Dehydration lines are often mistaken for wrinkles. However, they are actually different and the good news is that you can minimize the appearance of each if you know this difference. So before you turn to any and all anti-aging skin care products, it’s important to understand the difference between dehydration lines and dynamic (expression line) wrinkles and to tackle each differently with minimalist organic skin care.
What Causes Dehydration Lines?
External factors like seasonal changes, dry weather conditions, excessive exposure to the sun, diet, lack of water intake, and other lifestyle choices decrease the net water content in the skin. This appears on the skin in the form of dehydration lines and creases.
Once dehydrated, your skins pH barrier is compromised, losing its ability to retain moisture and resilience, causing your skin to look dull, parched and older. Dehydration lines can also be due to alcohol consumption or poor sleep. Some other symptoms of dehydrated skin are itchiness, increased sensitivity, and dullness.
Ways to Reverse the Appearance of Dehydration Lines
Dehydration lines are temporary, and immediate and effective skin care can reverse them, delaying the appearance of skin aging.
Here are some steps you can follow to reduce the appearance of dehydration lines on your skin:
- Drink plenty of water and use hydrating and soothing ingredients (like Comfrey, Neem, Peppermint, and Green Tea) to revive the skin.
- Whenever your skin feels dry and tight, revitalize the face by spritzing some dosha-specific organic hydrator/toner.
- Follow a minimalist day and nightly skin care routine to ensure that your skin gets proper nourishment and stays hydrated throughout the day. Formulas with ingredients like Hyaluronic acid, Aloe vera, Olive oil, Grapeseed Oil, Vitamin E, Slippery Elm, Yucca Root, and other hydrating ingredients will instantly replace lost moisture.
- Use a Facial Mask/Scrub at least 2-3X times a week to remove free radicals, dirt, and environmental grime from the face.
What Causes Wrinkles?
Unlike dehydration lines, wrinkles are formed in the aging process due to a thinning collagen net, repetitive expressions and exposure to environmental stressors. Wrinkles and fine lines appear earlier in Vata Dosha (or Dry Skin) compared to Pitta (Sensitive) and Kapha (Oily) skin individuals.
As we age, our skin’s collagen-elastin-hyaluronic acid matrix breaks down and the net content rapidly starts depleting after your 30s. This results in a loss of structure and elasticity and the skin is unable to bounce back to its original place. Repeated facial expressions, sun damage, and increased exposure to free radicals speeds up the aging process, causing more fine lines and wrinkles to form.
Ways to Minimize the Appearance of Wrinkles
To slow down the process of aging skin, it is important to introduce anti-aging elements that can counterbalance the lost structural elements of the skin. Scientifically infused with Argireline and Matrixyl in a proven 10:15 concentration, our BioScience Peptide Complex not only improves the net collagen content of the skin, but ingredients like Hyaluronic Acid, DMAE, ALA, Allantoin, Vitamins, CoQ10 and various other botanicals hydrates, firms, tightens, and brightens dull and aging skin. The formula is the best day and night facial treatment to noticeably diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles in 60 days or less.
To further improve the efficiency of the formula, use our Collagen Boost Serum, which works as a firming facial moisturizer. With its active power of plant-based ingredients boosting the net collagen content in aging, wrinkled, or sun-damaged skin Collagen Boost truly lives up to it’s name by amplifying the effects of our award winning BioScience Peptide Complex.
If you have a mix of dehydrated skin and true dynamic wrinkles, we recommend you start a minimalistic dosha-specific skin care regimen. The earlier you start, the faster will be the effects. The anti-aging regime will not only reduce the appearance of wrinkles, but also treat uneven skin tone, crow’s feet and puffy eyes, balance pH and brighten the skin.
