Wrinkles on lips – why do they develop? Wrinkles on lips develop due to the following main causes: natural aging, Earth gravity, smoking, sun exposure, and repetitive facial expressions.

Natural aging

Our skin starts to age from the very day we are born, but the aging starts to become apparent generally only by the mid 20s. The reasons behind the aging of the skin are the reduction of the collagen and elastin in the skin – the proteins that are essential for young-looking and elastic skin.

There are other processes that take place in the skin, which contribute to the wrinkles of the skin, such as dead skin cells that start to shed slower and an underlying fat loss in the skin.

These changes are invisible for decades, but they are present and can be seen under a microscope in the skin. Depending on the genes, these aging-related changes will start to be visible around the 20s – 40s in different people.

Earth Gravity

Earth gravity is the force that keeps us from hovering in the air. The gravity is pulling our skin down year after year, stretching our skin further and further.

Smoking

Smoking is yet another common culprit of the development of the wrinkles on lips. In fact, smoking acts in two ways – it poisons our bodies with thousands of harmful chemicals, and it makes our mouths do repetitive motions, which are another common culprit of the wrinkles on lips.

10 or more years of smoking generally lead to very unpleasant consequences, such as a yellowish hue of the skin, and wrinkles on the lips. Quitting smoking will help you to improve all of these symptoms rather fast.

Sun Exposure

If you live in a sunny area, such as Arizona, Florida, etc., then you may start to develop lip wrinkles even around your early 20s. The wrinkles will develop the worst in the people who do not use any sun protection for years, in the form of freckles, fine wrinkles, spider veins etc. Furthermore, if you have light skin, the sun will do yet more harm to your skin.

The aging of the skin brought on by the sun is called photo-aging. The sun attacks elastin in the skin, acting as an accelerator of the natural aging processes; the damage from the sun accumulates in the skin.

Some of the culprits of the wrinkles on lips cannot be avoided (natural aging and gravitation), while others you may try to avoid (smoking and sun exposure), in order to maintain a youthful look to your face.

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