Wrinkles in Time
Turn the Clock Against Aging By Craig
Fischer
There are many treatments now that
reduce the appearance of wrinkles, or even erase them altogether. The
advancements in medical science and in cosmetic science have provided us
with a wide range of treatments that can help us turn back the clock and
help us look younger. While we may not have found the fountain of youth,
we have found many products that can help us look younger than we looked
the year before. Some treatments can even help us look five or ten years
younger. All of this can be accomplished by removing wrinkles, the signs
of aging, from the face.
There are many different ways to reduce
the appearance of wrinkles and different ways even to erase the wrinkles
entirely. Face creams with chemicals and even natural remedies can help
the skin regenerate itself and pull tighter to reduce the look of
wrinkles. There are injections that help paralyze the muscles under the
skin, making it impossible for furrows to be created. And there are
lasers that can remove the appearance of even the smallest of lines and
wrinkles. All of these advancements make it possible for us to look
younger by reducing how our wrinkles look.
Face creams were some of the first
things that were created to help improve the appearance of the face.
Back in Victorian times a face cream called Gowland was used to reduce
the look of freckles and help the face remain beautiful. Today we have
all sorts of face treatments designed to help the skin and get rid of
wrinkles and fine lines. Most major cosmetic companies, like Oil of
Olay, Avon, Mary Kay, L’Oreal, and others make these creams. Some of
them contain parelastin, which helps the face tighten and can reduce the
appearance of wrinkles. Toners, to ensure that the skin does not become
loose enough to wrinkle are also used. Even natural remedies, like
mashed up bananas as a face mask, can be used to reduce the look of
wrinkles, helping you look younger and turn back the clock on aging.
Botox injections offer faster effects
and more dramatic results than face creams and toners. In about a week
after a Botox treatment, it is quite possible for nearly all of your
lines, even deep furrows in your brow, to be almost completely erased.
And the effects can last for four to six months. This is something that
few creams can accomplish. Botox makes this possible by interfering
with
messages from the neurological system that tell muscles to contract.
Basically, this is a toxin that effectively causes muscle paralysis in
the face. This means that the skin over the face is smoothed out and
then remains smooth, and can help you actually look five or even ten
years younger, depending on how many wrinkles time placed there in the
first place.
Another way to get rid of wrinkles
without having to inject a known toxin into your face is to have the
wrinkles removed by laser. A newly developed laser, known as the Fraxel
laser, can help erase
wrinkles in a procedure that is every bit as
non-invasive as a Botox injection. The Fraxel laser works by using a
great deal of concentrated heat to burn off skin cells around the
wrinkles. This does cause some minimal damage, but rarely to the area
outside the wrinkles. And then, as the damage heals over with fresh,
younger skin, the wrinkles slowly disappear. It can take a couple of
treatments for it to take effect, but it is still a rather effective
treatment for getting rid of wrinkles. Additionally, the Fraxel laser
can remove other signs of aging, including age spots and sun spots. This
is an advantage that the laser has over creams and Botox. While these
other two products can get rid of wrinkles, they cannot get rid of other
signs of aging.
No matter what treatment you use,
however, it is not permanent. Even plastic surgery is not a permanent
solution. The facelift eventually sags, the wrinkles become to deep for
the cream, the Botox wears off, the laser has to be used again in a few
months to kill the dead skin around newly developed wrinkles. So even
though the clock can be turned back on aging, it is not permanent, and
the results have to be sought again and again