7 DEADLY SKINCARE SINS – How Many Are You Guilty Of?
Reprinted from HealthNewsDigest.com
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A lifetime of bad habits can result in skin that lacks radiance and resiliency, and premature wrinkles. However, you can reverse the damage by changing your evil ways today and starting on the path to beautiful, healthy, glowing skin.
1. SMOKING
The simple fact is that smokers do not age as well as non-smokers. You can’t smoke a pack a day and expect to counteract the effects it has on your skin with cosmeceuticals and lasers. Smokers take on a gray or yellowish hue and develop more wrinkles because of the repetitive action of pursing their lips and squinting, and the carbon monoxide from cigar
TANNING TAX – WHAT’S YOUR TAKE?
Today, July 1, 2010, the infamous “tanning tax” goes into effect. The 10% tax on UV tanning services was included in the Obama administration’s breakthrough national healthcare bill, passed in March, as a way to help pay for the costly legislation. Since it was proposed, the tanning tax has been very controversial. Proponents of the tax claim that it will discourage people from indoor tanning and eventually decrease the incidence of skin cancer. Other supporters believe it will encourage tanning salon owners to adapt their business models to shifting demand; the tanning industry has been in decline and offering more sunless tanning services could potentially help struggling businesses. Those
LIP SERVICE – DON’T LET THE SUMMER SUN GIVE DROUGHT TO YOUR POUT
HealthNewsDigest.com Skincare Columnist Wendy Lewis Gives Lip Service for Summer
Reprinted from http://www.healthnewsdigest.com
Your lips take a beating when the sun shines. Sun exposure and heat can cause lips to suffer and shrivel, but relief is on the way in the form of moisturizing lip protection.
PUCKER PROTECTION – Lips are extremely susceptible to sunburn because they don’t have melanin which can help protect skin from UV rays. High SPF is important as lips are also in danger of skin cancers. Apply a sun-protective lip product daily and carry it with you to reapply throughout the day. Softlips Vanilla Lip Protectant Sunscreen SPF20 is one of the cheap and cheerf
TRUTH IN TANNING: GETTING A SAFE AND SUNLESS GLOW
Blame it on Coco Chanel. The legendary style maker kicked off the modern tanning craze back in 1923 when she stepped off a cruise ship in Cannes with a deep, dark tan. Unfortunately, tanning then was no safer than it is today 87 years later.
Ultraviolet radiation from the sun causes 90% of the most common skin cancers, namely basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation. And astoundingly, one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime, and that includes the potentially deadly melanoma, the most common form of cancer for young adults 25 to 29 years old.
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