It may be because they are disliked by almost all those who own them, but to define them wrinkles names that are as evocative as they are nice have been found: there are the thinker’s wrinkles between the eyebrows, also called lion’s wrinkles, those of the marionette that go down towards the chin and the necklaces of Venus on the neck. Then there are the signs of expression that bring us closer to the animal world: the crow’s feet around the eyes, the rabbit lines on the wings of the nose and the bulldog cheeks on the sides of the mouth. These are not their technical names, but they are certainly the most intuitive: mitigating them is the main mission of cosmetics, which reserves the majority of its products for the anti-aging category. But in addition to creams and serums – at this link you can find a selection among the latest news for spring 2024 – also skincare gestures and self-massage can help a lotas he explains Veronica Rocca, nurse and beautician specialized at the beauty academy in skincare, cosmetics, massages and beauty treatments, author of the FaceTraining facial training protocol. “When doing skincare, morning and evening, I recommend combining specific manual skills that help relax facial muscles overstimulated by facial expressions and tone those we use less”, says the expert.
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In applying creams, in fact, there are gestures that can optimize their benefits, while others that can be downright harmful: “Among the most common mistakes made when applying creams is the movement outwards and towards the low.Many know that land creams should be spread from bottom to top, but in practice many people reach down with their fingers. Furthermore, there is those who press too much on the front of the neckwhere the thyroid is present, perhaps also with massage tools such as gua sha and, especially if the person is hyperthyroid, it can be very dangerous”, warns Veronica Rocca, who with her FaceTrainig protocol invites you to do small exercises – his workouts range from 4 to 12 minutes – specific for each area of the face, to be combined with each other, because “the muscles of the face are all connected to each other and influence each other, so to improve an area we must always think globally about everything the face”. Below, a map of the wrinkles from the forehead to the neck and the useful gestures to relax the muscles and reduce them.
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FOREHEAD WRINKLES
Horizontal forehead wrinkles are caused by the contraction of the frontalis muscle and, depending on the strength of our muscles and our facial expressions, they can be more or less marked and appear even when very young. “The frontalis muscle is connected to the cervical area via a connective tissue membrane, so to reduce forehead wrinkles we must act on the entire scalp, massaging the entire head with a movement similar to that done with shampoo, but more deep, moving the scalp in all directions”, suggests the face trainer.
THINKER OR LION’S WRINKLES
The vertical wrinkles that form between the eyebrows are also called ‘lion wrinkles’, an animal that has them very accentuated, or ‘thinker’s wrinkles’, because they form during the frowning expression typical of those who are absorbed in thoughts. They can be one or two: if our two corrupting muscles are equally strong there will be two, if one of the two is much more developed than the other it will be one. “To reduce these wrinkles you need to relax the muscles by passing over them with your fingers and sliding them from the center of the eyebrows outwards, up to about halfway up the eyebrows, because the muscle is very short”, explains Rocca.
HEN’S FEET
Among the most common – and the most hated – are the radical wrinkles that form on the outside of the eye due to the contraction of the orbital muscle, improperly called ‘crow’s feet’. “In this case you need to stretch the skin by moving the index finger upwards and the thumb downwards”, advises the expert. But not only that: “Since the muscles are all connected, it is useful to also act on the temporalis muscle, which extends from the temple to behind the ear, moving the scalp.” The common gesture of dabbing the eye contour cream with the fingertips is useful: “It is one of the most classic movements and is certainly functional for the absorption of the product. Another useful gesture is the tilting, boat-shaped movement, from do with the index and middle fingers starting from the inner corner of the eye and moving outwards”.
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RABBIT LINES
The expression ‘bunny lines’ refers to the signs that are created at the base of the nose, on the sides of the internal corners of the eye: “To attenuate them it is useful to make concentric movements with the knuckles in the lateral area of the nasal bridge, in order to relax the nasal muscle”, advises Veronica Rocca.
SMILE WRINKLES
The so-called ‘smile wrinkles’ are the nasolabial wrinkles that run from the nostrils towards the corners of the mouth. They can form with sagging of the cheekbone or due to hyper tonicity of the elevator muscle of the upper lip and the wing of the nose which, when excessively stimulated, shortens, creating a crease. “To relax this area you need to slide the index finger from the nose outwards or, with a glove, put the thumb inside the mouth, in front of the teeth, and with the index finger make concentric movements on the wrinkle”, explains the expert.
PUPPET WRINKLES
The prolongation of the nasolabial wrinkles are the so-called ‘marionette wrinkles’, which go from the sides of the mouth towards the chin and are caused by the spasm of the depressor muscle of the corner of the mouth, which when it contracts causes sagging in the area called bulldog’s cheek. They are also known as the ‘wrinkles of sadness’: “Emotions leave marks on our face: I have done lots of masterlcass and all the women who had experienced great traumas had this type of wrinkles”, Veronica Rocca tells us, who advises us to reduce them to make two fists with your hands, place them on the sides of your chin and slowly let your head fall until your knuckles are at the corners of your mouth, thus stretching the muscle.
VENUS NECKLACES
There are two main types of wrinkles in the neck: vertical ones caused by spasm of the platysma muscle and horizontal ones, also called ‘Venus necklaces’, caused by bad posture. To lengthen the platysma, the face trainer suggests placing a hand near the collarbone and making concentric movements moving up towards the mandibular area, being careful to stay on the lateral band of the neck, without ever going to the front part where the thyroid is located. To act on the so-called ‘necklaces of Venus’, however, you need to correct your posture: “These wrinkles have worsened in recent years due to our dependence on smartphones and the habit of lowering our heads towards the screen. To correct them – concludes the face trainer Veronica Rocca – we must find our vertical posture, lifting our chin and neck to bring them back into line”.
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