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How to Look Younger

By eHow Fashion, Style & Personal Care Editor
How to Look Younger
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Time stops for nobody and it seems to move faster for some people when it comes to their appearance. Hearing someone say that you look young for your age is a definite mood lifter. Here are some tips to get a healthy and youthful look at any age.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • Sunscreen
  • Hat
  • Fruit
  • Vegetables
  • Tweezers
  1. Step 1

    Wear sunscreen to prevent premature aging caused by harmful sunrays. Apply sunscreen all round the year. Wear a wide-brimmed hat to protect your face and eyes. Squinting in bright light causes wrinkles and crows feet on the forehead and around the eyes.

  2. Step 2

    Reduce smoking cigarettes as it speeds up the aging process. Chronic smokers develop a leathery texture and unhealthy skin color.

  3. Step 3

    Eat dark-colored fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and aromatic herbs and spices. These food groups rich in antioxidants, fiber and essential fatty acids help regulate blood sugar and metabolism, reduce inflammation and diseases and protect the body against degeneration.

  4. Step 4

    Cut down on refined sugar as it causes inflammation, which is an element of body's natural defense system to protect against infection and toxins. Consuming inflammatory foods such as sugar disrupts this natural balance leading to weight gain, heart disease and aging.

  5. Step 5

    Get a good night's sleep to allow the body to relax and repair itself. Include a workout as a part of your daily activities to reduce stress.

  6. Step 6

    Tweeze your eyebrows in an arch and touch up with a pencil to get the appearance of an instant eyelift. Hydrate your body and moisturize your skin regularly.

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vicyk said

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on 10/28/2008 am looking mush more younger thn ever

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on 8/20/2008 Hydrate Hydrate Hydrate!
Drink lots of water!

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on 8/20/2008 am really into those steps already and kind of maintaining it, that's why and in all modesty, am really flattered if am told am younger than my age. To others, the suggestions are worth a try, it pays.

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on 8/20/2008 Great job in putting all this together.

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