Wrinkle Reduction in Northcote

Forehead lines are the horizontal creases that appear when you raise your eyebrows. Similar vertical lines can form between the brows when you frown or concentrate. The muscles that lift and draw the brows together fold the skin in the same places, many times a day. With age, the skin makes less collagen and elastin, the natural proteins that keep skin firm and help it spring back. Sun exposure wears them down faster, so creases soften more slowly. Over time, these lines can remain when your face is at rest.

Across the cheeks and around the mouth, fine lines begin as shallow creases that appear with an expression and fade when your face is still. With less collagen and elastin, the natural proteins that keep skin firm and springy, the skin recovers more slowly after each movement. Sun, smoking and ongoing stress can wear these proteins down faster. Sleeping on one side can press creases into the same areas night after night. Over time, fine lines can deepen into wrinkles that stay when your face is at rest.

On the neck, ageing often shows as horizontal lines and as bands that appear when the neck tenses. The skin here is thin and moves each time you turn, speak or swallow. Looking down at a screen folds the neck in the same place for long periods. Stress can lead to clenching, sometimes during sleep, which can leave the jaw feeling tense and heavy. Sun exposure and a gradual loss of collagen and elastin, the proteins that keep skin firm, mean these creases can remain at rest.