Is neck wrinkle cream really effective? A 45-day comparison of the results...

Some people say that the neck is a woman’s second face; others say that the hands are. Which statement do you agree with more?

Compared to the well-cared-for face, the neck and hands are often neglected.

This time, the "Beauty Intelligence Bureau" is online, and we started to deal with neck lines——

How do these annoying lines on the neck form?

Can the existing neck wrinkles be removed?

How to have an elegant swan neck?

Don’t be impatient, we’ll talk slowly.

Compared with other parts of the body, the neck is very flexible. Looking left, right, up and down, it turns out that every girl has no problems.

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In order to be flexible and stretchable, the skin of the neck is compared to the skin of the cheeks:

The stratum corneum has a high water content;

The skin is thinner, with better stretchability and elasticity;

There are fewer sebaceous glands and sweat glands than on the face, and the metabolism is slower;

There is also less bony support.

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These characteristics make the neck more prone to wrinkles.

At what age did you start to have neck wrinkles?

For those who have neck wrinkles since they were a few years old or in their teens, neck wrinkles are a gift from heredity. Go ask your parents if they also had neck wrinkles when they were young.

For some people, neck wrinkles are a sign of aging, tissue loss, and dehydrated skin.

Studies have shown that neck wrinkles are significantly positively correlated with age in people over 50 years old, that is, the older they are, the more neck wrinkles they have.

In addition to age and genetics, obesity can also cause neck wrinkles. Fat accumulation and wrinkles on the neck can cause "tire-like" neck wrinkles.

So can neck wrinkles disappear by losing weight?

Unhealthy weight loss, excessive weight loss, and rapid loss of body fat will cause a significant drop in fat and collagen content, and will also cause the skin to become loose and produce neck wrinkles.

Some bad living habits are also the culprits of neck wrinkles.

For example, long-term bad posture, such as bowing the head for a long time, will cause tension in the platysma muscles at the superficial fascia layer, and excessive tension will cause wrinkles on the body surface, thus forming wrinkles.

Are you looking down at your phone right now?

When we apply sunscreen on our face every day, we forget about our neck... and sunlight may cause collagen loss, skin aging, and wrinkles.

Smoking is also one of the causes of neck wrinkles. Harmful ingredients such as nicotine in cigarettes can reduce the content of water and lipid compounds on the skin surface, leading to degeneration of skin elastic fibers, thus forming neck wrinkles.

You can first refer to the picture below to see how serious your neck lines are -

It is basically impossible to permanently eliminate hereditary neck wrinkles and already deep neck wrinkles, so when faced with various methods to remove neck wrinkles, everyone must carefully distinguish them. Here we have also summarized the ways to improve neck wrinkles of different causes:

Out of curiosity and the desire to try out neck cream at public expense, we spent a huge amount of money to purchase two relatively well-known neck creams, one of which cost more than seven hundred yuan, and invited two colleagues from the company to conduct a 45-day trial (epidemic + New Year holiday).

Another "guinea pig" tried the popular hot compress + vaseline + plastic wrap + body lotion + massage method in Xiaomou's book (I was already tired when I typed this). To be honest, did you just put this method in your favorites and let it gather dust?

How is the specific effect? ​​We went to the laboratory to measure the depth of neck wrinkles with antera3D and made a comparison (not a rigorous experiment, the effect varies from person to person)——

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Through these small real-person trials, we can see that neck cream still has some effect for friends with mild neck lines.

But if your neck lines are already medium to deep, it is really difficult to achieve significant results in a short period of time.

As for the hot compress massage method for removing neck wrinkles that some internet celebrities recommend, we can only say that it is too tiring and I can’t do it!!!

Instead of spending a lot of money to eliminate neck wrinkles, it is better to prevent them. The thoughtful Dad Review has also prepared some tips for preventing neck wrinkles. Collect them quickly!

This brief introduction to neck lines is not intended to cause you to feel anxious about your appearance or wrinkles.

Wrinkles are just signs of aging. We should learn to live in peace with them. A few wrinkles on your neck are not worth your anxiety.

Swan neck and right-angled shoulders are a kind of aesthetic constraint. As an ordinary person, I just hope that I can laugh as much as I want without fear of wrinkles.

Editor | Tang Tang

Design | Damao

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