Paying close attention to facial skin care, hair, hands, women often forget about the neck. But the neck skin is thin enough, sensitive, and it is she who gives out the true age most often. In the absence of proper neck care, transverse wrinkles, creases, other age-related changes may appear after 25 years.
The rapid development of wrinkles and other defects in the neck area is associated with several factors at once. The skin of the neck has practically no sebaceous glands and tightly adheres to the muscles, which contributes to the formation of folds. In addition, this area of the body is almost always open, and therefore, most of all, on an equal basis with the hands, is exposed to negative environmental influences, which also contributes a lot to drying out, reducing elasticity, loss of elasticity.
Neck Care
In order to keep the neck skin youthful and elastic, you should regularly use creams and masks, and also it is desirable to do massage and special gymnastics for the neck.
Some simple recommendations:
- In the morning and evening, rinse your neck with cool water. It is best to aim the neck, from all sides, the jet from the shower, so the neck is also massaged. A washcloth in the neck area is not recommended, except that it is very soft.
- After water procedures, always lubricate the neck with a cream suitable for your skin type. It should be borne in mind that the skin on the face and neck is usually different, and the cream that you use for the face is most often not suitable for the neck and décolleté area. To care for flabby skin of the neck, it is best to choose a cream with collagen content.
- If possible, do neck massage regularly. To do this, the hands are lubricated with a moisturizing cream and stroking strokes are carried from the top down, from the side pressing a little more strongly, from the front very easily or bypassing the thyroid gland. In addition, it is recommended that when the cream is applied, tap the area under the chin with the back of the hand. Another method of massage is to pat on the neck with a towel soaked in salt solution or simply cool water.
- Regularly use nutritious, moisturizing and tightening masks for the neck.
In general, care of the neck at the age of 30 years can do with gymnastics and moisturizers, after 30 to moisturizers are added and nutritional, and after 50 - funds for lifting.
Home remedies for neck skin care
To smooth wrinkles and maintain skin turgor, use a mask made of boiled potatoes, beaten eggs and a tablespoon of vegetable oil (preferably olive oil). The mask is applied in a preheated form for 15-20 minutes, after which it is washed off with warm water.
It is possible for 15 minutes to put on the neck thin circles of fresh cucumber or to grease the neck with cucumber lotion . This mask has nutritional and tonic properties.
To care for the withering skin of the neck, a mask based on milk and parsley is well suited. For this:
- 4 tablespoons chopped green parsley pour a glass of hot milk and leave for 7-10 minutes.
- Then in the received infusion, moisten the gauze and wrap the neck for 10-15 minutes.
- After the mask, the neck is not wiped off, but is allowed to dry itself.
- Then apply a moisturizer.
It is also recommended to wipe the skin of the face and neck with cosmetic ice, which can be prepared from decoction of herbs, or juice.