Squinting Gives You Wrinkles

Squinting and Frowning 

Special facial movements, like squinting or frowning, can for grooves beneath the skin surface every time the facial muscles contract.
That repeated wear and tear causes changes in the connective tissue and breaks down the extracellular matrix, skin’s support structure. As you age, your skin can’t snap back into place as easily.

What is the solution?

It is quite simple - relax your face to stave off wrinkles!

If you furrow your brow, purse your lips, or frown when you’re concentrating, worried, or displeased, mom was right: Your face will freeze like that. Well, not exactly, but these repetitive movements can lead to wrinkling. Try to be mindful of making pronounced facial expressions, and if you catch yourself doing it, relax your facial muscles into a more neutral and restful position.

Bad sleeping habits

People who sleep on their sides or stomach tend to smoosh their faces into their pillows. Sleeping in the same position every night can give you sleep lines which form along the chin and cheeks (if you’re a side sleeper) or the forehead (if you sleep facedown). With age, our skin loses elasticity and the lines stick around even when you’re not resting your head on a pillow.

What is the solution? 

Try sleeping on your back if you can. This is a great way to allow your blood flow to be more stable. If that is not an option, try changing sleeping positions more often.

Beauty Myth: Exercising for your face. It is not as good as you might think! Programs that promise to tone your facial muscles through repetitive motions or resistance actually create wrinkles. Because skin loses elasticity as it ages, every time you perform a repetitive facial motion your skin doesn’t bounce back to its wrinkle-free state as easily. Over time, these exercises essentially carve wrinkles into your skin!