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Six Things That Make Us Look Older

Stress, pollution, smoking, sunlight together with alcohol and
processed foods can compromise the skin?s immune system, leaving
it open to damage and to visible signs of premature aging.

Your lifestyle, as well as your eating habits are very important for
your beauty and health. There are 6 things that certainly lead to
premature aging of the skin and aggravate your state of health.

1. Stress

Stress really makes us older. It's proven that the stressful
situations decrease your protective powers of your organism and the
skin cells age faster. If you feel strenuous take a deep breathe
and close your eyes for seconds. Stress compromises your ability to
fight off disease and infection. This makes it difficult to conceive
a baby. It often leads to headaches, fatigue, high blood pressure,
weight loss or weight gain, skin problems, nail biting, teeth
grinding, smoking, dark circles under the eyes, wrinkling, and
increase acne problems. It can even rewire the brain, leaving you
more vulnerable to everyday pressures and mental health problems
such as anxiety and depression. Stress tightens facial muscles and
cause expression lines. Constant Stress can also contribute to acne
by stimulating the glands to plump out more oil leading to more
breakouts.

2. Alcohol

Excessive alcohol intake is among the main causes of premature aging.
Scientific studies have proven that alcohol dilates the blood vessel
in the skin which leads to sagging skin and wrinkling. Excessive
alcohol intake worsens acne, causes broken capillaries and leads to
skin rashes, red spots and itchiness. Alcohol makes skin appear
blotchy and seriously dehydrates your skin and body, which destroys
the body's supply of vitamin A. Drinking too much also interrupts
your beauty sleep. A glass of red wine at night may be beneficial as
it acts as an antioxidant.

3. Sedentary Way Of Life

The lack of enough exercising often leads serious health problems.
You don't have to spend 3 hours at the gym every day, a 30 minute-
walk a day will be enough to keep your body in good shape. Not
exercising regularly decrease the blood circulation, influence the
venous and lymphatic system which usually leads to cellulite. Recent
studies show that most older adults aren?t getting enough activity
because they don't walk, exercise and don't follow a balanced diet.
A sedentary way of life seriously affects our state of health. It
results in muscle loss, lowered aerobic capacity, high blood
pressure, increase risk of developing dietetics, weight gain,
decrease muscle strength and flexibility.

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4. Smoking

Smoking is one of the worst things we can do to our bodies and is one
= of the main reasons for premature aging. Not only does it increase
the risk of cancer and heart disease but if you have a family,
passive smoking can also damage the health of the people closest to
you. Smoking is bad not only for your health, but also for your
beauty. It decreases the flow of blood to the skin, leaving your
complexion dull, promotes wrinkles and fine lines, deprives your
skin of oxygen and robs your body of essential vitamins. Smoking
constructs the tiny capillaries that nourish the skin and ages skin
faster than anything else apart from sun damage. Smoking results in
broken capillaries, dull complexion, premature aging, reduction of
collagen which is essential for a healthy skin, loss of elasticity
and thinning of the skin.

5. Excessive Sun Exposure

The sun is enemy number one of our skin. Excessive sun exposure
always dries out your skin and increases the risk of skin cancer.
The sun is the leading cause of dark, brown spots on the skin which
can easily ruins radiant skin. Sun radiation is responsible for most
of the unpleasant skin conditions as appearance of brown spots,
wrinkles and fine lines, sagging of the skin, premature aging, and
enlargement of blood capillaries on the face. Excessive sun exposure
often leads to rashes, itchiness, dryness and skin cancer. That's why
= it's essential to use a sunscreen every day, even during the winter
months.

6. Polluted air

The air pollution not only irritates your lungs but also affects the
way you look. When we breathe in air pollution, very fine particles
enter our lungs where they can cause many serious problems: breathing
= problems, asthma, and nausea. High polluted air irritates the lungs,
cause nausea, coughing and chest pain, damages blood vessels, and
affects the immune system. Air pollution seriously affects the skin...
= it increases the oxidation of the sebum, causes pimples formation,
allergies and rashes. Air pollution can also aggravate health
problems for the elderly and others with heart or respiratory
diseases. Smoggy air may lack moisture and cause skin dehydration.


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