How to Get Rid of Under Eye Wrinkles – Why Stress May Cause Under Eye Wrinkles

Learning how to get rid of under eye wrinkles by reducing stress can help your skin look its best. When your stress and anxiety spikes so do many of your skin issues. Whenever something is wrong with your complexion, stress makes it worse.

So whats happening that causes you to get more wrinkles by being stressed out?

Your body is reacting to external stimuli, stress causes an adrenaline surge that elevates a level of hormone called cortisol in the blood. Cortisol regulates how much sugar is being absorbed into your bloodstream. It’s kind of like a gas pedal on a car…the more that is released the more energy you have. This works great in times of actual physical danger…but it also does the same thing when you are overloaded and stressed out at work. Your body cannot tell the difference between the two stressors. (more…)