The 6 Best Upper Lip Wrinkle Treatments
Hydrating products, also known as humectants, like glycerin, honey, and hyaluronic acid absorb water from their surroundings and bind it within their molecular structure. So if a humectant is applied to the skin on your upper lip, any water it absorbs will be available to keep your skin hydrated.
That’s good news for those looking to treat upper lip wrinkles. Your skin needs hydration to function properly and to remain soft and supple.
We recommend choosing a product that is specifically designed to hydrate skin, not just moisturize it. As you’ll see in the next section, hydrating and moisturizing are two different things.
Hyaluronic acid is the most common hydrator but others include propylene glycol, butylene glycol, sodium PCA, sorbitol, and allantoin. Here’s a simple step-by-step method for daily skin hydration.
- Wash your face with lukewarm water and a gentle cleanser.
- Exfoliate if you haven’t yet this week.
- While your skin is still damp, apply a hydrator.
- Seal the hydration into your skin with the product described in the next section.
- Nighttime tip: Wait to apply your hydrator around your lip and smile lines after you have brushed your teeth.
5. Moisturize When You Wake Up & Before Bedtime*
Most moisture leaves your skin through a process called transepidermal water loss (TEWL). Transepidermal water loss is just a fancy term for evaporation. It’s the same process that “dries up” a small amount of water left in a bowl overnight.
To keep water from evaporating, whether it’s in your skin or in a bowl, you need to create a barrier between the water and the air. This is what a moisturizer is for.
Moisturizers are designed to form a protective layer on the surface of your skin to keep water from evaporating into the air. Which is great if you’ve already got plenty of moisture in your skin, but if you’ve got dry skin, you’re only fighting half the battle.
You first need to put water back into your skin with a hydrating product as described above. You then need to seal in the hydration by applying a moisturizer on top of the hydrating product.
Each product individually can do a bit of good, but the combination of the two makes for a truly powerful skin treatment. Always apply a hydrating product first and a moisturizer second.
For those looking for the ultimate moisturizing and hydrating solution, we recommend the SiO Beauty Complete System. Just like the process explained above, the SiO Smoothing Patches works to nourish skin and visibly reduces the appearance of wrinkles in just one night.
Want even more targeted lip-wrinkle-reduction? Try the SiO Super LipLift patches. Just apply them above and below your lips before bed and wake up to visibly fewer wrinkles!
6. Wear Sunscreen Daily
Other than smoking, the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays are the most common cause of wrinkles. Even though we need a small amount of sunlight every day to help with vitamin D production, too much exposure can speed up the breakdown of the collagen and elastin that keep your skin firm and toned.
The best preventative measure you can take to protect your skin is to cover up with a hat, a scarf, long sleeves, and long pants whenever you go outside. But all that covering up can make summer a real drag.
Your next best option, and the one we recommend you do on a daily basis is to apply sunscreen before leaving the house. This step is so important, we even suggest you do it in the winter as well.
SPF 45 is all you need to protect your skin against 98% of the sun’s harmful rays. SPFs higher than 45 don’t add much additional protection—they just cost more. For best results, apply sunscreen after you’ve already hydrated and moisturized.
SPF Tip: Don’t forget your eyebrows, around your lips, ears and behind your neck. Plus, if you are outside throughout the day don’t forget to apply sunscreen every two to three hours for maximum wrinkle protection.
