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13 Simple and Smart Skin Care Steps to Reduce Wrinkles

Protecting and caring for your skin are the best anti-aging
treatments for a younger looking complexion.

Are you tired of waging a war against wrinkles? Don't give
up yet. There are steps you can take to lessen and even
reverse one of the biggest signs of aging: wrinkles.

1. Avoid sun exposure. Try to wear white or light colors,
and wear a hat when you're outdoors. Also, don't use tanning booths, which can be worse than the sun.

2. Wear sunscreen. For the best anti-aging protection. Apply sunscreen with at least an SPF 15 (sun protection factor) thirty minutes before sun exposure to protect your skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays. Look for one with zinc or titanium oxide in the ingredient list.

3. Avoid environmental pollutants. Ozone, smoke, and gasoline fumes are just a few of the pollutants that can age skin and cause premature wrinkles.

4. Start an anti-aging skin care program.

5. Avoid smoking and second-hand smoke. Smoking takes away oxygen and nutrients, and it also increases the number of free radicals in your body's cells, a main cause of skin aging.

6. Wear sunglasses. Other than staying indoors and away from windows, sunglasses are the best way to protect the thin, sensitive skin around your eyes from UV radiation.

7. Sleep on your back, if possible. Sleeping with your face
pressed against the pillow can cause sleep lines, which can
turn into wrinkles. Satin pillow cases can also help in the
anti-wrinkle fight.

8. Use moisturizer. A good moisturizer will keep skin
hydrated and soften wrinkles.

9. Exercise regularly.

10. Eat a nutritious, anti-aging diet. Drink plenty of water and teas, and get eight to ten servings daily of fruits and vegetables. Eat fresh caught Atlantic salmon three times a week or another fish high in omega 3 fatty acids, such as herring, mackerel, trout, or tuna.

11. Avoid processed and refined foods and sugars. They
contain chemicals that can cause your skin to age prematurely.

12. Try Retin-A or Renova.

13. Avoid stress. When you're stressed out, your body releases a powerful aging hormone, cortisol, into your blood stream.