SMILE LINES 101: YOUR PERSONAL GUIDE ON HOW TO AVOID THEM

From ageing to weakening of muscles, an expert breaks down what causes smile lines and practical tips on dealing with them.

- SANJANA CHAWLA

If you've been noticing some lines around your cheek, nose and chin area, you are not the only one. Known as Smile Lines and also Nasolabial Folds, these are the true lines which you get around your lips from your nose to your chin. These lines are formed when one smiles and they can be dynamic or static.

Vibhuti Arora, a face yogi and founder of House of Beauty, explains, "Dynamic lines are the lines that occur when you are smiling or moving. Static lines are the lines that occur when there is no expression or motion on your lips, but you still see these two lines and they seem to droop downwards."

WHY DO WE GET SMILE LINES?

From a sign of facial sagging to the weakening of the cheek’s zygomatic muscle, smile lines or expression lines occur for several reasons.

Highlighting some of the causes of smile lines, Arora shares, “Weak zygomatic muscles, collagen loss between these muscles, and generic ageing are some of the reasons for the smile lines.”