Op. Dr. Bora Yücel
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- September 09, 2024
- 4 min read
- Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist Op. Dr. Bora Yücel
Crow's Feet
Crow's feet are wrinkles around the eyes, which generally deepen with age and which the person who faces the mirror does not like to see.
What is crow's feet?
Crow's feet usually appear at first in the aging process with some facial expressions used while laughing and talking. Crow's feet, which become more prominent and deeper over time, disturb many individuals. Crowbar wrinkles appear on the parts of the eyes towards the temples. Wrinkles can also extend towards the cheek. The reason why these wrinkles are called crow's feet is because they resemble the bird's footprint.
Fine wrinkles near the eyes are not at the same level in every individual. The skin structure of the individual, lifestyle, smoking, using mimics a lot, prolonged exposure to the sun have a great effect on the increase of crow's feet.
Why does crow's feet occur?
Factors that are effective in the formation of crow's feet:
- Ageing: As age progresses, the skin loses its elasticity. This is first seen as fine wrinkles and then deep wrinkles all over the body.
- Sun exposure: Since skin aging accelerates in individuals exposed to sun rays for too long, crowbar wrinkles also increase.
- Excessive use of facial expressions: In individuals who use facial expressions excessively, crow's feet lines become prominent as well as the line between the eyebrows and the forehead line.
- Genetic factors: Each individual's skin structure, body aging rate, wrinkle rate in the body due to genetic factors are different.
- Smoking and alcohol use: Smoking and alcohol consumption accelerates skin aging.
- Inadequate moisturisation: If the skin is not sufficiently moisturised, it wrinkles faster.
- Inadequate skin care and cleaning: Wrinkles are more common in individuals who do not pay attention to skin care, vitamin applications, cleansing the skin from dirt and make-up.
- Wrong eating habits: Proper nutrition is important to maintain whole body health. Skin that cannot get enough vitamins from the inside is prone to wrinkles despite external applications.
Crow's feet can be alleviated with proper skin care, proper nutrition and some messages applied. The most effective way to remove deepened crow's feet at advanced ages is facial rejuvenation surgeries.
How do you get rid of crow's feet?
Crow's feet are caused by advancing age, excessive use of facial expressions, prolonged exposure to the sun, but are much more pronounced in some people. Genetic predisposition can also increase wrinkles.
You can get a younger fresh look with a number of methods that you can apply in front of the mirror at home. What you can do to prevent and reduce crow's feet at home will make your skin look more vibrant.
How to prevent crow's feet at home?
What can be done at home to prevent crow's feet:
Skin care and skin cleansing:
The first step to preventing crow's feet at home is proper skin care and clean skin. Effective skin cleansing and moisturising the skin with the right products can prevent many wrinkles that may occur. Wrinkles may occur on the skin when sleeping with make-up. If you are someone who wears make-up every day, you should definitely remove the make-up on your skin with cleansing products suitable for your skin when you come home. Then you should moisturise your skin with the right skin moisturising products. Maintaining the moisture balance of the skin makes your skin look more vibrant and healthy.
Sun protection:
The harmful rays of the sun accelerate skin aging. For this reason, you should pay attention to the habit of using sunscreen as much as you pay attention to your daily skin moisturising habit.
Healthy diet:
Another way to prevent crow's feet wrinkles at home is to eat healthy. It is very effective to nourish the skin from the inside by consuming healthy foods to maintain skin health and ensure the freshness of the skin. Healthy eating protects skin health by using skin products and consuming foods containing vitamin C and E. Antioxidants also reduce the damage caused by free radicals on the skin surface.
Massage:
Regular massage of the corners of the eyes is effective to prevent crow's feet at home. Not using mimics too much slows down the rate of wrinkles. However, to reduce crow's feet, massage your crow's feet and muscles around the eyes, taking care not to mix your skin at home.
Doing exercises related to this area reduces wrinkles. Despite everything you do at home, the appearance of crow's feet may occur for the reasons listed above. For this, you can consult your plastic surgeon and ask him/her to perform an application that rejuvenates your skin and removes wrinkles.
Exercises that can be done at home to get rid of crow's feet
Simple exercises that can be applied at home to get rid of crow's feet can strengthen the eye muscles and reduce the appearance of wrinkles. If you do not get results from the exercises, we recommend surgery. The first exercise that can be done:
Wash your hands, cleanse and moisturise your skin before all exercises. Sit in a comfortable position.
Place your index finger at the end of your eyebrows and your middle finger 1-2 cm from the end of your eyes. Pull backwards at a 45 degree angle. Count to 5 from inside you. Then release your fingers and count to 5 again internally. Place your fingers again 1-2 cm from the end of your eyebrow and eyes and do the same stretching movement again. Repeat the movement 10 times.
The second exercise that can be done at home for crow's feet is eye contour massage. Place your fingertips around your eyes. Massage your eye area by drawing tiny circles. You can use oils suitable for your skin for this. Apply the massage for 1-2 minutes in both eyes.
It is important that you are in front of a mirror while doing crow's feet wrinkle massages. This allows you to massage without mixing your skin by watching your movements in the mirror.
When you add skin cleansing, healthy nutrition, protection from sunlight, proper skin care and moisturising to the exercises you will do, you can see that your crow's feet wrinkles are much less compared to your peers. You may notice that your skin looks fresher and younger. However, despite all these, it may be necessary to have procedures such as facelift and French hanger to get more effective results.