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5 Signs of Aging

Critiqued by Lori | January 23, 2008 .

Well, we’re not getting any younger so we might as well do what we can to recognize it and deal with!

  1. Veiny, Spotted Hands.  Our skin loses collagen and elastin fiber, making it less elastic which causes your hands to look sort of drawed up and OLD.  What you can do to help:  Just like your face, you can also apply a peel to your hands.  If that’s not your thing, simply applying alpha hydroxy products should help some.
  2. Eye Bags.  Things that cause this, range from genetics & allergies to fluid retention.  Things that help:  Cut the salt out of your diet!  Doing this also helps you weight wise.  You can try applying cold compresses and under eye creams. 
  3. Mouth Wrinkles.  Causes include same as number 1 and sun exposure, as well as, smoking.  Fixes:  Short term wise, botox is the number one way people are “hiding” their lovely wrinkles.  Not a permanant solution but longer lasting is fat transfers.  Quite pricey but more effective.  There are also creams and such but those need to be used long term to prevent future wrinkles.
  4. “Turkey” Neck.  This is caused from from weak or loose neck muscles.  To do:  Basically the same things that you do for the mouth wrinkles, are also done for your turkey neck.
  5. Varicose Veins.  These bluish, bulging veins appear mostly in your legs and feet.  As you get older your veins can lose elasticity, causing them to stretch. The valves in your veins may become weak, allowing blood that should be moving toward your heart to flow backward. Blood pools there and your veins enlarge and become varicose.  Things you can do:  Exercising, losing weight, elevating your legs, and avoiding long periods of standing or sitting can prevent varicose veins from getting worse. A more drastic measure calls for surgery.  If it’s a very bothersome thing and none of the other methods work, then this is a consideration. 

They key is to prevent these things with a regular skin care regimen, along with eating healthy and exercising.  I don’t condone or recommend any of the botox or surgery methods.  Be smart and do it the healthy way!

Guthy Renker Corporation

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  1. Leigh  January 24, 2008 9:11 am

    And this is why I use MK! {grin}

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