We've all experienced waking up with pillow imprints on our face. These are known as sleep wrinkles, appearing on the face, neck, and décolletage during our restful slumber. While they quickly fade in younger individuals, mature skin, which loses elasticity and firmness with age, can retain these wrinkles. How can we prevent them, or even eliminate them? Here are some tips to care for your skin to ensure sleep wrinkles don't become a lasting concern.

What Do Sleep Wrinkles Look Like?
Sleep wrinkles are asymmetrical creases that can run diagonally from the brow bone to the forehead, appear as vertical and diagonal lines on one cheek, or form around the mouth or eyes, intersecting with crow's feet and expression lines. Unlike wrinkles caused by facial expressions, sleep wrinkles result from the flattening and squashing of the face against the pillow during sleep. A limp head can weigh between 4-5 kg, and tossing and turning stretches the skin and tissues, rubbing them against the pillow material. People who sleep on their side or stomach are most prone to sleep wrinkles, which are often asymmetrical due to habitual sleeping positions. Sleeping on your back can prevent the face from touching the pillow, but many people prefer sleeping on their side. Since we spend about 8 hours a day sleeping, it's challenging to avoid these factors entirely. However, maintaining elastic and moisturized skin can help it withstand long hours of pressure without deforming.

Waking Up with Wrinkles? Try Hada Labo Tokyo Cosmetics
Moisturizing cosmetics can help combat sleep wrinkles, especially those containing multiple types of hyaluronic acid. Naturally occurring in the body, hyaluronic acid is crucial for skin hydration and elasticity. With age, the body produces less of it, which is why mature skin often exhibits vertical wrinkles on the cheeks and horizontal wrinkles on the neck and décolletage. Dry, mature skin lacks the elasticity to bounce back after hours of pressure. The combination of hyaluronic acids in cosmetics developed in Japanese laboratories is called Super Hyaluronic Acid™. These products hydrate and fill the skin, restoring smoothness without invasive treatments. Hada Labo Tokyo offers two effective product lines based on Japanese beauty rituals: White and Red. Products from both lines can be combined, but it's important to apply them in the correct order.

Essential Products for Sleep Wrinkles
While there aren't specific product lines solely for sleep wrinkles, some products effectively counteract their appearance. Hada Labo Tokyo's Lotion No. 1 with the Lock-in-Moist formula is a standout product. Popular in Japan, it replaces all moisturizing mists and can be applied even over makeup. It contains Super Hyaluronic Acid and has a "thick water" consistency, making it colorless, odorless, and suitable for sensitive skin. It absorbs quickly, hydrates instantly, soothes tight skin, nourishes, and serves as a makeup base. Using it before bed is highly recommended.

Daily care is crucial for combating sleep wrinkles. An anti-wrinkle and moisturizing day cream penetrates the skin in seconds, providing deep hydration. Enhanced with retinol and collagen, it boosts the moisturizing effect of hyaluronic acid and prevents skin aging. Elastic, hydrated skin is better equipped to handle side or stomach sleeping. The cream's effect can be amplified by using the Deeply Rebuilding Night Cream Treatment with Super Hyaluronic Acid™ and the LOCK-in-MOIST formula, which retains moisture for hours. Gently pat the night cream onto cleansed face and neck skin every evening. Using Hada Labo Tokyo day and night creams alongside Lotion No. 1 is highly effective.

Sleep wrinkles around the eyes and mouth are particularly deep due to side sleeping. To prevent these, use the Cream for the deepest wrinkles around the eyes and mouth daily. Like other products in the series, it smooths and hydrates the skin with Super Hyaluronic Acid™, and reduces prominent wrinkles with collagen and retinol. The best results come from using this cream along with the super moisturizing lotion and other Hada Labo Tokyo™ products.

Hada Labo Tokyo also offers the Anti-Aging Oval V-Lift Hydro Cream from the red line for women over 40. This anti-wrinkle cream shapes the face into a V, smooths wrinkles, and lifts the skin. Enhance its effectiveness with a brief facial massage.

Can You Eliminate Side-Sleep Wrinkles with a Mask?
In Japanese beauty rituals, masks are as crucial as moisturizing creams and cleansing. Hada Labo Tokyo's anti-wrinkle moisturizing sheet mask plays an important role in preventing sleep wrinkles. Soaked in a bottle of serum with Super Hyaluronic Acid™, the mask deeply hydrates the skin and includes retinol and collagen to rejuvenate and firm. Apply the mask to your face, press it, and wait 15 minutes. Pat in any remaining serum after removing the sheet.

Use masks on cleansed skin 1-2 times a week for 15 minutes.