Neck Lift Without Surgery

 

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Mark Twain once said, "Wrinkles merely mark where smiles have been," however, smiling isn't entirely to blame for your wrinkles. Wrinkles result from many factors aside from facial movements, including our cell phones and computers!

We've all heard of crow's feet, laugh lines, and frown lines. But when it comes to the battle against wrinkles, most of us are guilty of neglecting one part of our body that deserves equal TLC... Our neck! Stupid on us, this area is one of the first places to show signs of aging, especially with a constant downward movement from using our cell phones and tablets.

So, what are we to do?
Before I get into ways to treat that sagging neck skin WITHOUT surgery, known as the wattle, as well as those evil necklines,  I think it is essential to understand what causes this, becoming more of an issue in recent years. 

Technology Is Making You Look Older
We are bringing this up first, as premature aging starts at a much younger age because of the constant use of computers, tablets, and cell phones. More and more people turn to look for ways to address sagging jowls, tech neck, and  neck wrinkles, due in part due to the high-tech age.

Spending hours upon hours hunched looking down from posting on social media to reading emails, texting, writing, or in some instances, all the above is the cause! Unfortunately, this constant downward gaze can lead to creases around the neck and chin, wrinkles, loss of elastin, sagging skin, stiff neck, and more.

Natural Aging Leads To Sagging Neck Skin
Like the skin on the face, collagen production, hyaluronic acid, and elastin slow down as we age. The constant production of these three elements within the body is key to youthful, plump-looking skin. But as we get older, the degradation of these elements can be impacted. See one of the common culprits below.

Over Exposure To Free Radicals Cause Aging Skin On The Neck
The expression "Invest in your skin; it's going to represent you for a very long time" has never been more real when it comes to free radicals, which accelerates aging. Elements like years of exposure to the sun, air pollution, makeup, and other environmental factors can speed up the aging process. So, reducing your exposure to these is key to younger-looking skin.

Hormones Are A Cause For Neck Wrinkles
As we get older, our skin also loses its ability to produce certain hormones. These hormones are responsible for keeping our skin our skin smooth and elastic.

Lack Of Exercise Causes Premature Aging
Another common cause of neck wrinkles is a lack of exercise. As we get older, our bodies start to break down. This causes us to lose muscle mass. And muscle mass is essential for keeping our skin tight and smooth.

Poor Diet Can Lead To Sagging Neck Skin
A poor diet can lead to a lack of nutrients and vitamins, which are crucial for healthy, youthful skin.

Say No To Aging Neck Wrinkles With These Tips

They are plenty of ways you can combat neck wrinkles from home. See some of my top favorites below.

Tip 1: Change The Position Of Your Electronics
Did you know that the effects of all that downward gazing from your cell phone or tablet can lead to a massive 60 pounds of extra pressure on your neck and spine? You can now see how this added weight not only stretches the skin on your neck but also leads to other neck issues.

Change The Position Of Your Devices

•     Keeping your computer or cellphone at eye level or slightly higher instead of looking down can help.
•     Take breaks away from your phone or computer
•     Use a headphone when talking
•     Practice good posture
  

Tip 2: Use An Anti-aging Skincare Device For Your Neck

 Wrinkle Remover SharpXilla™- LED Photon Neck Wrinkle Remover

So you do not want to have surgery for a neck lift? No worries, as there is a non-invasive at-home approach that can help tighten the skin around the neck, chin, and face, while minimizing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. It uses a combination of  sonic vibrations, LED photon therapy, and a warming heat function to rejuvenate your skin, improve your complexion, and maximize your skin's absorption of serums and creams.

So what neck wrinkle device am I talking about? SharpXilla neck wrinkle skincare gadget. Made from high-quality silicone, this handheld skincare device comfortably hugs your skin, gently compressing it to help you rediscover a flatter, more supple, and smoother skin surface. Say adios to the dreaded tech neck and turkey neck.

So how does this neck therapy work?
Dry skin is a leading cause of the appearance of wrinkles. This neck lift device helps intensify your skin's hydration and supports its ability to retain moisture, thereby minimizing the appearance of future fine lines and wrinkles. Tones and tightens as well.

Some Other Features:

Adjustable Sonic Vibrations
Help activate your skin cells, promote healthy skin, and accelerate circulation with some good vibration. Yep, a vibrator can also help with younger-looking skin. I don't mean that kind of vibrator! But rather sonic vibrations.

This osculation causes muscle strength by contracting the muscles. It is kind of like a workout for your neck muscles. Not only do these contractions increase circulation, bringing oxygen and nutrients to the tissue, this vibration movement also helps to enhance your skin's elasticity, suppleness with a constant neck massage. The practice of massage and its impacts upon body heat, peripheral blood flow, autonomic nervous system function, and muscular strength has also been investigated. It has been shown to help with younger, plumper skin.

Set LED Laser Lights To “Stunning”!
A vibrator and a laser?? I bet you didn't know anti-aging could be so much fun? But in all seriousness, light therapy or LED treatments have been around for over 30 years. They were initially developed for astronauts to help tissue healing and repair and are now used in the professional and at-home skincare realm. They are numerous benefits of LED light therapy, from treating acne to stimulating collagen and elastin, minimizing redness, and in this case, reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles on the neck.

The LED photon therapy from this device gives off light energy for highly beneficial effects that will activate deep-lying skin cells, reduce inflammation and strengthen microvessels to solve various skin issues. 

Different LED Light Treatments
With different light therapy wavelengths, this device has all you need for the perfect neck lift without having to have surgery or go to the spa!  

The various light colors may work to differing degrees. In skincare terms, that means altering the skin cells to produce a variety of benefits. Depending on the color of the light being used, each light color stimulates a different skin response. See below what each light color can offer.

The Benefits Of LED Light Therapy For The Skin

• Red light therapy can stimulate collagen synthesis, leading to a reduction in fine lines and wrinkles.
• Blue light is anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial. It is used to kill the bacteria that lead to breakouts, making it ideal for reducing skin inflammation and treating acne-prone skin. Blue light also helps purify the skin and regulate oil glands. (The neck has fewer sebaceous glands, the glands that secrete oil. This oil is what naturally heals and lubricates the skin providing fewer signs of aging). So anything that can help with this process is a big YEAH from me! 
• Green light has a calming effect. It is excellent for treating that sagging neck skin and more.
  

Soothing Sensation, Baby
~ahh, spa...There is nothing like a warm, soothing sensation to finish off a skincare treatment. The warming heat function delivers around 113 degrees of soothing satisfaction to enhance skin tissue regeneration and open up the pores to absorb skincare products better to leave your skin plump.

Having a skincare device that aids in product absorption and product penetration is critical. This means your skin will "gobble up" up your retinol, serums, neck creams, and other anti-aging products.

How To Use A Neck Wrinkle Remover Skincare Device

1. Apply to clean skin.
2. You can use the LED Photon Neck Wrinkle Remover directly on your skin or apply your preferred cream, lotion, or serum.
3. Select preferred mode.
4. Start from the base of the neck on one side and slowly move massage head upwards towards the chin, applying gentle pressure, so you are “ lifting “ your neck. Then work inwards towards your Adam’s Apple but make sure the head goes each side and not directly over! Then repeat on another side of the neck.
   

Tip 3: Neck Exercises To Tighten Sagging Neck Skin
This, too, is a great way to address the sagging neck skin when added to the use of a device like the LED Photon Neck Wrinkle Remover.

Simple neck exercises such as chin tucks, neck exercises such as chin tucks, head tilts, and neck rolls are easy to perform and can help diminish the appearance of neck wrinkles.

Tip 4: Extend Your Skincare Products To Your Neck
I do not know how many times I see people waste skincare products. Many will apply to the face, and any extra they have, they will wipe off on a towel. DON'T. Instead, make sure to extend your skincare to your neck and decolletage. Simultaneously using your LED Photon Neck Wrinkle apply in an upward motion for deeper penetration of your skincare products so they can actually do their job! Just what you need to temporarily lift the skin, helping to restore a younger, more radiant look and feel to your neck area.

To sum it up, our faces are lies, and our necks are the truth. Why not have them both hide your true age with these tips to smooth and lift the neck without surgery? So if you are serious about losing the loose, wrinkled or sagging neck skin, make sure to try some of these tips.

How To Prevent Back Pain While Working At Home

Back pain while working at home? Yep, this is one of the many things as a result of the COVID pandemic.  This pandemic has changed numerous situations in our lives, including our working environment, like working at home. If you're one of these people, you may be noticing some new body aches, especially in your back and neck, that you may not have noticed while working outside of the home.

You see, sitting at your desk all day can cause so many issues, mainly because most home offices do not contain ergonomic office furniture. Furthermore, we are usually working alone, not like an office setting where you were more active because of coworkers. This constant non-movement, unhealthy sitting, and lousy body positioning can cause tons of problems.

According to a study published by the Mayo Clinic, back pain is the third most common cause of doctor visits in the United States. Many people like myself who struggle back pain, also wonder how the heck did this happen. As I did not lift anything, I am not overweight, and I did not twist or turn oddly. But the truth is the back-pain culprit is from sitting eight or more hours, which I do for work!

While I try to stay active, all of that sitting has done tons of damage to my lower back, and it has even caused tech neck!

So, What Is A Person To Do? Implement These Solutions To Prevent Back Pain While Working At Home

Solution 1: Change The Position Of Your Desk Or Computer
Keeping your computer at eye level or slightly higher instead of looking down can help.

Solution 2: Position Your Keyboard At The Correct Position
You want to make sure you position the keyboard and mouse correctly as if they are not you have a greater chance of straining your neck, shoulders, even wrist issues. 

• Place keyboard just below elbow level
• Raise your seat so your elbows are at a 90-110 angle. This will relax your forearms and shoulders.
• The keyboard can be flat on the desk or at a tilt
• Look for a desk or keyboard tray that offers Ergonomic keyboard placement
• Keep your wrists straight, neither curved downwards nor flexed upwards
• Resist resting your wrists on the desk as this places pressure on your tendons
• Practice light typing, no need to be forceful with the keys
• If you have a laptop you should consider getting an external keyboard 
  
• DO not cross your legs; I am so bad at this. Instead, you want to keep both feet flat on the floor.
  

Solution 3: Proper Sitting Posture When Typing
When typing, how you sit dictates the posture of your hands and fingers; hence, you must be considering how you sit. According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), maintaining the right posture is essential to maximize your productivity and mitigate work-related MSDs.

• Sit upright by resting your back against the chair for maximum support.
• Both feet need to be on the floor
• Make sure the computer is in a position where you will look straight forward, this impacts your sitting
• Loose shoulders
• Knees should be at the same level or slightly lower than your hips.

Solution 4: Get Up Off Your Ass And Stretch
We can take some methods to help stretch the neck and back muscle and align the head and neck correctly. See some of these below.

• Face yoga
• Arch and stretch
• Neck rotation exercises
• Practice good posture
• And while you are at it do some wrist extensor and flexor stretches
  
• Take breaks away from your phone or computer
  

Solution 5: At Home Massage
While the above are some excellent preventive measures to prevent back pain while working at home, sometimes, that is not enough for me. But beauties have I got a solution for you, the Opillow from NAIPO. It's time to rethink the pillow massager. With this latest generation of massager technology, the OPillow combines multiple functions to offer the best possible massage at any place, including your desk!

 This massager has over five technologies in one. See them below.

Flexible Attachment Cozy Cushion Design
I love that I can attach the massager anywhere as it comes with a Flexible hook attachment that can be used on most office chairs. Allowing quick and easy placement so you can adjust  up and down, allowing you to personalize your experience by adding pressure to targeted regions

Palm Pressure Technology
Enjoy a deep kneading massage experience. Four nodes move simultaneously, with rotational movement that reproduces the feel of an in-person massage.

The Ergonomic Design
This design and position of the Opillow allows for both a back and a neck massage.

Back Massage-18mm massage node height, scientific support your back
Neck Massage-Arc design perfectly fits spinal cervical curves of 35°~ 45°
    

Scientific Heat To Help With Back Pain
I'm on cloud 9 with this option. Adding heat to a massage has long been used to ease muscle tension and pain. Not only can it help to increase the blood flow to the area, but it is excellent at reducing muscle tension while helping to increase flexibility and range of motion.

OPillow Presale

Naipocare was nice enough to allow me share with you a presale of this massager. You can get this amazing massager off 33% OFF, by clicking here. 

 

Solution 6: Treat Your Back Pain Without Prescription Medication
I made this last as if the above does not work, you may be like I need to take something for the pain. But you need to be careful. Personally, I am not a fan of pain pills, steroids, or any pharmaceutical drugs, for that matter. And this is the solution from most orthopedics and PCPs; let's put a band-aid on it with a drug that can cause you to gain weight or worse yet, something that can be addictive. Bottom line, I DO NOT WANT A BAND-AID, I want a safer solution. Something that is not harmful that can help relieve inflammation and Turmeric can do just that as well as Black Seed Oil. Studies have shown that both of these adaptogens have tremendous anti-inflammatory powers and can be a great solution to alleviate back pain from working at home.

Top 7 Tips To Treat And Prevent Wrinkles Caused From Tech Neck

Have you ever noticed the reflection of yourself in your computer screen or cell phone and unexpectedly see a double chin when looking down at your computer? Or worse noticed some fine lines and wrinkles on your chin and neck, because of how your neck and head are positioned? Well, this happened to me a few months ago, and I was like oh my goodness that looks horrible do I look like that all the time when I am at my desk.  And the answer is 90% of the time, yes because of how my computer is positioned, and this could be you too!

Since the creation of the smartphone, internet, and online technology, more and more people are keeping their heads down a lot more. Spending hours upon hours hunched over, looking down from responding to emails, posting on social media, texting, blogging, reading, working or in my case since I work online, all the above. Unfortunately, because of this, the skin on my neck and chin have taken a toll, all from looking down at my laptop, hours a day, every day and now I have Tech Neck.

What The Heck Is Tech Neck
Tech neck pertains to pain, stiff neck, aches and in my case the wrinkles (on my neck and chin) that are caused by spending all that time on a computer and phone. As you bend your neck down to use these devices, the positioning, creases the chin, neck, and chest, causing wrinkles that get worse over time.

WT?? Yes, it is horrible to come to this realization. Especially me, since I work in the skincare industry, I take great care of my skin, and it sickens me to think I never paid attention to this. I mean who has a mirror in front of them while they are working? Not many.

So, what are we to do? 

The Top 7 Ways To Treat & Prevent Tech Neck
While you could go to a dermatologist and pay money for Botox, microneedling, fillers, and skin tightening treatments, these can be costly. So, before you go an invest in those, there are some preventive measures and nonsurgical methods to help with your tech neck wrinkles.

No. 1 Skincare Products
The neck seems to be one area many forget about when it comes to their skincare regimen. But treating your neck is just as important as treating your face. This means, applying sunscreen, moisturizers, a retinol, or even an anti-aging cream that is formulated just for the neck and décolletage.

No. 2 Skincare Devices
If you follow my blog regularly you know I am all about skincare devices as there as some great ones out there that deliver exceptional results and are much less costly than going to a Dr. Plus, I like that I can use these in the comfort of my own home.

One new device that I have seen out on the market is Spencer Barnes LA Neck, Chin & Jawline Sculpting Wand. I’ve been so excited to try this product as I love Spencer Barnes. For those of you who may not know him, he is a celebrity make-up and skincare expert based in Hollywood, working with many women you may have seen on the red carpet!

When I saw this device online, I thought this device is perfect for tech neck as the wand targets the thinnest and most fragile areas of the skin...the neck, chin, and jawline. I love that it is specifically designed to sculpt and define the neck, chin and jaw area in a nonsurgical way.

So How Does The Spencer Barnes LA Neck, Chin & Jawline Sculpting Wand Work?
The wand contains an antimicrobial smooth, flexible stainless-steel ball that sculpts and defines the areas most affected by tech neck.

Each wand includes 104 doses that delivers the same amount of product each time you click the device. The formula contains ingredients that build collagen, lifts and relaxes the skin! As well as providing a lot of much-needed hydration so the collagen and elastin can function to keep your skin taut and plump.  The sculpting wand also…

• Contains a combination of nourishing ingredients, proprietary technology, and encapsulated peptides
• Offers immediate and cumulative results and benefits
• Starts penetrating the skin in about 3-5 minutes
• You can feel it working as you will feel a mild tingling sensation to a warm feeling in the neck and chin area. But don’t worry this is normal, it means it is working
• Skin will begin to desensitize, and the initial tingling and warmth will cease after the first few days of use
• Evens out skin tone to achieve brighter, tighter and hydrated skin
• Fragrance-free
• Gluten free
• Paraben-Free
• Cruelty-free
• 100% Vegan

While I have not had the chance to try the device myself, they were kind enough to offer my followers and myself a discount on this wand, which I will sure be using and so can you. Simply use code BARBIESBEAUTYBITS, and you will get 10% off your purchase, now how cool is that?

I don’t know about you, but I am so excited to be able to try this revolutionary Neck, Chin & Jawline Sculpting Wand! It’s time to say bye, bye tech neck and hello younger looking skin!

No. 3 Keep Your Computer Monitor At Eye Level
This is one of my most significant changes and most beneficial to reduce neck flexion. I decided to purchase a new computer instead of using my laptop all of the time. I also bought a monitor stand for my computer and set the stand up so that the screen is at eye level or slightly higher.

No. 4 Set An Alarm
I try to have one go off every hour, for me to get up, stretch and walk around. There are some apps. that you can download to set the time how you would like.

No. 5 Face Yoga
The premise behind face yoga is the same as what yoga does for the other parts of your body, to tone and relax the muscles. While some people may think these are a bunch of bull, to me, it can’t hurt. Check out some of these series of face yoga movements here.

No. 6 Neck Workout
One good thing about working out of my home is I can do these during the day, without others looking at me like what the heck, get back to work.  Check some of them out below.

Kiss The Ceiling: Not literally, but to do this, you want to bend your neck in an upward motion, tilt your neck back and pucker your lips in a kissing movement. Doing this will work your neck muscles.

Neck Rotation:  Move your head from one side to the next and hold for a few seconds.

No. 7 Stretches
There are some positions you can implement to help stretch the neck muscles and train the body to keep the head in correct alignment. See some of them below.

• Cobra positions
• Face Down with Scaption
• Upward Facing Dog

So, there you have it beauties, the many ways you can treat your tech neck! Until next time!