H. Tim Sevets - Sip Away Your Wrinkles: Look Younger At Any Age

Sip Away Your Wrinkles

by H. Tim Sevets

Sip Away Your Wrinkles

2013-2016 Noon Sun Publishing All Rights Reserved

(December 2015: This is a revised and republished edition. Some typographical corrections were made, and a small amount of new material was added.)

Disclaimer: This book is for informational purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for the medical advice of physicians. The reader should regularly consult a physician in matters relating to his/her health and particularly with respect to any symptoms that may require diagnosis or medical attention. The publisher and author are not responsible for any specific health needs that may require medical supervision, and are not liable for any negative consequences from any treatment, action, application or preparation, to any person reading or following the information in this book.

Table of Contents

I know you picked up this book in order to find out how to make wrinkles go away, and that's exactly what I'm going to reveal. But in my experience, my simple drink recipe has other benefits besides softening those lines caused by age or too much sun. The two active ingredients in the recipe are documented between them to improve hair, help prevent gum disease and tooth decay, protect against heart disease, boost energy, aid weight loss, and even control dandruff and cure brittle fingernails. And that's just for starters.

Even if some of this information is not new to you, I urge you to withhold any skepticism. People who put these suggestions and exact instructions into practice can notice a huge improvement in their appearance within a few short weeks, of that I am confident. Give it a couple of months or more, and you may be amazed when you look in the mirror!

You will not find any fluff here just straightforward information based on my years of reading and study on the subject of wrinkles and what causes them, and most of all my personal experience in putting that information to the test in the real world. Again, welcome! The adventure starts now.

When it comes to a youthful appearance, it seems I was born with good genes, which served me well for many years but eventually let me down.

I noticed it first when I entered my 30s. A few people said I didn't really look 33, or 35, or 38 whatever my age at the time happened to be. When I got into my 40s, people began to be amazed when they found out how old I was. I usually didn't tell my age to co-workers, but my bosses had access to my personnel records and they knew. One of them told me, You don't look at all your age. Another said, I was shocked when I found out how old you are.

This amazement over my young appearance continued into my early 50s then stopped. I noticed that people no longer acted surprised when I revealed to them my age. Then, two ego-sapping incidents finally drove home to me the sad truth that I was not the youthful appearing person I once was.

Me old?

One day I went to a local meditation center, just to give it a try. It was a place I had never been to before. I noticed that most of the other folks there were a good deal younger than I was, but I didn't feel out of place. After all, I had been meditating, off and on, for years. And although not a regular practitioner, I am quite comfortable sitting on a cushion and can even assume the full lotus position without difficulty.

I noticed that the meditation leader for some reason kept coming around to me and adjusting my cushion. At one point she even placed an extra, and unrequested, cushion under my butt something she didn't do for anyone else. And after the session, she told me that I was welcome in the future to sit in a chair to meditate (even while everyone else sat on cushions!).

Now, I had not felt any undue discomfort while sitting on the cushion and meditating with the other people. Nor did I think I showed any discomfort. All I could conclude was that when this meditation leader looked at me, she simply saw an old man who probably needed and would appreciate some consideration and special assistance.

The other incident that made me feel old or at least old looking was one day when I stopped at a McDonald's and went in and ordered a coffee. The cashier said, You want a senior coffee, right? (A senior coffee is one that comes with a discount.) She might has well have thrown the coffee in my face, it was such a shock. Clearly, there was no more guessing or wondering about my age I looked like a senior citizen, no ifs, ands or buts.

Now, there's nothing wrong or shameful about getting older. It happens to everyone. Nor is there anything wrong with looking one's age. But let's be honest. After age 40 or 50, there are few if any people who wouldn't prefer to look and feel more youthful, if it were possible. And there's nothing wrong with that, either.

Aging

I have long been interested in the aging process and whether or not it's really possible to slow or turn back the markers of getting older. After what I call the meditation and the coffee incidents, I plunged even deeper into the subject.

Aging is a complicated process, with many aspects, most of which are beyond the scope of this book. But for average individuals, without serious health complications, the most obvious signs of time's effect on us are 1) graying hair, 2) sagging skin, and 3) facial wrinkles.

We'll leave aside the subject of gray hair as you know, there are all kinds of coloring products available, for both men and women, if you choose to use them.

Sagging skin and wrinkles are a different issue. While there's no instant fix for them, there's a way (as you'll see) to address them that can create noticeable and often startling improvement over a few short weeks and months.

As I admitted to myself that time was no longer being as kind to me as it once had been, I stepped up my search for ways to slow or (I hoped) reverse wrinkles, trying all kinds of things, from Retinol creams to vitamin E and vitamin A ointments to stuff made to help women get rid of stretch marks on their tummies. I even tried one of those roller devices bristling with little needles that you run all over your face, the idea being that you deliberately injure your skin, forcing it to grow back stronger and smoother.

The key: Collagen

None of these made much, if any, difference, on my wrinkles. I think some of them may help slow the development of wrinkles in younger people, but they don't attack the main cause of age-related wrinkling in older folks: The loss of skin collagen .

Collagen is a protein found in humans and animals. It is found throughout the body, but it is especially prominent in connective tissues such as found in tendons and ligaments and skin . It is the substance that is most responsible for keeping our skin firm and supple. As with most cells in the body, collagen must be continually replenished. Unfortunately, our bodies' production of collagen falls off as we get older. This is the major reason our skin develops wrinkles. It is also a culprit in sagging skin, especially on the face.