Tell me truthfully – have you been worrying about those permanent lines on your forehead? Or those ones around your eyes or mouth? Perhaps, as you gaze into the mirror each morning, you long to get rid of them or at least make them fade a little. I’ll make a small bet with you – you’ve probably also thought about cosmetic surgery, injections or laser treatment.

Well, I’m here to tell you that you don’t have to resort to drastic – and expensive – treatments to make a difference to those permanent lines marking your skin. There’s a more gentle and natural way to smooth your complexion, without side effects or great expense.

Diet

First of all, before you even consider applying treatments to your face, you need to think about your diet and about how it could be affecting your skin. There’s no point working on your complexion only from the outside – skin care starts from within with high quality nutrients.

Look for foods high in antioxidants and minerals. Antioxidants will combat the damage caused by the free radicals we are subject to in our daily lives, which damage cells and cause wrinkles and lines. Good foods to look out for include spinach, blueberries and other berry fruits, and carrots. Zinc and selenium, which are found in seafood, beef, chicken and nuts will also work to repair cell damage and start to smooth those permanent lines.

Toxins

Next, take a look at the toxins you could be exposing your face to. Smoking and breathing in second-hand smoke will accelerate the aging process, as will toxic fumes from cars and factories.

You might not be able to change where you live but at least try to avoid tobacco smoke wherever possible.

Sun exposure

Now we need to look at how much sun you are getting on your skin.

A little bit of sun each day is absolutely necessary for good health. We need several minutes of sun every day to create vitamin D for our bone health but be careful not to overdo it. Too much sun will allow ultraviolet rays to penetrate the skin’s layers, which breaks down the elastin, resulting in more permanent lines and wrinkles.

Skin care

Now that we have discussed diet, toxins and sun, we can talk about what treatments you can use to combat those permanent lines. Rather than surgery, injections and lasers, think about starting a good skin care regime.

My best advice for skin care is to look for products that contain natural ingredients. Avoid products that are nothing more than a long list of chemicals. They’ll just compound the problems by damaging the cells even more – even if they cost a lot and smell nice!

There are two particular ingredients that I recommend you look for (though there are many others I don’t have room to describe here).

Coenzyme Q10 is a natural antioxidant found in our own bodies. A special nano-emulsion form, called Nano-Lipobelle H-EQ10, is now available in select skin care products. This special emulsion makes CoQ10 available to the skin, which then penetrates the skin’s layers to attack the free radicals accumulating there.

Phytessence wakame is a wonderful natural ingredient derived from Japanese sea kelp. Another antioxidant, it stops the body losing its essential supplies of hyaluronic acid, which glues the fibers of collagen and elastin together. This results in a smoother, more wrinkle free complexion.

You can also keep an eye out for active manuka honey, derived from a New Zealand bush, which repairs and strengthens collagen, keeping permanent lines at bay.

And my final word of advice?

Apart from expensive and perhaps even dangerous surgery, there’s no instant fix for permanent lines. Even if you follow every bit of my advice that I’ve listed here, you won’t wake up tomorrow morning and find those dreaded lines gone. You can smooth them out and make them less noticeable but it will take time and they’re not going to disappear for good.

And you know what? It doesn’t matter. The lines on your face, particularly the ones made when you laugh or smile or frown, are a part of you and your personality. You wouldn’t really want to wipe those out in an instant – you’d have no expression left on your face at all!

So if you really want to reduce those permanent lines and avoid creating new ones, pay attention to your diet, avoid smoking and other toxins, get a little sun but not too much, and start a regular skin care regime. And stop worrying!

If you would like to know more about reducing permanent lines and wrinkles and about how to look after your skin, why not take a moment to visit my website, where I’ll show you what I do myself to reduce the visible signs of aging.

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