{"id":2118,"date":"2017-10-16T11:06:54","date_gmt":"2017-10-16T11:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2021-07-23T08:16:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-23T08:16:40","slug":"how-kindness-can-reduce-wrinkles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/how-kindness-can-reduce-wrinkles\/","title":{"rendered":"How kindness can reduce wrinkles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2119\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2119\" class=\"wp-image-2119 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kindness-ageing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"mother showing kindness to daughter\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kindness-ageing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kindness-ageing.jpg 724w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2119\" class=\"wp-image-2119 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kindness-ageing-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"mother showing kindness to daughter\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kindness-ageing-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/kindness-ageing.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-2119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">image: iStock Photo<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yes, you read correctly!<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever cut an apple in half and left it on the table? If so, you\u2019ll have noticed it quickly goes brown. This is oxidation, or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Oxidative_stress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">oxidative stress<\/a>, as scientists prefer to call it.<\/p>\n<p>Oxidation occurs in skin too, and it can be a side-effect of lifestyle, diet, stress, even sunlight. It doesn\u2019t happen as quickly in our skin as it does in a sliced apple left on a table, so don\u2019t worry, but it happens nevertheless. It\u2019s caused by what are known as <em>free radicals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a simple way to think of free radicals. Think of what Harry Potter\u2019s spectacles look like: two \u2018O\u2019s and a little bridge between them. His spectacles are actually the exact shape of <em>oxygen<\/em>, the stuff we breathe. Oxygen \u2013 O<sub>2<\/sub> \u2013 has two \u2018O\u2019 atoms and a <em>bond<\/em> (bridge) connecting them as in, O-O.<\/p>\n<p>Now imagine Harry gets hit by one of Draco Malfoy\u2019s spells and it snaps the bridge of his spectacles. So now he has two single lenses that are no longer bonded to one another. When this happens to oxygen, not due to one of Draco\u2019s spells but to some kind of stress, the two \u2018O\u2019s are said to be <em>free radicals<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Once bonded, they are now separate. Instead of being in a relationship, they are single. And they simply hate being single. They\u2019ll do anything to be back in a relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, such is the strength of a free radical\u2019s desire to bond that it will happily covet its neighbour\u2019s wife, so to speak: it will pinch any nearby atom. This isn\u2019t so great for the body, especially if the atom pinched is part of the cells of our skin, or even the cells that line our arteries, or our immune system, or even a brain cell. Once the free radical has taken an atom, these cells can begin to fall apart.<\/p>\n<p>The body has natural ways of dealing with free radicals, though. It uses anti-oxidants. An anti-oxidant is anti (against) oxidation. It is a willing partner for a free radical, thereby eliminating any further damage to cells.<\/p>\n<p>We get anti-oxidants from many fruits and vegetables, salads, teas, olive oil, cinnamon, dark chocolate, and many other foods. It\u2019s one of the reasons why doctors encourage us to eat those foods. We also have natural anti-oxidants in the body.<\/p>\n<p>But when free radicals are produced more abundantly than the body is able to mop them up, that\u2019s when we get oxidation \/ oxidative stress.<\/p>\n<p>In the skin, it contributes to the formation of wrinkles.<\/p>\n<p>So, what has kindness got to do with it?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s probably easier to think of it the other way around. You\u2019ve probably noticed that stress speeds up ageing. This is partly because stress <em>increases<\/em> free radicals.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, kindness generates the hormone, \u2018oxytocin\u2019 (see \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/molecules-of-kindness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Molecules of Kindness<\/a>\u2019), which reduces free radicals.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/23711064\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scientists publishing in the journal, Experimental Dermatology<\/a>, were studying two types of skin cells: keratinocytes, which make up 90 per cent of the outer layer of skin, and fibroblasts, which are the cells that make collagen.<\/p>\n<p>They found that free radical levels are much lower in both the keratinocytes and the fibroblasts when there\u2019s plenty of oxytocin present, and higher when there&#8217;s not much oxytocin present. In other words, oxytocin actively reduces free radicals.<\/p>\n<p>Now, you cannot get oxytocin from your diet. You cannot eat it or drink it. The only way to get oxytocin into your skin is to produce it naturally. And the way to do that is through your behaviour!<\/p>\n<p>Oxytocin production is a side effect of kindness (see \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Five-Side-Effects-Kindness-Happier\/dp\/1781808139\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1508150647&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+five+side+effects+of+kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Five Side Effects of Kindness<\/a>&#8216;). Just as feeling stressed produces stress hormones, the feelings of warmth or connection that accompany acts of kindness generate oxytocin in the body.<\/p>\n<p>This oxytocin reduces free radicals all throughout the body. Not only does it reduce free radicals in skin but studies show it reduces them in the arteries too, producing a \u2018<em>cardioprotective<\/em>\u2019 effect; that is, <em>protecting<\/em> the heart and arteries.<\/p>\n<p>So, you want to reduce wrinkles? Be kind.<\/p>\n<p>Someone once said to me, \u201c<em>That can\u2019t be right because I am kind and I have wrinkles<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, being kind doesn\u2019t mean you won\u2019t age. But it does mean that being kind can slow the process down \u2026 just as stress speeds it up.<\/p>\n<p>It simply comes down to the feelings that kindness and stress produce because these feelings generate substances in the body.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned above, feeling stress generates stress hormones, and they contribute to the production of free radicals.<\/p>\n<p>Feelings of warmth, connection, affection, gratitude \u2013 feelings that accompany kindness &#8211; generate oxytocin and oxytocin <em>reduces<\/em> free radicals.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, stress speeds up ageing, kindness slows it down.<\/p>\n<p>So, yes, as unlikely as it might sound on first reading, kindness really can reduce wrinkles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to learn more?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There has been a great deal of recent research into the internal physiological products of being kind and compassionate. I have collated much of this research, including the different ways that kindness impacts cells, the immune system, nervous system, arteries, and brain in my book, &#8216;The Five Side Effects of Kindness&#8217;. Available from all major booksellers. Here&#8217;s a few Amazon links. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Five-Side-Effects-Kindness-Happier\/dp\/1781808139\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1508151533&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+five+side+effects+of+kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Five-Side-Effects-Kindness-Happier\/dp\/1781808139\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1484159492&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+5+side+effects+of+kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.com<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com.au\/Five-Side-effects-Kindness-Better-Happier-ebook\/dp\/B01MSQVP3H\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_kin_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1492674205&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+five+side+effects+of+kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.com.au<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Five-Side-Effects-Kindness-Happier\/dp\/1781808139\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_pap_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1492674119&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+five+side+effects+of+kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon.ca<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Five-Side-Effects-Kindness-Happier\/dp\/B06VVBRV3G\/ref=sr_1_1_twi_audd_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1492674318&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+five+side+effects+of+kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Audiobook<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Five-Side-Effects-Kindness-Happier\/dp\/1781808139\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1508151533&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+five+side+effects+of+kindness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1978 size-thumbnail lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5-side-effects-jacket-image-1-97x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 97px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 97\/150;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1978 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/drdavidhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/5-side-effects-jacket-image-1-97x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"97\" height=\"150\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, you read correctly! 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