Mature Fashion: Banish Wrinkle Worry

Women worry about getting and having wrinkles because of the built in assumption that wrinkles are telltale proof that we have lost our youth and look "old".  Au contraire; While wrinkles  are indicators that the first bloom of youth has past, they are not the most aging feature a woman has to "face". (little play on words there...).

There is a reason we call those brown spots that appear on our face, hands, and arms are called "age" spots; they are a dead give-a-way that we are aging.  The pigmentation changes as we age (sometimes during pregnancy some women face the beginning of this problem). 

Unfortunately, this is the very time that so many women begin to neglect skin care. Many feel, "why bother" when the wrinkles begin and the skin begins to lose some of its elasticity. Others may start piling on the cosmetics improperly to cover up and fill in wrinkles and spots.

Although there are often too many preservatives and additives to our cosmetics, there is a tremendous selection of  safe cosmetics,  including the natural home made remedies we have discussed in other posts, that can be safely used to balance skin tone and minimize the appearance of wrinkles.  (most of them are simply skin plumpers that retain water under the skin).  These products solve most of the problem of uneven skin color; the most significant appearance of aging. 

However, facial exercises can minimize the sagging that occurs as we age (there is that gravity again!), help retain the tone, and can actually delay some wrinkles.  I have found several blogs and web-site that describe specific exercises for helping drooping eyelids, minimizing "double chins", delaying wrinkles around the mouth, etc.  A quick Google search will produce several repetitive facial movements that are claimed to work. I have been trying some of them, and I swear, I do believe I see improvement, especially in puffiness around the chin area...One more example of exercise helping me to "Rock my age".

.............Geneva..................Rockmyages@aol.com..........