Step 1: For preparing the mask, you will need the following ingredients: banana, whipped cream, vitamin E capsules and face cloth. Take 1/4 cup whipped cream (make sure that you don’t use the fat free substitutes of cream; it will not work in this recipe) and add one peeled and mashed banana into it. The banana must have an extremely soft consistency. Mix the two ingredients well.

Step 2: Now, break one vitamin E capsule (you will get these capsules at any drug store of your locality) and add the ingredients in it into the mixture containing whipped cream and banana. Again, using a blender, mix the three ingredients together.

Step 3: Cover your neck and face using face cloth and spread the mixture all over it. If you don’t have face cloth, you can also apply the mix directly onto your skin. The spread must be thick; this will ensure that the ingredients used in the mask penetrate the skin pores.

Step 4: Leave the mask on your skin for 20 minutes; if you find that the mask has not dried, you can wait for some more time. Once dried, remove the mask using lukewarm water. Wipe off the mask using gentle circular strokes. Do not rub the skin vigorously; doing so might result in breakouts.

CO2 lasers: Majority of  skin resurfacing are done using this type of laser. CO2 lasers can effectively rid our skin from deep wrinkles and facial lines. CO2 lasers vaporize the epidermis as well as the affected portions of the dermis (if required). This results in development of fresh and healed skin having normal levels of elastin and collagen; this new skin is tighter, firmer and smoother. According to experts, people with dark skin should not undergo this procedure.

YAG lasers: Individuals having moderate or superficial wrinkles are generally suggested to undergo YAG laser therapy. This type of laser is also suitable for people with darker skin tone. YAG lasers vaporize the skin’s superficial layers for allowing the remaining skin collagen to become more effective and thicker. Individuals undergoing YAG laser therapy require much less recovery time that the ones undergoing CO2 laser therapy.

NLite lasers: This laser type got approval from the FDA in the year 2000. The NLite lasers work by targeting the tissues located underneath the surface of our skin. The procedure is conducted over time and is a part of skin care routines that also requires the patient to use topical treatments for removal of the wrinkles, anti-wrinkle facials etc.

A word of caution is that whenever you choose any one of the abovementioned laser treatments it is strongly advised that you undergo it under the surveyence of a professional to avoid side-effects.

1. The site of insertion is rubbed thoroughly using sterile cotton balls soaked in rubbing alcohol. The doctor will wait until the alcohol evaporates completely.
2. Next, the Botox will be diluted by a adding a few drops of the denatured saline into it. 3ml of this diluted Botox will be gathered in the syringe.
3. The needle will be placed around halfway into your face, on any one side of the fine line or wrinkle. You will be asked to make an expression so that the line or wrinkle becomes visible; as soon as you do so, the doctor will inject 6 units of the Botox into your muscle on that side of the line. The same procedure is then repeated on the line’s other side.
4. The doctor will then ask you to lift your eyebrows. On either side of the eyebrows’ center (these parts are extremely prone to develop fine lines and wrinkles), 3 units Botox will get injected.
5. Then the injection sites will be massaged gently to ensure that the treatment has spread properly. You will need to remain in an upright position for 4 hrs following the Botox treatment. You will also need to exercise the treated muscles for a minimum of 10 times in an hour during these 4 hours.

Recipe 1: Shea butter is known for its ability of restoring elasticity of our skin and thus can be used as the main ingredient of a skin firming lotion. Combine coconut oil, almond oil and olive oil with shea butter to prepare the lotion. The first step of the procedure would be putting the shea butter into a pot and heating it so that it melts. Now, add all the 3 oil types into the melted shea butter and mix the 4 ingredients thoroughly. Allow the mixture to cool down and apply it on your neck and face. Doing this twice in a day will prevent appearance of wrinkles and fine lines and will also make your skin glow like never before.

Recipe 2: Grapeseed oil is a rich source of anti-aging antioxidants and penetrates our skin easily. This oil also possesses the ability of protecting our skin from the damaging UV rays. On the other hand, when this oil is used along with sugar the mixture acts as an exfoliating agent and a moisturizer. For preparing firming lotion with grapeseed oil, mix ½ cup grapeseed oil with ½ cup white sugar in a pot. Rup the mixture on your face and neck using circular strokes; continue the process for 5 minutes and wash your face using lukewarm water.

Recipe 3: The primary ingredients of this recipe of skin firming lotion are orange juice and lemon juice. Mix 2 teaspoon if orange juice, 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 8 to 10 drops of almond oil; once all the 3 ingredients are blended with each other well add a whisked egg to the mixture. Again, stir the mix well and apply it on your face and neck. Wait for twenty minutes and rinse off the face using warm water.

Cheeks: The cheek raiser exercises can help in preventing premature aging at sides of our face. The exercise works by toning and tightening our cheeks. To perform the exercise, first tilt the head up placing the 3 middle fingers over the cheeks’ tops. Now, press down putting maximum effort; you should be smiling while performing this action. When your press down, the cheek muscles must push against the fingers.

Forehead: One of the most wrinkle prone regions of our face is the forehead. The exercise for reducing the preventing appearance of wrinkles on the forehead will need you to place the index fingers below the eyebrows. Now, use these fingers for pulling down on the eyes as you raise the eyebrows.

Double chin: For cutting off the double chin perform the following exercise: sit on a chair keeping your back straight; now, tilt the head upwards so that your face faces the ceiling; as you look up, you must shut the lips down keeping the mouth relaxed; finally, round the lips and stay in the position for 20 seconds.

Neck: The following exercise will help you in tightening up the neck muscles. First, sit up keeping the back straight and the face relaxed. Next, tilt the head upwards so that the face faces the ceiling. Close the lips making sure that all your facial muscles, especially those around the lips are relaxed.  Now, stretch the lower lip on the upper lip; the stretching should continue up to your maximum ability. Stay in this position for ten seconds and relax the muscles. This exercise must be repeated ten times for enjoying the best results.

Jowls: To perform this exercise, you will need to stand in front of the mirror. The first step of this exercise involves relaxing the face and placing your index fingers on your mouth’s either side. Next, using the fingers pull the jowls outwards, gently. Every movement involved in this exercise must be smooth and consistent.

1. Today, the most popular way of getting rid of the wrinkle on forehead is probably by getting Botox injections. Injection of Botox into the specific facial muscles helps in reducing appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. Botox are widely used for eliminating eyebrow furrows, crow’s feet and of course the forehead creases. Usually, the injections need to be repeated at an interval of 4 to 6 months.
2. Undergoing a forehead or brow lift might also help in eliminating the wrinkles and lines from your forehead. This procedure involves a surgery done for correcting the forehead lines and drooping eyebrows; this will give you’re a much younger and healthier appearance. You will not need to undergo the procedure more than once; the total time taken for the surgery is less than 1 hour.
3. The wrinkles on the forehead can also be smoothened using laser resurfacing. This is a procedure approved by the FDA more than 10 years ago. During the laser resurfacing, a light beam is applied on the damaged skin, which results in removal of the affected layer of the skin and promotion of collagen production. How many sessions of the laser treatment you’ll need to undergo depends on the severity of the forehead wrinkles.

The rose oil-jojoba oil mix: Applying a mixture of jojoba oil and rose oil topically to the skin around our eyes can reduce the appearance of the wrinkles up to a great extent. For preparing the mixture, blend 1 teaspoon rose-oil and 8 teaspoon jojoba oil and put it in a container. Shake the container well so that the two oils mix together forming an even mixture. Now, take a cotton ball and put 3 to 4 drops of the oil mix to it (you can also use a clean piece of cloth or a towel instead). Apply the oil onto the skin around your eyes gently. The unused oil mix should be kept in a cool and dark place; it will stay fresh for a month.

The honey mix: A mixture prepared from honey, lime juice and heavy cream is also extremely effective in bringing back the youthfulness of the skin around the eyes. Applying this mixture regularly will make the skin firmer, and remove the fine lines and wrinkles around the eyes. For preparing the mix, blend 1 teaspoon of raw honey, ½ teaspoon of lime juice and 2 teaspoon of heavy cream together. Stir the mixture well so that the ingredients blend with each other well. Now, massage the area around the eyes with this mixture; once the massage is done leave the skin as it is for 20 minutes and then wash it using lukewarm water. You can store the unused part of the mixture in a cool and dark place for 2 days.

Avocado oil and apple blossom oil: Applying a mixture of these two oils on the skin around your eyes for 15-20 minutes will also help you in eliminating the wrinkles. Avocado oil and apple blossom oil must be mixed in 8:1 ratio.

1. Moisturize the hands whenever you get time during the day; but make sure that you do it at least twice. If you leave your skin dehydrated it becomes more susceptible towards getting wrinkled.
2. Wear gloves while dealing with chemical substances or performing household works like washing dishes and gardening.
3. Apply sunscreen on your hand while going out in sun; protecting the skin of the hands from the harmful UV rays is as important as protecting the facial skin.
4. Use skin nourishing packs and get an oil massage done on your hands once every week.

Here we have presented some effective treatment ideas for maintaining the youthfulness of your hands:

Herbal bath: Prepare a powder by mixing dried form of herbs like nettle, calendula, chamomile, sage and coltsfoot. Add a tablespoon of this powder to boiling. Wait till the herbs get soaked and the water cools down; it will take around 15 to 20 minutes. Now, apply this mixture on your hands in same way as you apply moisturizers.

Herbal mix for dry skin: If the skin of your hands is extremely dry, prepare a mixture using 1 tablespoon glycerin, 2 tablespoon vegetable oil, juice extracted from 1 lemon, 3-4 ounce herbal infusion (you can also use rose water instead) and 1 egg yolk and apply it on your hands twice every week.

Natural hand cream: To prepare this hand cream, you will need a teaspoon honey, 3 tablespoon unsalted butter and a tablespoon of a strong herbal infusion. Mixing all these together will form an extremely rich cream. Apply the cream on your hands and leave it for 30 minutes so that your skin absorbs the ingredients completely.

Come to think of it, dark circles end up making us looking older than our graying hair or wrinkles. For some of us, dark circles may have haunted us forever and could have been the result of some sort of illness. Did you know that even heredity could have a hand in the cause of dark circles? Regardless of the cause, it is possible for you to minimize the appearance of these dark circles that rob you of your beauty. Depending on the reasons of your dark circles, you might even be able to rid yourself of them.

Causes of Dark Circles:

It is said that if you want to assess the right method to rid yourself of or minimize the presence of dark circles under the eyes, you’d have to assess the cause for it first. It could be the result of an underlying health condition; and if that is the case, the health condition will have to be your priority. If you’ve had dark circles for a very long period of time, and you think it just hasn’t been due to the things you did last night, you could visit a doctor to discuss some of the possible causes of dark circles.

Is it an allergy?

Allergies are said to be a common cause for discoloration of the skin right under your eyes. If this is the case, then you must immediately seek help to correct the root of the problem, i.e. your allergy. If the puffiness and dark circles are constant, you might even have an allergy to some sort of chemical at your workplace or at home; or it could be the indication of an undetected food allergy. People having allergies might even be deficient in folic acid, B6 and even B12, in some cases. If you start taking a multivitamin, it might help with the allergies and even the blackened circles.

Sun Exposure:

Excessive exposure to the sun could end up exacerbating your dark circles. Sunlight is known to darken the skin, and it does so by raising your levels of melanin, and it will end up bringing the melanin to the surface of the skin. These melanin levels that have been boosted will end up making your dark circles look even darker.

Does fatigue or inadequate sleep cause for these circles?

The short answer to this would be NO. However, the long answer wouldn’t be as simple. Lack of sleep would end up making your skin look pale, and this would end up emphasizing your existent dark circles. Anything else that would make your skin pale; like illness or fatigue, would end up bringing your circles to the forefront and putting emphasis on them.

Menstruation and pregnancy could also cause for the paleness of skin, further highlighting your dark circles. A lot of people also associate the appearance of dark circles with jumpy hormones. However, the truth is that the hormones might cause for pale skin, and they do not contribute directly to dark circles.

Gluten Intolerance:

Gluten intolerance can be singled out as one form of allergy that is known to contribute to the formation of dark circles under the eyes. Gluten intolerance is an allergy to wheat flour in particular. If it becomes a severe condition, it could turn to celiac disease. If you want to test for celiac diseases, you will have to get your blood tests done by a doctor. However, it is important for you to remember that everyone who is gluten intolerant doesn’t necessarily need to have celiac disease.

Age:

It is true that dark circles seem to become more obvious with age. Aging would end up thinning the skin, thus making the veins seem more obvious. This is because the fat and the collagen that was protecting it up until now will get depleted over time.

Heredity:

Got dark circles? Blame it on your ancestors. As per some studies, you could get dark circles as inheritance, given the fact that it has been proven to be a heredity factor.

How To Look Younger At 60 – The Basics:

It is not age that really makes the difference. Age is but a number to denote the number of years you’ve lived. What will make the difference is how you led those years! You will have to try and maintain the balance between the generation and the subsequent degeneration of cells in your body; and this can be done via the means of a healthy lifestyle. If you practice a fair amount of self-discipline, it is possible to lead the latter part of your life in independence.

An In-depth View:

Psychological:
Try and connect with your inner self; and you can do so only by moving beyond the previous mental conditioning that has been binding you down. The mental conditioning is what has been responsible for the regressive attitude you’ve had towards life. You could try and practice methods of meditation and this could include techniques of breathing and relaxation during periods of stress. You could also try and pursue some hobbies like painting, art, reading, music; and these will help you relax.

Physical:
If you try and give your body balanced amounts of physical activity and rest, it will grow and absorb the nutrition from your food better. If you rest properly, it will ensure that your body gets adequate amount of time for repairing and healing itself after all the activity. If you wish to look and feel younger at 60, ensure that you exercise and rest adequately.

Emotional:
Man is called a social being for a reason. We all need our social ties to be in place. In order to fully experience life, man has to experience emotions and sensations like love and relationships. For this he has to build ties with family, colleagues, friends, and the environment around him. This will end up giving you high levels of energy at any given point in time.

Physiological:
Man thrives on his senses; and for this reason, what goes into your stomach should also look, smell and taste good. Indulge in food with vibrant colors and pleasing aromas. You will end up getting the nourishment that you need; plus it will give you a balance that you need between the various sensory organs.

Spiritual:
This is perhaps the most arguable of all the ways discussed under the topic of ‘how to look younger at 60’. If you shut out the world around you and begin to connect with your own inner being, you will end up falling in love with yourself. Connecting with yourself and loving yourself and accepting yourself for who you truly are some of the most important aspects of life in itself. Having a relationship with yourself is perhaps the strongest relationship you can ever have.

These are some of the tips to look younger. At the end of the day, it is as simple as this. Looking like you’re 16 at the age of 60 is dependent on the attitude you wear on your sleeve. Sprinkle this attitude with some discipline and thought; and voila! You have a foolproof method of looking younger, even at 60.