Nasolabial folds : how to reduce them ?

Nasolabial folds are the grooves that run between the outer corners of your mouth and nose. They’re often referred to as smile lines because repeated facial expressions play a key role in causing them. In a way, they’re a memory of your happiest moments. They’re also a part of the natural ageing process, but you’d be forgiven for wanting to make them less pronounced. Your lifestyle plays an important role in causing them. Smoking, sun exposure, and genetics will decide how defined these wrinkles become.

Smile lines tend to become more obvious as you age for several reasons:

As you age, the fat on your face moves downward. Your cheeks and temples become hollower, and your lower face becomes less defined. Weakening ligaments allow sagging while your skin loses volume.

Youthful skin is bouncy and elastic. It recovers easily from movement thanks to two proteins: collagen and elastin. Both nutrients are responsible for the youthful, line-free complexion of your past, but your body produces less of them with age. The matrix that kept your skin young becomes loose and disorganised. Wrinkles and creases are the natural result, whether they appear during middle age or as a result of premature ageing.

Sunscreen is one of the most powerful prevention strategies available to you. UV radiation from the sun damages your collagen and elastin. That destruction even sinks all the way into your skin’s DNA. Your cells can no longer perform as they should, so sun damage kicks the ageing process into second gear.

Facial movements become an important determinant of sagging in the facial area. When repeated frequently, they create dynamic stress, leading to both superficial and deep, dynamic wrinkles. The former are visible when your face is still. The latter only appear when you move.

Genetic factors have a powerful effect on your skin’s collagen and elastin. They contribute to your response to sunlight and can even affect how severely you respond to oxidative stress. That doesn’t leave you powerless, though. With the right skincare regimen, you can put a positive spin on your genetic future.

• Daily sun protection: The EPA believes that UV radiation is to blame for 90% of skin ageing. Always use sunscreen, even during winter and on cloudy days.

• A proper skincare routine: Gentle cleansing, hydration, and nourishments can play a role in reducing visible signs of ageing. Consistency is key, so make it a habit. You won’t regret it.

• Healthy lifestyle habits: Hydration, sleep, and diet will mitigate skin ageing in three ways: By reducing stress hormones that contribute to ageing, helping the skin to heal, and providing the nourishment your dermis needs to perform at its peak.

• Facial exercises and massages: Toned facial muscles have a lifting and firming effect. They also boost blood circulation, carrying important nutrients to the dermal layers.

• Face care ingredients: The most effective skincare routines include retinoids, resveratrol, hyaluronic acid, and peptides.

• Peptide-enhancing nutrients: Your body can only produce youth-giving proteins with the help of vitamin C, vitamin E, and zinc. Now’s the time to up your spinach and berry intake.

Retinol can be demanding for the skin, sometimes causing sun sensitivity and redness. We've replaced it with gentleresveratrol, a natural alternative that helps protect the skin from free radical damage while supporting collagen production. The result? A firmer, brighter complexion.

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Retinol can be demanding for the skin, sometimes causing sun sensitivity and redness. We've replaced it with gentle Resveratrol, a natural alternative that helps protect the skin from free radical damage while supporting collagen production. The result? A firmer, brighter complexion.

Create your routine

If you're wondering how to soften nasolabial folds naturally, the Caudalie Resveratrol-Lift collection has the answer. It consistently earns exceptional reviews, not just from users but from dermatologists too. These treatments and serums are the perfect addition to your facial exercise regimen. Your daily care should include:

• Firming Cashmere Cream: the Pro-Collagen Grape Multi-Peptides and Resveratrol help smooth nasolabial folds. The Resveratrol-Lift anti-wrinkle cream has earned a reputation as one of the most effective anti-ageing moisturisers available today: wrinkles plumped in 4h (1) and 91% saw skin elasticity restored (2).

• Instant Firming Serum: if you're wondering how to soften nasolabial folds without fillers, we suggest Caudalie's powerful yet gentle serum. Its ultra-concentrated formula stimulates 20 skin collagens and is 3x more firming than retinol (3).

• Firming Night Cream: as you sleep, your skin repairs itself from the day, so Caudalie makes that phase as effective as possible. The night cream nourishes your skin with the Pro-Collagen Grape Multi-Peptides and micro hyaluronic acids, for 3x more collagen (4).

• Firming Eye Gel Cream: the delicate eye area has thin skin, so it needs a lighter hand. This gentle formula delivers 90% saw puffiness reduced (5) while reducing the appearance of eye wrinkles and fine lines.

• Firming Cashmere Body Cream: extend the firming action to the body, for firmer, smoother skin.

• Dermal fillers: Fillers are a non-surgical solution that’s injected into your skin to restore volume. There are even hyaluronic acid-based formulas to address collagen production.

• Botox: Botox relaxes the muscles behind nasolabial folds. It’s an option if these folds aren’t particularly deep. More severe lines are better treated with fillers.

• Laser and radiofrequency treatment: Applied heat stimulates collagen production deep into the dermis. Lasers can also resurface the skin.

• Microneedling and PRP therapy: Microneedling and platelet-rich plasma therapy work together to stimulate elastin and collagen production. First, microneedling creates tiny injuries to stimulate your collagen production. Then PRP is injected or applied to the area to stimulate even more peptide creation.