The desire to have a young looking skin is a universal one and every woman makes efforts to maintain a flawless, youthful appearance for as long as possible. However, despite their best intentions and efforts, most women are not aware of the little every day things that contribute to skin aging. Find out what are the every day secret skin agers and what you can do to counteract their negative influence.
Thousand of dollars are spend every year on products that are
designed to help woman turn down the clock and to maintain their
youthful appearance. However, none of the revolutionary
breakthroughs in skin care so far have not managed to eliminate the
negative influence that certain factors have in determining how
fast we age.
Daily exposure can have an unbelievably strong effect especially
since we don't even realize how they are affecting us. While
certain factors and habits such as pollution or sun exposure and
smoking are well known for their destructive effects on the skin,
other seemingly harmless daily actions that often pass unnoticed
could impact the way your skin looks more than you think. Here are
a few of the sneakiest skin agers:
Wrong eyeliner application
One of the most efficient secret weapons of women everywhere when
it comes to make up, the eyeliner could do more harm than good is
it's not applied properly. Choosing an eyeliner that is too rough
on the skin as well as pulling the eyelid when applying eyeliner is one of the habits
that might increase the chances of getting eye wrinkles. Powder or
cream eyeliners might be a better solution to prevent wrinkles around the
eyes.
Driving
It has been discovered that women develop more wrinkles and brown
spots on the left side of the face and the most likely cause of
this surprising facts seems to be the trivial act of driving, when
the left side of the face is more exposed to UV rays.
This acknowledgment can help us take an easy step to protect
ourselves. Changing the visor to the right and using a broad
spectrum sunscreen with a SPF of 30 is a smart
strategy that can save us a lot of frustration.
Sugar
The amount of sugar you consume daily impacts more than your weight
and state of health. It turns out that sugar is one of the most
powerful enemies of a younger looking skin. The explanation for
this surprising fact lies in the way our body processes sugar. The
reaction between proteins and sugar, trough a process called
glycation is the main factor that speeds up the aging process. The
process of glycation takes place in the inner layers of your skin
where sugar and collagen bind causing the collagen fibers to
harden, a reaction that ultimately contributes to the loss of skin
elasticity, causing the skin to sag and making it more prone to
developing wrinkles.
What's more aside from these direct negative effects the process of
glycation also magnifies the negative influence of UV rays speeding
up the cellular oxidation process which also contributes to skin
aging. To counteract this negative influences a couple of steps can
be taken. Cutting back on the amount of sugar we consume daily is
an obvious step that can help us maintain a younger looking skin.
Another thing we can do is increasing the amount of vitamin C we consume daily.
Vitamin C is a vital nutrient in collagen production one of the
first lines of defense against skin aging.
The computer screen
There were numerous speculations whether the radiations that
computer screens emit should be a cause of concern or not and the
opinions have been divided each time. Whether the effects of
radiations are still being studied, the definite link between
computer usage and skin aging has been established. The computer
screen increases the chances of developing crow's feet due to eye strain it
produces. In the case of cell phones and I pads the eye strain is
even greater. Spending less time online as well as increasing the
fonts when needed might prove to be helpful in preventing this
problem.