I'm 18 but my skin looks old...?

Like, i don't have tight, youthful skin. I've lost that elasticity.





I have pretty major sleeping issues, but i don't smoke or drink.





I have like a wrinkly forehead and just ugh............. not nice =(





I'd say if you looked at my skin alone - it'd be like mid twenties... not teen.





Help! I don't want botox yet. =/

I'm 18 but my skin looks old...?
Don't use any products that contain alcohol. Alcohol de-fats your skin, leading to premature aging.





I put an easy mask recipe for rebuilding dry, abused skin on my profile. It saves me from playing cut and paste. Just click on my pic and read the recipe on my profile. Enjoy...
Reply:Well sleeping may be part of it. But throughtout your 18 years have u used a daily moisturizer all over your body after showing ? Because everyone in my family including me does and even my dad who is 50 has skin still in good shape. moisturize your skin girl








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Reply:Me neither. I'm 15 and I've never had it. My skin sags all over from surgery and weight gain and loss from medication. So far, the only option I've found is plastic surgery which has no guarentee to work. If you find a cure on here, let me know.
Reply:you can mix a few common kitchen ingredients to make a facial mask that re-vitalizes the skin. put one avacodo and smush it up in the bowl and add about 1/4 a cup of milk, then stir it together and apply it on your face, and leave it there for about an hour
Reply:You should go to a spa and tell them your concerns, they can give you tips as well as a facial for moisture which is what you sound like you need. If you can not do that then you should buy some and do them at home. You should always wash your face when you wake up and before bed, and ALWAYS wear moisturizer all day no matter what. DO not forget toner. These are things you must do to keep your skin fresh. You should also drink more water and take a multi vitamin.
Reply:Sleeping habits affect your skin BIG TIME. You need to get plenty of rest, when you don't your skin looks dull and tired. Try using an overnight moisturizer to help with the dryness. Use any cream with copper or vitamin c. At your age though any cream would help because the issue isn't actually aging but that you're not getting enough sleep. Exercise also helps a lot and might also help you sleep better at night. If you're not exercising regularly now give it a shot, it can't hurt.
Reply:HI there!


Make sure that you drink lots of water, take vitamins, eat a healthy diet and MOISTURIZE morning and night. To help with current wrinkle concerns, use a firming serum prior to using your moisturizer
Reply:try an anti ageing moisturiser and drink plenty of water and eat healthy also try and sort out your sleeping habits too.
Reply:The sleeping part has a huge part to do with it. You need to get your rest and should aslo drink plenty of water. Wear sunscreen and stay out of the sun as much as you can. Direct contact with the sun can cause serious aging. Hope that helped! =]
Reply:First: Sleep better!!! Figure out what is wrong and find the solution.





Next: Drink water (lots and lots), and also make sure you are getting enough Vitamin E %26amp; C. Consider getting a "Neutrogena Advanced Solutions At Home MicroDermabrasion System," I found mine at a local drug store for less than $40.
Reply:Your skin repairs itself from daily damage and regenerates while you sleep, so your sleep problems will be a major contributor.


As will be the amount of water/fluids you drink. Water really is the best way to improve skin quality, it does work wonders if you drink 2 litres a day.


Diet also contributes a bit, eat plenty of fruit and vegetables for good skin! Also, do you stay out in the sun a lot?





It sounds like your sleep problem, and maybe dehydration(?), cause what you describe. But look at your parents, what is their skin like?How you age is primarily determined by genetics.
Reply:You could try using moisturisers that help protect your skin from the UV rays. I think you can get skin cleansers that help put certain things what ever their called back in to the skin. Also I red the website where you can do exercise to help with facial muscles.
Reply:well my first question for you would be, do you frown alot? Becasue that may be one of the major reasons your face is like that or does anybody in your family having the same kind of body structure? If yes, smile more often and just embrace your body for what it is, am sure its beautiful. Or you could buy Olay reginerist for youth face, might help with the wrinkly part and use Cocoa Butter for the rest of your body, tones it.
Reply:Try a product called "sleepwear". It comes in regular and oil control, and you wear it while you try to sleep. It helps with moisture and elasticity. Let me know what you think?
Reply:My skin can get like that as well and i am only 21. It helps if you drink a lot of water through-out the day. This should keep you skin nice and plumb! You could also try a facial spray (vitamin c or e) to brighten the skin to get that youthful glow back.





Iv also heard of facial exercises you can do to work out facial muscles- try googling it there are loads of options and are supposed to be the most effective to firm the skin.





Hope this helps xx
Reply:First, don't use any products with alcohol in them.


Try body oil or baby oil. Use it after you bath/shower.


It locks in moisture and helps keep your skin smooth.
Reply:Since you said that your skin looks like "mid 20s" (and not 45+), don't focus on the negative appearance, just nail the culprits to prevent further skin damage:





1. Excessive sun exposure is the cause of permanent wrinkles, which are the deep creases, not the fine lines as a result of dry skin. From now on, limit your daily sun exposure: About 10 minutes daily during off-peak hours (before 10 a.m. and after 4 p.m.) is sufficient for healthy skin. Since our ozone layer has thinned so much (some areas even has holes, such as right above the state of Colorado), ALWAYS wear SPF 15+ sunscreen, even if you're just going out for a 30-minute lunch every day.





2. Antioxidants (Vitamins A, C, %26amp; E): Either eat foods with more antioxidants, such as broccoli, or take supplemental vitamins. Eat more fish for the Omega-3 Fatty Acids. Fish is excellent for skin nourishment, much better than red meat or other white meat.





3. Sagging skin, at such a young age, is a direct result of poor diet. Constantly gaining and losing weight causes skin to lose its elasticity, as the skin stretches to accomodate more mass and "deflates" during subsequent excessive weight loss. Another cause is the bone loss, a natural part of aging process. When the bone shrinks away from the skin, that also causes sagging.





--Eat a healthy diet.


--Exercise daily to maintain consistent weight.


--Drink 64+ oz. water daily.


--Regulate your sleeping pattern to get at least 8 hours of sleep every night. Puffy eyes also stretch the delicate skin in that area over time, which also causes the skin to sag. If you absolutely can't get regular sleep due to work and academic curriculum, then learn to "power sleep" (what med school students and resident doctors do habitually), in which you get sufficient "deep sleep" during 15-20 minutes naptimes through the day.


--Sufficient antioxidant intake.


--Drink enough milk or take Calcium supplements to prevent your bones from shrinking.





4. If you must turn to facial creams and eye creams, buy those with antioxidants at the beginning or the top of the Ingredients List. The farther down the antioxidants are listed, the less amount the cream contains. Since the FDA has very little regulation over cosmetic ingredients, cosmetic companies can scream with "Antioxidants!" labels and get away with Vitamin C and/or Vitamin E as the last ingredient on their list.





5. Stay away from 2nd-hand smoke and other pollutants. This also fast forwards your aging clock.





Lastly, reserve the Botox and/or Facelift procedures for middle-age years (40+ something). Botox is actually a needle-injection of poison to "freeze" the skin, which has the possible danger of permanently paralyzing your facial muscular structure. And Botox requires injection every 6 months. As for Facelift.....Have you ever watched a Facelift surgical procedure?!?! Quadruple eeew.....