5 Bad Habits For Your Skin…

The health and lifestyle decisions you make every day have a solid affect on the condition of your skin:

Making unhealthy choices can cause prematurely aging skin, and this makes you look a little older.

The most important part of  anti-aging skin care  is to find out whether you are harming your skin and speeding up its aging process.

Here are 5 habits that you really should avoid if you want your skin to look younger and healthier:

1. Smoking…

Research shows that exposure to cigarette smoke  causes wrinkles. This is partly because of the nature of smoking (creates face folds)  and also because cigarette smoke depletes your body of

Vitamin C - a key ingredient in keeping skin healthy.

2. Sun:  When exposed to the sun, (especially unprotected), your skin becomes more mottled in appearance.  Freckles can easily turn into brown sun spots and the skin takes on a dry unattractive look , and wrinkles and sagging increase. All this without even mentioning the risk  skin cancer.

3.  Lack of sufficient exercise:  Living a sedentary life contributes to aging skin, because exercise helps to tone your muscles and get your blood flowing which also helps your skin to stay healthy and look great.

4.  Alcohol: Alcohol contributes to aging skin by dilating small blood vessels in the skin and increasing blood flow near the skin’s surface.

5.  Sleepless Nights:  Not enough sleep makes you look  tired.  Lack of sleep usually creates dark circles and bags under the eyes, and sagging skin. Lack of sleep is also a major factor in memory loss and symptoms of depression that include low interest in daily activities and negative thinking.