How Moisturizers Improve Fine Lines Wrinkles [DermTV.com Epi #471]
We all know that moisturizers are used to repair dry skin. Nothing complicated there. But did you also know that moisturizers can be used to provide temporary relief from fine lines and wrinkles? In this episode of DermTV, Dr. Schultz explains why and how.
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[TRANSCRIPT]
Moisturizers were originally created to treat and relieve dry skin. But for many people, their ability to help fine facial lines and wrinkles is much more important. How do they work this magic? Stay tuned!
In a previous episode, I discussed the obvious and original reason to use a moisturizer: To combat the signs and symptoms of dry skin. These signs and symptoms include a feeling of mild tightness and the appearance of fine flaking, both of which are much more common on the cheeks, but can occur in other places.
Since dry skin is caused by insufficient water in your skin, the reason moisturizers work is because they effectively increase the moisture content of your skin. Simple enough. Right?
To go deeper, if the moisturizer increases the moisture content of your skin, it thereby also slightly increases the volume of your skin, which makes it more supple and less taut… and voila! Feelings of tightness are relieved.
Adding moisture also hydrates over dried, dead, and flaky surface cells. This changes their shape and optical properties, and therefore literally hides them from sight. Cool right?
Now here’s the even cooler part. If increasing the moisture content of your skin can slightly increase its volume… Well… What a perfect way to improve the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, even if only temporarily.
For those of you who receive the weekly DermTV newsletter, do you remember the tip on how to temporarily help crows feet? The answer is by rubbing the area firmly for a few minutes with a cream or ointment. The pressure from repeated rubbing causes a little inflammation which causes a tiny bit of fluid to leak into the skin that literally pushes out… or really fills in… the lost volume that caused the lines.
Moisturizers work similarly in helping fine lines and wrinkles. Although instead of from the inside out, moisturizers work by infusing water from the outside in. They do it with humectant ingredients that literally grab, bind and then cause water to absorb into and slightly swell your skin. And as you now know, that safe swelling will temporarily diminish the appearance of lines and wrinkles.
Goodbye lines and wrinkles… Not for long, but at least for now.
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Everyone can have beautiful, healthy, and younger looking skin, and DermTV, the Internet’s daily skincare video show, will demonstrate how by revealing expert tips and techniques and by providing real solutions for real skincare issues.
Skincare (whether cosmetic or medical) previously required a trip to your dermatologist or a shopping spree at the pharmacy. And that’s if you have a trusted nearby dermatologist or a local informed pharmacy. But not anymore. We at DermTV are committed to making best-in-class dermatology and skincare guidance accessible to everyone, anytime, at your computer.
Every weekday, our host, Dr. Neal Schultz, one of New York’s most trusted and respected dermatologists, teaches skincare’s most timely and timeless issues. Topics include: the best at home techniques and new technology for facial rejuvenation, preventing and fixing sun damage from wrinkles to skin cancer, breaking news in dermatology, general skincare topics, and more.
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