It is common sense.  We all know that if you smoke, your skin will age at a faster rate.  If we spend too much time in the sun, our skin will age at a faster rate.  If we use good moisturizers that don’t clog the pores, we may hold off aging, and many wrinkle treatments use just moisturizers falling under this assumption.  But people aren’t perfect.  Not everybody remembers when they’re young to stay away from the bad things and take care of their skin, not thinking about the price they will pay in later years.  And then they want treatments that will reverse the problem, not just prevent it.

Some are turning to surgeons once they reach this point, seeking facelifts, botox, and other invasive procedures.  But they come with downtime, knives, expenses, risk of death even, and that is not appealing.  One must also consider the fact that even with the best skin care, some of it has to do with genes, something we can’t really control. 

But research has shown a few ways to prevent wrinkles.  Results will vary of course, because they have to look at your genes and other problems as well.  But for example if you eat foods higher in antioxidants, you can keep wrinkles from developing at such a high rate. 

Other foods you should consider include mono saturated fats, olive oil, fish reduced fat milk, yogurt, eggs, nuts, legumes, leafy vegetables, spinach, eggplant, asparagus, celery, onions, garlic, leeks, prunes, cherries, apples, and jams.  Dr Perricone was the most recent and major figure to introduce the idea of using these kinds of foods.  Of course, he narrowed it down to the “top 10 superfoods” giving you only a few options.

But as much as some foods may help to slow the progression, there are of course foods to stay away from.  If you eat fatty processed meats, saturated fats, sugary drinks, cakes, pastries, potatoes, margarine, butter, or snack foods, you are more likely to speed up the rate at which your skin ages.  So it’s a two way street.  First, eat the good foods and second don’t eat the bad ones, just like you should use moisturizers while also staying out of the sun to some degree and not smoking.