Anti-Aging products in plenty The cosmetic industry today is a million dollar one what with everyone getting concerned about how they look.
There are different types of beauty products that can either be used at home or applied by special beauticians in salons and beauty spas.
Some are used for a short period whereas others will be used for lifetime.
Some are applied directly on your skin while others are injected into the body.
What are we talking about then? A simple definition of wrinkles would be that it is a ridge or a crease on the skin.
There are many reasons why this can occur but the main causative reason is the natural aging process that wears out the skin's elasticity.
  What Are The Causes? There are quite a number of causes for wrinkles that we are going to consider.
Some of them are natural and we can do little about them whereas others can be controlled.
Some causes can be as simple as habitual facial expressions, aging, and the effect of the sun, hydration and numerous others.
Your skin is made up of three layers: the epidermis, the dermis and the subcutaneous.
  The epidermis is the outer visible layer which protects the body tissues from the effects of the environment.
The second layer is the dermis which has connective tissue that enables elasticity of the skin.
Then there is an important connection between the dermis and the epidermis called the dermal-epidermal.
It contains connective tissues called rete ridges which receive their nutrients from blood vessels in the dermis.
The lowest layer of the skin is called the subcutaneous level which contains fat cells which help provide insulation to the body and make the skin look full.
How you skin ages As you continue ripping pages from the calendar, the epidermal cells tent to become thinner and a little les sticky, make your skin appear thinner.
With the stickiness diminished there is a lower effectiveness of the barriers that allow moisture to be release instead of it being kept intact by the skin.
The result of this is dryness of the skin.
The number of epidermal cells will continue to reduce as you age and the skin is not able to replace them as fast as they are wearing out.
This leads to the reduction of collagen and elastin production.
Conclusion These minute changes take time to be noticed and the end result is wrinkles, dryness and aging of the skin.
The other effect of this natural aging process is that sebaceous glands become bigger in size but produce less sebum causing the number of sweat glands to reduce as well.
These are the changes that lead to the dryness of the skin.
There are lot more things that go on unnoticed in your skin that you will do well to find out.