Wrinkles - how they form and how to eliminate them
Once you understand how skin wrinkles actually form, it becomes
quite clear how you can erase them without spending a fortune on topical
creams, patches, or surgeries.
First, just to get us all on the same page, it's important to
understand that wrinkles start forming when we're in our teens. Yes, amazing
but real. This is why.
Our personalities and habits are well developed throughout our
childhood. We have the characteristic frown, smiles, looks of disapproval or
disgust, concentration. These do not tend to change as we age, except for
accidents or trauma. Therefore, facial muscle stabilization patterns are well
set by our adolescents.
What is the relationship of facial muscles with wrinkles? Think
about it - the muscle can bulge and stretch the skin on your arms if you lift a
lot of weights. But the muscle also pinches the skin when you catch it in a
frown, for example.
Over time, the facial muscles will get tighter or shorter around
the areas with a lot of pressure. Between the skin and muscle, there is a thin
layer of connective tissue or fascia and this can also begin to harden and dry
out along disc patterns.
Now you have muscles and fascia that work to pull the skin together
around the face patterns. Slowly, over time, as these elements work together to
wrinkle the skin above, what happens? Tight skin gets less rotation. Uh oh.
When we are children, our faces are often very mobile. Muscles,
fascia, and skin can be compressed but then stretched to unfold in wonder,
peace, or deep sleep relaxation. Then the blood circulation can easily flow
through the skin and repair or revitalize the muscles and skin, restoring the
fullness of the baby's face.
Over time, when our expression patterns are adjusted, the ability
of the circulatory system to flow and repair with ease diminishes and
diminishes. With the lack of adequate hydration, dietary abstinence, smoking,
trauma, etc., it becomes an uphill battle for blood supply to restore the
fullness of the skin. Wrinkles are the result, the result of time and habits.
Obviously, the best time in life to prevent wrinkles is in your
teens. Daily facial massage - especially around areas where wrinkles can be
seen with different facial expressions - is a real help. Use olive oil, which
your skin and muscles like, or almond if your skin is naturally dry or
sensitive, or coconut if you like it.
Besides rubbing the good morning or evening after washing the face,
it is a good idea to drink enough water to keep the cells hydrated, as well as
avoiding junk foods. If you are young then start now to keep this precious
face. Older? Roll up your sleeves.
Well, now we understand how these things are formed, and if you are
young enough, you can avoid wrinkles with simple common-sense practices. But
for those of us past our teens, our massage practice needs to be more focused
and specific.
Think for a minute about the wrinkles that form above the upper
lip, those that appear on the mouths of elderly people. These can come over
time from smoking, drinking soda through a straw, following lips in thought or
rejection, these types of movements that bring lips together. (I don't rule out
kissing, because it's so pretty, but it's easy to see how it can contribute to
those little lines above the lips.)
First, decide what type of oil you prefer. Sophia Loren has always
said that her lack of wrinkles in her 70s and 80s was thanks to a daily massage
with olive oil, most skin types like this oil, and all muscles. If you live in
dry areas, you may want to make a mixture of oils and rose water for extra
hydration in addition to what you get from drinking enough water.
Let me share with you the mixture I've been using since my thirties
and that I think has helped keep wrinkles on my face of 70 and older: In 2
ounces of rose water, add 3 ounces of organic peanut oil, 2-3 ounces of olive
oil Organic and 1 tablespoon of liquid lanolin. Older skin may appreciate an
ounce of wheat germ oil as an anti-aging aid. Dry or more sensitive skin may
want an ounce of sweet almonds. There are 7-8 ounces of Facial Bliss that help
restore skin vitality and helps scrub away wrinkles depending on where they are
on the face.
(Note, why peanut oil? Good question. Peanut oil is food for
connective tissue, which we mostly think of as around joints. But remember the
fascia, the thin connective layer between skin and muscle? This layer helps
maintain skin tone and firmness, along with Combined with muscle tone. This
blend is also ideal as a full-body massage oil, as peanuts help other joints
with a certain degree of arthritis prevention, according to Edgar Cayce's
reading from which we've adapted this formula.)
Daily beautification of your precious face
With your morning or evening regimen, wash first with a gentle
soap/cream/cleansing lotion, either using a well-washed fiber cloth or a circle
of sponge or loofah to wash away dead skin cells. Use a deep circular motion on
the forehead, cheeks, chin, and throat.
Never press or rub around the eyes or the temples. The tissues of
the skin around the eyes are very delicate and can be easily torn with extreme
pressure. It is good to appreciate the smile lines around the eyes because they
are just positive lines on the face.
When you rinse your face, it should feel clean and almost gritty.
If you feel a film is still covering the skin - like many commercial soap
products - get another brand. Castile soap is generally considered a delicate
cleanser and does not leave any coating or residue on the leather.
Dry the face and apply a small amount of the oil that you rubbed
into the palms of your hands. (The mixture I described above should be shaken
each time, the contents are separated since no unwanted chemical emulsifiers
are added.)
Spread the oil on the forehead, cheeks, chin, and throat, passing a
little over the eyes but not deeply. Use circular motions with your fingertips
to stimulate blood circulation in these areas and move the core muscles around.
Note that the throat is included in the daily facial massage. There
is no reason to allow this skin to sag over time if you give it some attention
and blood circulation to keep the skin, muscles, and connective tissues
healthy.
When massaging the forehead, remember that the muscles that pull
the eyebrows up suddenly or down in a frown are vertical muscles. These will
relax if you rub them, right and left, back and forth. Go right up the hairline
and down the eyebrows in crisscrossing rubbing motions, targeting the muscles
just below the skin.
It's easy to rub the cheeks in circles and be sure to pay more
attention to the areas in front of the ears where jaw muscles can tighten with
all the stress of 21st-century life. Rub up and down over and next to the nose,
and open the mouth to allow a fuller turn on a part of the face that barely
moves on its own.
To train the muscles around the lips, pull it across the teeth with
a closed smile and rub it around the lip border with the fingertips, gentle and
deep, causing some good blood circulation in a circular and rounded shape. Back
and forth across the top of the lip and that muscle under the nose that can
stretch and hold wrinkles. If you have streaks that are just starting to form
here, you may want to double the time of the massage to get the circulation
going.
Finally, give the throat some nice circular massage along the side
of the neck and the front where the vocal cords are. With your thumbs together
under the chin, press along the underside of the jawline all the way to the
ear. Do this several times. It helps stimulate the immune reflex point that we
all need these days.
Finish with a full face massage once with your palms on the cheeks
and fingers on the forehead. Imagine blood circulation flowing through all the
cells of the skin and muscles, rejuvenating and revitalizing them all. Feel
youth and beauty flow into the cells. Mmmmmm.
For more specific treatment
To work on wrinkles in the forehead and around the mouth, you can
follow a general facial massage - which only takes a minute - with a more
specific treatment of individual wrinkles.
Dip a cotton swab in the oil and press it against the side of the
jar so that it does not drip. Using a magnifying mirror or just getting close
to the mirror, place the tip at the end of the creases with one hand and, using
the fingers of the other hand, open the creases. Press deeply into the creases
with a light forward and backward motions along the creases to show blood
circulation along precisely that line.
There is an interesting cosmetic treatment for wrinkles that does
the same thing. Using forceps, small threadlike needles are inserted along the
wrinkle to remove blood from where it was compressed. But you can do the same
with a Q-tip and nourishing oil. It takes time, some patience, and a lot of
love.
So how long will all of this take before I see results?
Remember that there are seven layers of skin, the oldest at the top
and the daughter cells at the base. An oil and massage regimen will immediately
benefit the new cells, but it can take anywhere from 30 to 45 days for these
cells to become their top layer.
During this period of self-love, your system helps release the
cohesion patterns of the muscles and fascia underneath. Imagine how you will
feel when you start seeing results! And believe me, it will also appear to
others in a happier and healthier face.
So be patient. And to be honest, don't you want to continue with a
healthy facial regimen for the rest of your days? Taking a day a week here and
there's no harm, but making loving facials a regular part of your life will go
a long way to allowing a more youthful glow out of your face on everyone you
meet.
If you want additional help at the DNA level, I am offering the
readers of this article a huge discount on Trinfinity8 remote anti-aging
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Cheryl Salerno is a ULC Minister and Energy Therapist with over 35
years of experience, specializing in tele or teletherapy coordination. She also
uses and sells the amazing Trinfinity 8 Rejuvenation & Restoration in her
therapeutic work. Cheryl specializes in post-operative and postpartum recovery
challenges, as well as recovery issues after sports injuries, motor vehicle
accidents, post-traumatic stress disorder, assaults, and falls.
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