Wondering how your once-upon-a-time firm and supple face has turned into a baggy fold of flesh?
Okay, maybe that’s too graphic.
Let’s try something else.
Are you missing what used to be a smooth, soft, firm, no crease, no-wrinkle skin?
Do you get irritated when people think you are many years older than your actual age because of your sagging face?
Wondering how to achieve a taut, smooth face?
Today, let’s take a look at some of the reasons your skin is sagging and how to deal with it.
- Lost Weight:
During weight gain, the skin on some parts of your body stretches to accommodate the expansion. In the period when the skin was expanded, especially over a long period, as you age, your skin loses its elasticity and its ability to snap back because its collagen, elastin, and other components responsible for elasticity have become damaged.
Therefore, when you shed weight; the more weight you shed, the more excess skin sagging on your body. When you gain weight, the skin on your face stretches, and when you finally lose that weight, your facial skin sags leading to saggy jaw, double chin, and under-eye bags.
How to Fix It: You can use injectable fillers or the MySha Natural Collagen Rejuvenating Mask which would help you restore collagen to your face and stop it from aging by getting rid of sags, wrinkles while improving the skin’s health.
- Dehydration:
Your skin is probably sagging because you are one of those who treat water as an enemy. You barely even take two full glasses of water daily. Not drinking enough water daily makes it harder for your skin to bounce back from damage. It hinders the quick rebuilding of new collagen which is needed for skin elasticity, resulting in fine lines, sagging skin, and deep wrinkles.
How to Fix It: Stay hydrated. Drink enough water, at least eight glasses a day. Also, invest in a good moisturizer, like the Mysha Milk Brightening + Moisturizing Mask.
- Cigarette Smoking:
Familiar with the Empire Cast song, “Drip drop, drip drippity drop?” Well, here is a remix of the song (feel free to sing along): “Smoke droop, smoke smoke smoke droop!”
Now, that should give you a mental picture of how your skin sags every time you smoke cigarettes. Firstly, smoking is harmful to your general wellbeing, as it exposes your skin and other organs to toxic chemicals. Secondly, it dries out your skin, causing it to sag, sag, and sag!
How to Fix It: Stop smoking, QED! Use MySha Natural collagen rejuvenating mask to restore collagen and get rid of sags, and our MySha Milk Mask can help keep your skin moisturized.
- Overly Exposed to the Sun:
If your daily activities require constant exposure to excessive sun rays, this could be one of the reasons you have sagging skin, especially on your face. Over-exposure to the sun’s UVA and UVB rays reduces collagen and elastin production.
How to Fix It: Ensure you apply plenty amount of sunscreen protection before leaving the house. Exfoliation would as well help remove dead skin cells and increases circulation, which would help with blood flow to the skin as well as tighten its appearance over time.
- Poor Diet
Poor diet can reduce skin elasticity. Bad food reflects on your skin, amongst other things. This causes the skin to lose its firmness, suppleness, and glow.
How to Fix It: Take food containing Collagen and elastin, such as foods rich in protein, amino acids, Omega-3 fatty acids, Vitamin C, fresh vegetables, fruits and a lot of water. These foods would help tackle this problem from within while using our MySha’s Natural collagen rejuvenating and Milk masks to treat the problem from the outside.
Even though the magic might not happen overnight, a consistent practice and abstinence (where appropriate) overtime would help improve the health of your skin, leaving glowing again.