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It’s all in the eyes – the first signs of ageing, we mean.
The truth is, the eye area will give away your age quicker than your choice between skinny jeans or bootleg pants.
Notice those crow’s feet at the outer corners of your eyes? These lines, also known as lateral canthal lines, form after some years of muscle contractions which enable you to blink and squint.
They are one of the cutaneous ageing signs, becoming visible from as early as your twenties (especially if you’ve skipped the SPF and had too much fun in the sun).
But it’s between the ages of 30 and 49 that most of us start to notice our temporary wrinkles and crinkles (dynamic wrinkles) becoming more permanent (static wrinkles).
The more you use these muscles, the sooner you’ll notice fine lines followed by wrinkles. The general downturn of collagen production, thinning of the skin, and loss of facial volume that goes hand-in-hand with each additional birthday candle don’t help matters, either.
That’s the bad news. The good news? There are products and treatments that deliver on their promises to keep this inevitable ageing at bay for a little while longer…
Those in the know like to say that wrinkle treatment should start as soon as one sees a crinkle developing: “when the wrinkles are still ‘soft’ because once these wrinkles become ingrained and ‘scar like’, they’re almost impossible to treat successfully”.
Indeed, prevention is always better than cure, which is why the aesthetics industry is now as focused on pre-juvenation instead of just rejuvenation.
