How to get rid of the sagging skin above the knees

If we don't fit tights, it is easy to correct: tighten them or buy a new pair. Saggy skin above the knees is another matter. You may remember, she was once taut and smooth, like crust from freshly baked scones, and now hanging bags and folds of an elephant, as if she were a size larger than your knees.

Why droops skin? This is due to the natural decline with age of two substances – collagen and elastin, says dermatologist Anita Power.



Train your knees – but be careful

Not in our power to restore the elasticity of the skin around the knees, but we can significantly improve their appearance, if we can train and strengthen the muscles forming the anterior thigh.

And we must begin, as always, with exercise.

1. Slightly bend your knees. Squat to strengthen the quadriceps located on the front side of the thigh above the knee. A well-trained quadriceps muscle can tighten sagging skin.

2. Stand up straight and grasp the back of the chair. Very well, if you will perform exercise in front of a large mirror to monitor your movements. Bend your knees and shift the center of gravity as if going to sit down. Look in the mirror to make sure that your knees are right above the ankles or above rises feet. Make sure that the knee was not ahead of the toes, as in this case, exercise is not just useless, it can harm the knees.





3. Continuing to monitor its movements in the mirror, scroll down as I can, but so that the angle between your shins and knees do not become greater than 90°. Then slowly stand up, making sure that your knees remain at the ankles and were not directed outward or inward.

First, perform a complex of 12-15 squats (or less, if it will seem hard) twice a day, and then when you are comfortable, do these exercises three times.

Add the weight. When that seems easy, try to let go of the chair and balance yourself. In the next stage, perform squats holding dumbbells at 1.5-2.5 kg. you can then add another 1-1. 5 kg.

If you will do this by charging two or three times a week, the skin on your knees will be beautiful and tight, and even at the age of 80 years you will be able to jump up from his chair, as he did at 20.

 

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Don't forget the sunscreen. Because UV rays accelerate the breakdown of elastin in the skin, d-R Force strongly encourages women before they wear shorts or a bathing suit, put on legs sunscreen with a protection factor of 25. This is a very effective preventative measure against sagging of the skin around the knees.published

 



Source: www.medidea.ru/articles/148/107/