How to Restore Elastin

Looking your best can often come down to how well you look in and feel in your own skin. But if that skin is sagging, wrinkling or showing the other telltale signs of aging, you can not only sometimes feel older than your age, but look it, too. Elastin is a protein that is present in your skin and is responsible for giving your skin that youthful spring--and at avoiding wrinkles. But as we age, elastin loses its ability to fight gravity and can sag and stretch. But there are ways to slow down the aging of your elastin and even restore it to more youthful times.

Things You'll Need

• Healthy diet
• Water
• Exercise
• Sunscreen
• Moisturizing lotions

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Instructions

• 1

  Eat in a healthy manner. Your skin will age faster if you are bombarding it with chemicals, additives and pollutants in your foods. To restore elastin, limit the amount of processed foods containing hydrogenated oils and simple sugars. Look to eat many antioxidant-containing fruits and vegetables. Furthermore, you should make sure you eat healthy omega 3 and omega 6 fats found in avocados, salmon, nuts and olive oil. There are supplements you can take if you don't like these foods. Getting healthy from the inside out is ideal for your skin.

• 2

  Stay hydrated. By drinking lots of water, at least the eight recommended cups a day, your skin will also stay hydrated. Your skin will then be able to flush out any toxins present that age and wear on the elastin.

• 3

  Exercise regularly, as this is not only vital for good health, but vital in restoring your skin, too. Exercise is linked with mood-enhancing effects that can reduce stress and the other causes of worry lines and creases in skin and brow.

• 4

  Limit sun exposure, and always wear protective sunscreen. The sun is one of the prime foes of your skin and its elastin. You want to protect the elastin from UV rays, and should always wear a sunscreen with at least an SPF level of 15.

• 5

  Moisturize your skin with healthy lotions and creams. There are many skin creams on the market that boast anti-aging effects and are able to restore your elastin levels. You want to make sure your skin is never kept too dry, and these moisturizers can do well to ensure it isn't.