Sleep wrinklesPosted by Gay McFarland on March 12th, 2021 Do you have strange vertical "lines", for example on your cheek, eye area, forehead or chin? Have you noticed that one side of your face (isn't it the one you sleep on?) Looks worse and has more wrinkles? There are vertical lines on the neckline? Sleep wrinkles are fairly easy to recognize, they are different from the expression lines that arise from dynamic emotional expression and are different from those caused by gravity. They are vertical and look "unnatural" because they are asymmetrical - explains a dermatologist and expert in aesthetic medicine, Dr. how to use makeup sponge Agnieszka Bliżanowska from the WellDerm Center. They often crumple on one side of the forehead, cheeks, ears. If they appear around the eyes, they do not radiate from the corners of laughter lines (crow's feet), but intersect them vertically. In people who press their head into a pillow during sleep, they lie vertically on one side of the forehead. They are especially visible in the morning, during the day they smooth out a bit, but one day, when the skin is no longer so elastic, they do not disappear completely. The culprit is sleep, and more precisely the position in which we sleep. Where do wrinkles come from at night? Sleep wrinkles most often affect people who sleep on their stomachs or on their side. Why? With these positions, the face presses strongly against the pillow, the skin crumples, and these creases become permanent over time, the more that we are in this position for a third of a day - says Dr. Agnieszka Bliżanowska. The problem does not only concern the face - when you sleep on your stomach or on your side, you expose the skin of the neckline to a lot of pressure - as a result, vertical wrinkles appear on it. Button test and professional help If you sleep on your side or back, you need to be vigilant. The most important thing is for your skin to be firm and supple, so it can handle creases more easily. - The first sign of loss of firmness is that imprints, e.g. from a button, folds or the texture of bedding, persist for longer and longer after waking up. This means that the skin is less firm and elastic, which means that it regains its shape more slowly, notes Dr. Bliżanowska. No wonder, skin density changes with age, collagen fibers are weaker and weaker, elastin production decreases and the amount of moisturizing hyaluronic acid decreases. How to deal with this? - We should thicken the skin to produce new collagen, elastin and hyaluronic acid. There are several ways to do this in an aesthetic medicine clinic, the expert assures. This can be done quickly and painlessly with a thermolifting. Zaffiro is a device that uses IR radiation, which heats, using a special head, deep layers of the skin. As a result, the loosened collagen fibers shrink - the skin returns to its place, and in the coming months new fibers are produced that create a stable scaffold for the skin. As a result, the skin is more resistant to pressure and wrinkles that have already formed - shallower. A great method of reducing sleep wrinkles is to stimulate the skin to self-rebuild. We mobilize the skin to self-regenerate, damaging it, of course in a controlled and safe manner. As a result, damaged cells are replaced with new and, most importantly, young tissue - explains the expert. This is how the so-called laser skin thickening works. laser resurfacing. The fractional laser uses a beam of light to create thousands of microdamages in the skin and provoke the skin to comprehensive reconstruction. A similar effect can be achieved by undergoing the Dermapen microneedling treatment. Micro-punctures made with pulsating surgical needles cause micro-injuries, which mobilize the skin to regenerate. Growth factors are released and new cells are created, the skin is rebuilt and its vascularity improves. - I very often combine these procedures with administering platelet-rich plasma PRP to the patient. Growth factors support the skin in the regeneration process and enhance the effect, says the expert. How does it work on skin and wrinkles? Wrinkles become shallower and the skin is firmer, smoother and free of imperfections. And this effect, which is very natural - as if we took away a few good years.Like it? Share it! |