Brilio.net - As a person gets older, they will usually experience various signs of aging. Such as the appearance of gray hair, age spots, wrinkles, loss of skin elasticity, and sagging skin. Of all the skin parts of the body, the face is the part that shows the most changes and is more susceptible to skin aging. So many people are not confident about this condition.
A sagging face is characterized by a decrease in collagen and elastin which play a role in maintaining skin elasticity and firmness. This condition is usually accompanied by the appearance of fine lines, wrinkles and wrinkles on several parts of the face. These wrinkles will generally be seen when someone makes an expression, such as squinting their eyes, frowning and smiling.
Not only will collagen and elastin levels decrease, skin regeneration will also slow down, so the skin will have difficulty repairing itself. Apart from age, there are many other factors that also play a role in the process of facial sagging, such as exposure to UV rays, pollution, stress, hormonal changes, weather changes, unhealthy lifestyles, smoking habits, and lack of facial care.
A sagging face will definitely reduce your self-confidence and disrupt your appearance. To overcome this, quite a few people undergo treatment at beauty clinics, use special anti-aging skincare products, and use natural ingredients. Using antiaging products is indeed effective in treating various signs of skin aging. But you need to buy a suitable product, and that's not an easy thing. Sometimes, marketed skincare products will actually irritate the skin.
Another solution, you can use natural ingredients to overcome sagging face so that it becomes firm and youthful again. As shared by a woman via her personal TikTok account @datiharry_diy on November 28 2023, which contains how to make face toner to treat sagging face using 2 types of fruit. The fruit in question is cucumber and lemon.
"how to make cucumber face toner (how to make cucumber face toner)," wrote the woman in the description of the uploaded video, which was reported by briliobeauty.net from the TikTok account @datiharry_diy, Thursday (28/3).
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Cucumber contains to treat sagging face.
As a fruit with a high water content, you can actually use cucumber to treat wrinkles and tighten a sagging face. The antioxidant content in cucumber can prevent skin aging. Vitamin C and folic acid in it are also claimed to be able to stimulate the growth of new skin cells and accelerate skin regeneration. This is what can make skin firmer and healthier. Even the antioxidants in it and its moisturizing properties can also make the face glowing and supple.
The benefits of lemon for tightening a sagging and wrinkled face.
Lemon is also a fruit that is widely used to care for the skin. No exception for tightening sagging skin and treating wrinkles. As reported by Healthline, lemon contains vitamin C which can prevent skin aging. Lemon is claimed to be able to increase collagen in the skin. The vitamin C and antioxidant content in lemons will help prevent the bad effects of free radicals that cause collagen damage. With regular use of lemon, facial skin will become smoother, brighter, glowing and firmer.
With just these two types of fruit, you can make a facial toner that is effective in tightening, brightening, plumping and moisturizing facial skin. Come on, see how to make and use it below.
photo: TikTok/@datiharry_diy
Material:
- 1 cucumber
- 1-2 tablespoons lemon juice
How to create and use:
1. Wash the cucumber until clean
2. Grate the cucumber then squeeze it and just take the juice
3. Add lemon juice then stir both until evenly mixed
4. Pour it into a spray bottle to make it easier to use
5. Wash your face first and make sure it is clean of dirt and makeup residue
6. Spray facial toner all over your face
7. Massage more gently so that it is more absorbed
8. Do this regularly every day before going to bed to get an anti-sagging and youthful face.
photo: TikTok/@datiharry_diy