How do wrinkles form?

The dermis has an elastic quality due to fibers called elastin that keep the skin looking and feeling young.  A protein in the dermis called collagen also plays a part in preventing wrinkles.  However, over time the dermis loses both collage and elastin, so the skin gets thinner and has trouble getting enough moisture to the epidermis.  The fat in the subcutaneous layer that gives your skin a plump and supple appearance also begins to disappear and the epidermis starts to sag and wrinkles form.  Fine lines and wrinkles arise because of irregular thickening of the dermis and because of a decrease in the amount of water held by the epidermis.

Wrinkles (rhytides) form because of the following factors:

• Aging process
• Sun damage
• Muscle movement
• Gravity
• Injury
• Surgery
• Acne
• Smoking
• Other skin diseases with a tendency to scar (discoid lupus)

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