The Anatomy Of A Skin Wrinkle
In order to fully understand how to treat a wrinkle, we must first understand what a wrinkle is, and what caused it originally. Only then will be we able to offer a reasonable and logical solution on how to treat it. A wrinkle for purposes of this conversation is nothing more than a wound to our skin. Just like any scrape on your knee or cut to the elbow. It is significant enough damage to cause an indentation of the skin, but not quite harmful enough to actually penetrate tear skin cells apart. Just like any scrape or cut to the skin, all it needs to heal itself is to grow enough skin to heal the wound.
If it is that simple, you may be saying, then why is it so hard to make them go away. The answer is that you may not be treating the wrinkles correctly. Wrinkles are caused throughout our lives, we are exposed to free radicals and other toxins and over the years it accumulates until which time that it is significant enough to cause damage. Once damage begins to be noticeable, your skin jumps into action to heal the wound, but for many of us, it is a bit too late by then.
When we say a bit too late, we mean to stop the wrinkle from forming, not from treating them. Our skin has a natural healing process that it goes through to protect itself as well as our body. Our skin cells divide (or regenerate) creating new skin cells and maintain its health as an organ. The only issue for us is that our skin cells can only divide (or regenerate) a certain number of times; leaving our natural defense both slower and weaker as we age. For this reason, wrinkle creams have been finding a way to stimulate new skin cell growth and other ways to increase cellular regeneration.
What the scientists and experts have found is that peptide based ingredients have done the job where others have left off. Peptides such as matrixyl and renovage are widely considered among the best anti aging and anti wrinkle ingredients. For this reason, the best wrinkle creams have begun including them into their creams and serums and as a result the overall quality of wrinkle creams has increased.
Remember taking the time to fully understand a problem before rushing to find a solution can save a lot of time and money. In this case, it helps you identify the best ingredients to solve your concerns, and jump starts your search by looking for wrinkle creams that contain those ingredients. This leads to visible results, which is of course the ultimate goal, and one happy little smile in the mirror. Make sure your wrinkle cream uses the best ingredients, if it doesn't, its just a waste of time and money.