Answers For YOUR Health

External aging

Factors other than your genes accelerate skin aging. Lifestyle and habits carry more impact on why skin damage becomes prematurely visible as skin ages.

Your diet and nutrition play a big part in the appearance of your skin. You need a lifetime of antioxidants to combat the free radical damage caused by the sun. Exercise which increases circulation and muscle tone also affects the appearance of your skin. The type of skin care products and your use of them (or the lack of use) also affect the appearance of your skin. That nasty word STRESS is perhaps the biggest contributor, other than the sun, to the lines and wrinkles in your face. Stress produces those facial expressions that eventually become permanent creases and wrinkles. Better laugh lines than frown lines.

Smoking

Cigarette smoking does not only cause harm to the body internally but externally as well. This is most pronounced with the condition of the skin. Nicotine intake causes changes in the body that speeds up the break down of skin cells, among other harmful effects.

It is a common finding that individuals who have been smokers for at least a decade look comparably older than those who do not smoke. In addition to wrinkles, yellowish discoloration of the skin has been observed in smokers. However, the good news is that those who have given up smoking show improvements in their skin condition shortly after quitting.

Smoking produces its very own particular set of wrinkles. The repetitive pursed mouth to inhale and exhale smoke causes lip lines - those little creases all around your lips that can cause lipstick to bleed. Let’s not forget the frown lines and wrinkles around the eyes due to squinting because of the smoke. Smoke is irritating to your eyes and they will automatically squint to protect themselves.

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