We present you 10 harmless alternatives to botox injections.
Over the past 20 years, botox is the most popular cosmetic procedure aimed at combating wrinkles. It costs significantly less than plastic surgery, but scares off many of the side effects. Meanwhile, there are alternatives to "beauty injections" that can be easily and safely used at home.
1. Creams and serums with peptides
Cosmetics with peptides are absolutely identical in the mechanism of action of a syringe with Botox. It was invented several years ago, so it does not yet occur in every second brand of care products. Peptides are stabilized formulas of proteins acting in three directions: increasing the production of collagen, enhancing the protective properties of the skin and relaxing the facial muscles. The effect of botox has argirelin, obtained from snake venom. This neuropeptide blocks the transmission of signals from the nerve endings to the muscles responsible for the facial expression. Motor activity is reduced, due to which the facial wrinkles are smoothed out.
2. Plasters for sleep
Age signs are most clearly manifested on the forehead and in the interbrow zone. It's amazing that the most primitive remedy for wrinkles, known since the beginning of the last century, has become widely known only now. A napkin with a fat cream, which was applied to the forehead of the Hollywood star, was replaced with hard-paste patches. Labels made of hypoallergenic material are sold in special sets. Use for their intended purpose every day before going to bed, having previously applied any suitable cream to the skin.
3. Balls for massage
Yamun's fitness coach from the United States, faced with a reduction in skin elasticity, decided to develop his own method of restoring it. She created elastic balls for facial massage, easily placed in her hand. Moving the massager over the skin, Yamuna cleared the sagging and nasolabial folds in just a few weeks. She is already 60 years old, but she still looks much younger than her age and is not going to buy cosmetics.
4. Peeling with fruit acids
Microdermabrasion based on pineapple or citrus acid is less dangerous than the same procedure with the use of chemical preparations. AHA acids remove the top layer of the epidermis, reducing the depth of wrinkles and their severity. The salon version is uncomfortable with the need for a long rehabilitation - after it the skin begins to turn red and flake off, making it impossible to apply makeup for at least a week. Home peeling enzymatic peeling with pineapple is not enough one procedure - but it passes unnoticed for others.
5. Mask of egg white
A mixture of egg white and lemon juice was originally sung by bloggers and fans of handmade cosmetics as a bleaching agent that tightens the pores. But the high content of collagen reduces the number of fine horizontal wrinkles and speeds up the process of skin regeneration. If the composition with citrus is suitable for owners of fatty type of epidermis, then for dry it will be too aggressive. Juice can be replaced with honey, yoghurt or oatmeal.
6. Revolutionary natural cream for smoothing
Foreign bloggers managed to develop a 100% organic cream with amazing properties. Just a week of use as a day and night moisturizer can almost "erase" traces of aging. Ingredients are cheap enough and suitable for any type of skin. To prepare the cream will need 2 tsp. coconut oil, 1 tbsp. olive oil, 1 tsp. honey and 1 egg yolk. After melting coconut oil on a steam bath, it must be beaten in a homogeneous mass with the rest of the ingredients. The mixture retains its properties in the refrigerator for 14 days.
7. Supplements with collagen and hyaluronic acid
To the complexes called "biologically active additives" nobody is indifferent. They are either scolded or considered a valuable substitute for medicines. And sometimes a scalpel of a plastic surgeon, if in the dietary supplements contain "building materials" of the skin and muscles. Collagen and hyaluronic acid are synthesized by the body, but this process slows down with age. Get out of food, like vitamin C, it is not possible - and here in the course are magic tablets. They strengthen the oval face and moisturize the cells from the inside, which is not capable of any cream.
8. Shea Butter
The fact that the inhabitants of Africa are not familiar with age-related changes, surprises all the readers of gloss. Models from this continent state in an interview that they do not use the services of cosmetologists and do not adhere to secret beauty rituals. African girls from a young age use Shea butter as the main means of skin care for the face, body, and hair. They add it to masks and smear on the face instead of cream, put on hair as an indelible conditioner. The thick saturated texture of solid vegetable fat is rich in vitamins A, E and F and natural sunscreen filters.
9. Water diet
To save on the purchase of hyaluronic additives, you can, if you saturate the body with a liquid according to the scheme of an aquatic diet. Initially, it was created for weight loss by controlling the daily consumption of drinking water. It is required to drink two glasses of water before each meal. This fills the cells with moisture and gives the skin a natural radiance no worse than special supplements.
10. Acupuncture
The secret of erasing wrinkles from the face of a sign of the Chinese aristocracy - since ancient times they have been using the services of masseurs who pass on the secrets of acupuncture from generation to generation. The technique is called Gua Sha: it smooths out unevenness and improves blood circulation in tissues. To the face, greased with a moisturizing gel or cream, apply a spoon and drive it on massage lines.