Why Your Skin Wrinkles When Aging
It’s easy to remember the days when your skin was smooth, young looking and filled with the beauty of youth. As each candle is blown out for your birthday, you realize that there is one wrinkle or line that has formed in its place. If you want to begin fighting time through the wrinkles and lines that are on your face, than it begins with knowing why your skin wrinkles when it ages.
The skin is formed off of three layers of cells. These are built in a way that is used to protect you from the environment and other external forces. The outer layer, the epidermis, is the first layer, making it the strongest and the most prone to the environment. Underneath this is the dermis, which connects the inner layers of the skin to the outer layer. The third layer is the tissue, which provides a way to insulate the inner body and provide extra cells and nutrients to the other two layers of skin.
The layers of cells that are formed begin to change as you grow older. There are several reasons that cause wrinkles, all which are working against the idea of youth. The first set of problems may be linked to the environment. Overexposure to the sun can cause your skin cells to become damaged. Free radicals in the environment may also take the place of certain cells, causing extra oxygen to take the place and stopping the correct production of skin cells.
A second reason for wrinkles is related to what is available for your body. Nutrients that are not being supplied at higher levels may not be distributed to the body in the needed amounts. The result is a slowing down of the reproduction of cells. The cells in the epidermis will typically not be able to reproduce damaged cells or other general cells as quickly.
“Nutrients that are not being supplied at higher levels may not be distributed to the body in the needed amounts.”
Beyond this, your skin can wrinkle when you are aging from internal factors. One of the large aspects is hormone changes that may occur in your body. As your body learns to rebalance with new shifts in your body’s hormones, it may cause the production of specific cells that are supposed to be used on your skin to slow down. They do not have the fuel needed to continue reproducing as fast.
The result of the slowing down effect on your outer layer of skin is the formation of wrinkles that occur. When your skin is functioning with the reproduction of cells on a normal level, it will produce collagen and elastin. These are in charge of keeping your skin tied together, like glue. They are also in charge of protecting the skin from damage that may occur. When they are not able to reproduce fast enough, a wrinkle will form in its place, showing that there is not the ability to provide the right amount of cells to the area.
When you know what your skin cells are working against, you can begin to work towards creating a substitute for what is being lost. Instead of working against the environment, loss of cells and aging, you can work towards solutions that are more conducive towards keeping the skin you want.
Julie Health writes about anti-aging skin care at her website on anti-aging products and reviews.
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