Here are a few natural ways to reduce your laugh lines without using Botox.  The first step would be to increase your water intake.  Increasing your water intake helps to hydrate your skin.  Dry, hot and windy climates can dehydrate a person’s skin.  Sweating can also deplete the amount of hydration your skin has.

 Green Tea is another way to help reduce those unpopular wrinkles.  Green Tea has antioxidants your body uses to reduce wrinkles.  Antioxidants slow or prevent the oxidation (loss of electrons) of other molecules.  Oxidation produces free radical which starts chain reactions that damage cells.  If you can imagine your skin is a cell in its self.  Your wrinkles are the repeated use of a muscle worn down over time.  Basically, the skin is damaged from overuse causing wrinkles from the loss of electrons in those cells.  Antioxidants are necessary to reduce or repair this loss.

Consuming Vitamin E is also a healthy way of reducing wrinkles.  It is a fat soluble which protects our cells membrane from oxidation (free radicals).  We are exposed to free radicals within our daily environment such as:  cigarette smoke, air pollution and ultraviolet rays.  Free radicals (unbalanced electrons or loss of) are very energetic and react quickly with oxygen.  The more antioxidants you can get the better your body can fight the effects of free radicals.  Vitamin E can be found in fish and many of our other everyday foods.  Allergic side effects include; trouble breathing, swelling of the lips, face or tongue. 

Warm Olive oil applied in a clockwise motion around the mouth area can reduce the sign of wrinkles by causing slight puffiness.  This also moisturizes the area.  Remember plenty of moisture keeps the skin hydrated.  Olive oil is obtained from the olive tree, which is considered a fruit.

There is danger to consider when using Botox treatments for reducing wrinkles. Botox is the use of protein retrieved from botulism.  Botulism is a paralyzing disease that is contracted by consuming contaminated foods.  It is an illness that can be very serious, with the possibility of death if not treated. Botulism received its name from sausage or Botulus.  Botulus is a badly cured sausage.  Botulism is used in Botox to paralyze the facial muscles causing them to relax.  Relaxing the muscles reduce wrinkles due to less use of those muscles.