Facial Anti Aging Tips Edinburgh

Facial Anti Aging Tips

There is also no one particular anti aging face cream to suit everyone because everybody’s face is different.

And, because your face is exposed to the environment all the time it will age long before the skin on your body.

However, there are some things you can do to slow down the aging process and preserve your youthful looks.

Facial Anti Aging - Skincare

When most people think about facial anti aging the first thing that springs to mind is moisturizing to keep your facial skin soft and supple. This is a good start but you can go further than this by choosing a skin product that will protect your face from the sun. It is a well known fact that sun exposure causes dry skin, lines and wrinkles. So you should choose a moisturizer with an SPF factor of at least 15.

Wearing sunglasses will protect the delicate skin around your eyes and you are less likely to squint, squinting against strong sun light for long periods will cause crow’s-feet and wrinkles.

Exfoliating your skin regularly will remove the top layer of dead skin cells, if left this layer forms a hard crust and prevents your moisturizer from penetrating deep into your skin where it delivers the most benefits.

Taking vitamin supplements will also help with facial anti aging. Vitamins A, C, D and E are powerful antioxidants which will help to fight free radicals. Vitamin E, in particular, is good for your skin and you will find it in many skincare products too.

Eating a diet rich in these vitamins will feed your skin from the inside.

Facial Anti Aging - Massage

A facial anti aging massage can easily be done at home using a good quality moisturizer.

With the fingers of both hands flat on your face, give your face an anti aging massage and massage the moisturizer into your skin using firm circular upward movements. The direction of the movements is important for facial anti aging.

At the same time, hold your head up with your chin thrust forward and your eyes wide open to stretch the skin smooth. It might help to also open your mouth so your facial expression is one of wide-eyed astonishment.

Make the massage as firm and deep as you can but take care not to pull or drag your skin. Your fingers must slide across your face easily.

Cover every part of your face, starting with your cheeks and keeping the movements circular and in an upwards direction, make your way right up to your hair line. Don’t forget your chin and under your jaw line too.

Facial Anti Aging - Facial Exercises

The muscles of the face are very intricate, giving mobility to every single inch of it. The most important, from a facial anti aging point of view, are the zygomaticus muscles which extend across the cheeks from the temples to the corners of the mo...