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8 Daily Habits That Could Give You Wrinkles
Some seemingly harmless everyday actions may have negative long-term side effects for our skin. For example, eating red meat often can speed up the aging process and skipping sunscreen when you’re indoors may lead to pigmentation and older looking skin.
We at Trends were curious to find out about the small things that we do daily that may be sabotaging our efforts to keep our skin looking younger.
1. Chewing gum
Many gum chewers have a pattern of wrinkles around their mouth, and doctors believe gum is responsible for this. When we chew, we may overuse our muscles, and this can lead to fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth.
2. Running
When exercising, runners burn off fat beneath the layers of their skin. The loss of fatty tissue may make their wrinkles deeper. Moreover, many runners spend long hours outdoors without proper sun protection, exposing their skin to sun damage. If you’re an outdoor runner, it’s better to use waterproof sunblock, because sweat reduces the protection level of the sunscreen faster.
3. Staring on your smartphone
Using a cell phone can make you look prematurely older. Medical experts suspect the continual downward gaze toward the phone may lead to more lines on the neck that you would not have developed otherwise.
4. Passing on sunglasses
80% of the visible signs of aging, including wrinkles, are caused by sun exposure. When you squint, it makes the grooves in your crow’s feet deeper. And if you try to focus on anything with a light in your eyes, it may deepen the wrinkles between your eyebrows as well.
