When you're a child, people sometimes joke about not frowning too much, or your face will stay like that. As silly as it sounds, that's not too far from the truth. According to Webster's dictionary: 'Wrinkle. Noun. A small furrow, ridge, or crease on a normally smooth surface, caused by crumpling, folding, or shrinking.' The part of that sentence that really pulls my attention is: 'normally smooth surface'. That is because it is so true! Our skin was meant to be smooth.

Your skin was meant to replenish itself completely every 15-20 days. That means getting rid of all the old, dead cells, forming new blood vessels, producing more melanocytes to evenly distribute skin coloration, etc. This great process assures that you always have soft, moist, fresh skin. Our skin is also a natural barrier that holds moisture in, protects us from the damaging rays of the sun, and keeps us looking young. We also have a very beneficial layer of fat below our skin to maintain it full and healthy.

The problem is what begins to happen when this wonderful system of skin renewal gets less and less effective with the passing of time, and we begin to lose that needed layer of fat. Our skin renewal system begins to be less effective, for many different reasons. Some of them are caused by personal lifestyle choices, most of which are out of our control such as walking through a stress-filled mall or exposing ourselves to the sun when we walk to the car. Another example of our bodies' ability or inability to withstand deterioration has to do with genetics. If your genes show that your family has the tendency to look 10 years younger than they are, there's a good possibility that you will too.

There are several factors that you can have some control over, however. For example, a big reason that people get a lot of wrinkles is from cigarette smoke, so it's important to stop smoking if you do or at least try to avoid being exposed to it. Another major detriment to our skin, though it may surprise you, is stress. Scientists have proven that stress causes the facial muscles to tighten up and cause wrinkles to appear between your eyes, on your cheeks, etc. So it seems that to avoid wrinkles we should take heed to that silly advice of our childhood and not frown so much! And as you know, always wear sunscreen.

Wrinkles - Can I still turn this whole thing around?

Maybe you're thinking to yourself! this is all great but I already have wrinkles. What can I do? First of all, if you are just starting to see a some wrinkles, and your concern is the premature aging of your skin, begin to follow the suggestions I told you about in the last paragraph, because you can probably stop your wrinkles from being as bad as they could be. The other thing you could do is try an all natural anti-aging shield, which come in the form of natural products that you can put on your face to help retain the skin's natural moisture, nutrients and fatty tissues. One of the most important ingredients to try to find in these aging wrinkle creams is snail serum, which has been scientifically proven to biologically regenerate skin cells and add moisture to our skin, in the same way it does for the snail. You can't lose anything by taking this advice, and I guarantee you that within a couple of months you will begin to see an incredible difference!