Our skin has a number of vital functions including serving as a protective barrier against injury and toxic substances as well as helping to regulate temperature. Therefore, it has been designed to be durable.
But with age it becomes less so, and can start to sag and wrinkle. While we can’t prevent this completely there are steps we can all take to help keep our skin looking healthy and even younger for longer.
And this doesn’t need to involve expensive products or procedures, according to one social media personality.
In a TikTok video, a 54-year-old woman known as A Girl Called Dave, shared her 25 pence hack to banish wrinkles and fine lines.
The woman, who has more than 49,000 followers on the video sharing platform, explained: “This is your sign to stop using Botox, stop paying a fortune for Botox.
“I can show you how you can get the exact same effects by using ingredients in your store cupboard, it will cost you 25 pence.
“Oh, you don’t believe me. I’m going to do it in one video.”
Her method is simple: she cracked egg whites into a bowl and applied the mixture to her face using a pastry brush.
For the purpose of the video, she only applied it to one side of her face to show the difference.
She said: “I’m going to use a pastry brush, I’m going to just put it on one side all over my face.
“Under my eyes, on my forehead, my marionette lines, my crow’s feet.
“Now, I’m going to have to let that set a little bit.”
After letting it set she revealed the end results, which included visibly fewer lines on her face and lifted eyes.
She said: “This side has not been treated and you can see I’ve got like marionette lines here. There’s lots of loose skin, I have got lines on my forehead.”
Comparing it to the treated side she said: “No bags under this eye. Marionette lines have gone.
“Nothing here at all. Jaw is tight and snatched. Nothing here. No wrinkles even if I try.
“There’s 20-year-old me and then there’s 54-year-old me.”
She added: “The magic ingredient is regular standard egg white. Brush it on your face and you will have the skin you had when you were 20.”
Speaking in the comments she advised leaving the egg whites on for 15 minutes before washing them off with warm water.
Even once washed the effect remains, she said. “The tightening effect is lasting, used regularly it closes your pores and firms up loose skin,” she said.
The video garnered more than 420,000 views with many impressed in the comment section.
One person responded: “I’ve been doing this once a week for about ten years. It does work.”