Whether you are 35 and just beginning to see the first sign of aging, or 55 with skin that isn’t excatly keeping your birthday a secret, seeking ways to reduce wrinkles is probably your agenda.

How to reduce wrinkles? What can you do?

1. First is avoid sun. It’s the number one cause of wrinkles. Ultraviolet rays damage your skin the most.

2. Wear sunscreen. Sunscreen will protect your skin from cancer & help prevent wrinkles at the same time.

3. Don’t smoke.

4. Get adequate sleep. When you don’t get sleep body produces excess cortisol, a hormone that breaks down skin cells. Adequate sleep produces high levels of melatonin, which helps skin remain thick and elastic.

5. Don’t squint (get reading glasses). Repetitive facial movement-like squinting-overworks facial muscles, forming a groove beneath the skin’s surface. This groove eventually becomes a wrinkle.

6. Eat more fish. Fish is rich in protein and good source of essential fatty acid known as omega-3. This nourishes your skin and keeps you youthful.

7. Eat more soya.

8. Trade coffee for cocoa. Research found cocoa containing high levels of two dietary flavanols, Epicatechin and Catechin which protect skin from skin damage, improve circulation to skin and affects its hydration.

9. Eat more fruits and vegetables. The anti-oxidant compounds fights damage, caused by free radicles, produced in skin, thereby preventing wrinkles.

10. Use moisturizer.

Treatments for wrinkles

1. Alpha hydroxy acids (AHA): This natural fruit acids lift away the top layer of dead skin cells; reducing the appearance of the fine lines and wrinkles.

2. Retinoids: Retinoids is natural form of vitamin A. It reduces fine lines and repairs sun damage.

3. Vitamin C: Topical vitamin C increase collagen production, protects again UVA and UVB rays. It corrects pigmentation problems and improves inflamatory skin condition.

4. Botox: Botulinum toxin, relaxes the muscle just beneath the wrinkles allowing the skin on top to lie smooth and crease free.

5. Wrinkle filler: Hyaluronic acid and other synthetic compounds like Juvederm, Restylane can be injected in the wrinkles to raise the skin depth.

6. Lasers: Light source like Diode Laser, Co2 laser stimulates new collagen production, thereby skin thickness increase and it becomes wrinkle free.

7. Chemical peels: Different chemicals are used to removes the top layer of skin, simulating damage that causes the body to respond by making more collagen. You end up with younger looking smoother skin.

8. Dermabrasion: A vacuum suction device used in tandem with a mild chemical crystal, (Dermabrasion) helps remove the top layer of skin cells and bring new, more evenly textured skin to the surface, in the process, fine lines and wrinkles seem to disappear.

9. Thread lift: Special barbed threads introduced inside the skin in such a fashion so as to lift your sagging facial skin and thus reducing the creases and wrinkles.