crows feet since i was like 13.
Like someone else said, there are bigger things to worry about in life.
I don't have wrinkles, but I'll be honest - I'm still thinking about starting out early on anti-wrinkle creams. Haha.
omg just today a girlfriend and i were talking about our parenthesis wrinkles ( ) around our mouths from laughing. we both laugh A LOT .. id rather be unhappy!!! but then again i heard it takes more muscles to frown than smile. a tension in muscle would create wrinkles too, no?? ah!
collagen is your skin's best friend
a diet rich in fruits and vegetables (red ones, in particular) will do more to keep your skin tone than creams and ointments. see here:
http://www.wisegeek.com/which-foods-contain-the-most-collagen.htm
I happen to like wrinkles - they tell the stories of who I am.
Fretting over them will only add more.
My grandma... has waaay smoother and softer skin than I do! It's so weird. She makes me touch her cheeks from time to time just to show off lol. She's about 70 and honestly, I don't see any wrinkles on her. Don't get me wrong, she still looks old, just not wrinkly. I ask her how and she tells me that she moisturizes twice a day. She exfoliates with an apricot scrub and uses olay anti-wrinkle moisturizer. I've been doing the same, but only use olay after I shower since my face gets a bit dry.
I'm 21 and a half, and I have wrinkles...pretty much the same that you do. But since I've started doing facial yoga (Google it, its super easy and kinda fun since it makes you feel silly), I've noticed that I don't have the furrow between my brows, or the laughlines around my mouth. Also, it sounds weird, but at night I exfoliate with Neutrogena scrub (oil-free, the green kind with lemongrass) and then put vaseline around my eyes. I don't have bags under my eyes when i wakeup. I moisturize withAveeno lotion with an SPF...I think 15 or 30. They're slowly going away.
I'm seventeen and have wrinkles. Not particularly deep ones, but I've had lines on my forehead from raising my eyebrows for a few years now, as well as crow's feet and laugh lines. Mostly, I think they are a product of my lifestyle, which is not particularly healthy, but genetics also contribute.
@krispylicious@xanga - damn, your grandmas awesome! if i was 70 i wouldve just about stopped caring all together x_x
wrinkles are a natural occurring phenomena. don't be afraid of them.
r they really goin away i am 22 and i have deep wrinkles under my eyes i use an aprocit scrub, mostureize every night, i were sunscreen during the day, drink plenty of water and eat healthy... dont know what else to do.. im obsessed.. im really lookin old at the age of 22...please hepl
@Jess -I KNOW RIGHT!!! I'm 15 and I see forehead wrinkles (expression lines, same things to me) on TONS AND TOOOONS of my school frends and even on 12/13 year olds. ugh so weirrrd! I'm the only one who has NO WRINKLES/EXPRESSIONLINES!! Its genetic though, my mom NEVER can get forehead wrinkles no matter how much she raises her eyebrows, furrows her brow even when she pushes her forhead frontwards and raises her brows. SAME THING WITH ME! all my friends are like "wtf ur forehead is so weird!!! how come it never gets any lines?"
and lemme tell you, IT IS MOSTLY 90% GENETIC!!! but even though u have amazing genetics, u can still eff things up and get wrinkles like tanning or smoking for instance (which i dont do) . but i used to tan when i was younger but i still never got expression lines.
i also see these girls (and boys) with deeep lines when they smile , which i dont get. mine are VERY VERY light, and dont even look like a crease. and when i stop smiling, they are gone COMPLETELY. not even little microscopic fine lines. btw, its genetic also. my lil sister who is 6 has my dads skin and gets wrinkles/expressionlines when she smiles and raises her brows. and even SHE has tiny fine lines after she smiles a lot!!!! and i dont even have that!!!
but i guess 20 is kinda oldish. i mean, even that hermione girl has forehead wrinkles (looks kinda gross but peple say she's gorgeous). so i guess its okay to some people if they also have wrinkles/finelines.
im not even gonna lie and say theyre nice , cuz they aint. :D but i think if i also had these wrinkles/fine lines i wud also say i luv them cuz i wud try to make myself feel better :D
it's not at all normal wrinkles shouldn't show up untill your early to mid 30s this is due to stress and a bad diet. You need to start taking a multi vitamin to stop this from happening and gain a healthier weight. What usually is the conclusion is that your BMI is too low for your hight and age range. At 15 years old you shouldn't be worried about having any lines on your face unless you were underweight : \
Things that contribute to the effects of stress would be
Caffiene, Panic disorders/ anxiety disorders (go and get tested), headcahes and migraines, broken noses that may cause the nerves to pinch right above your nose. The list only name a few, but I cannot stress that this is an indicator of a much more serious problem and that they will come back even after you get rid of them unless you address the source of the problem.
Ugh. I'm 24 and a light smoker, and have started to see light lines on my forehead. I'm quitting smoking, needless to say, but wear 30 SPF daily and apply moisturizer (Murad skin perfecting cream is amazing) twice daily. A vitamin C serum (superior C serum) applied directly on trouble areas helps as well. Botox isn't really a solution because it paralyzes the muscles temporarily and you need to keep getting it. Plus it's super expensive. Good luck!!!