How to Get Rid of
Frown Lines?
All you need to know about
Frown Lines
Wrinkles are usually one of the first signs of ageing; as collagen and elastin production in your skin slowly declines, wrinkles appear as an imprint of your rich facial expressions. Even though wrinkles can add a lot of character and charisma to your face, there are many easy ways to help reduce and prevent them.
Here, you can learn everything you need to know about frown lines and how you can gently prevent and reduce them.
Frown lines (also known as glabellar lines or 11 lines) are the vertical lines that develop between your brows as a result of your facial muscles moving again and again when you frown or make other strong facial expressions.
This movement is mainly generated by two muscles: the corrugator supercilii and the procerus.
When you are young, these lines are only superficial and usually fade away once you stop frowning. However, as you age and due to a few other factors, frown lines can become deeper and more visible even when you are not frowning, sometimes giving the false impression that you are angry.
One of the most common causes of frown lines, for both men and women, is natural ageing. When you are young, your skin simply bounces back into its original position, so the lines fade very quickly. As you get older, your skin slowly loses elasticity and firmness, and frown lines start to show more clearly.
Other factors include:
- Repeated facial expressions: Recurrent facial muscle movements begin to leave visible imprints on your face over time.
- Sun exposure: UV rays cause collagen and elastin to break down in your skin, making it more prone to wrinkle formation.
- Stress: Frown lines are also called stress or thinker’s wrinkles. When you are stressed, your facial muscles become tense and tend to fall into a repeated frowning expression.
- Genetics: Your DNA also stores information about your natural tendency to develop frown lines or other types of wrinkles.
How to prevent
FROWN LINES
You can help prevent frown lines by making a few simple lifestyle changes:
- Relax your face: Because frown lines are caused by repeated muscle movement, try to avoid frowning by being more mindful when you catch yourself doing it and consciously relaxing your face.
- Use sunscreen: By protecting your face from UV rays every day, you help prevent premature ageing and wrinkles.
- Stop smoking: Along with many other negative effects on your health, smoking also affects your skin, reducing its ability to repair itself.
- Healthy diet: A diet rich in vitamins and minerals gives your skin a steady supply of antioxidants, which help your skin repair and maintain itself from within.
- Moisturise inside and out: Drinking plenty of water and using face moisturisers regularly will help your skin stay hydrated, plumped and bouncy.
How to get rid of
Frown Lines
When you are choosing the right treatment for yourself, think about how invasive you want it to be and what the current condition of your wrinkles is.
- Skin exfoliation: If your frown or glabella lines are not very deep, you can try to reduce them by regularly exfoliating your skin with gentle chemical exfoliators. Exfoliation activates your skin's natural healing mechanism, encourages healthy skin growth and can improve the surface texture of your skin.
- Facial exercises: Your face contains over 50 different muscles and most are rarely used while others are overused. As a result, the skin can start folding into wrinkles. Simple facial exercises help to tone these muscles, which in turn helps reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.
- Facial massage: Tension in your facial muscles can also lead to wrinkles. A relaxing facial massage helps ease this tension, boosts blood circulation and, as a result, can support collagen production.
- Sleep: Good sleep allows your skin to recharge and your muscles to relax – try sleeping on your back, because your pillowcase can drag on your skin during the night and leave it looking a bit creased in the morning.
- Facial skin care: Skincare products with a plumping effect that contain ingredients such as Hyaluronic Acid, Retinol, Collagen and Q10 can help reduce frown lines. Just like cosmetic procedures or a frown line filler, the right targeted anti-ageing products can help fill in wrinkles and balance the volume of your face over time.
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