• Sun
• Weather 
• Bad Habits

• Lifestyle
• Diet
• Heredity
• Personal habits like smoking

Free Radicals damage all the healthy cells in your skin and this will lead to premature ageing. Stress is another big factor, as well as daily facial movement, excess weight and the position of sleep.

• Skin will become uneven
• Sun Spots/lesions can develop
• Elastin Decreases, therefore the skin will become more loose.
• The epidermis thins as we get older, causing a transparent look.
• Skin bruises easily, due to thinner blood vessel walls.
• Fatloss in cheeks, temples, chin, around the nose and eyes
• Bone loss is also very common around the mouth and chin area over the age of 60
• Cartilage loss of the nose

UV Rays from the sun damage the elastin in our skin. When the elastin decrease, certain concerns in the skin will be noticed like sagging and stretched. The skin will also bruise more easily and will take longer to heal. This type of damage will not show during the younger years, but it will be more visible as you age.

We love the saying: The best wrinkle to treat is NO WRINKLE! Therefore start off by protecting your skin every single day with a good sunblock, wearing a hat and staying out of direct sunlight.

There are secondary factors that will also contribute to even more changes in the skin like: gravity, movement of the facial muscles and your sleep position. Expression lines become more visible around the ages of 30’s and 40’s. They may appear in all directions all over the face but especially on the forehead, around the eyes and mouth.

When we sleep in a certain position frequently, memory lines can be caused (sleep creases). This is due to how the head is placed on the pillow. As we lose elasticity, the skin will struggle to go back to normal and will therefore remain creased as we age. Therefore we find this type of lines on the sides of the forehead. A great tip to remember is to rather sleep on your back, as it will prevent any more sleep crease lines to form.

Smoking cause deep wrinkles around the mouth area especially. There is a big difference between a smoker and a non-smokers skin, even if they are the same age, skin colour and history of sun exposure. Their skin will look sallow and dull.

We see fine lines and wrinkles as well as deep lines on a daily basis at Dermology. It’s a common concern that we improve well past the satisfaction rate.

• Exposure to UVA and UVB rays can account for up to 90% of our skin ageing, causing lines and wrinkles.

• Race plays an important role in the wrinkling of the skin due to pigmentation protection.

• Environmental factors such as cigarette smoke and pollution can also impact negatively on the skin.

• The rapid loss of weight can also cause lines and wrinkles when the volume of fat cells is drastically reduced – this especially applies to rapid weight loss in the face.

• With retinoic acid which is applied to the skin to smooth out the texture

• Anti-ageing serums are the new frontier of anti-ageing that, if used correctly and effectively can produce miraculous results for the skin.