Stop the wrinkles

Filed in archive Beauty on January 19, 2006

If you are in your mid-twenties, and are not using ant-wrinkle treatment yet, you're gambling with your face and cleavage, whole beauty...or are you?

I was surprised to find out that skin experts and plastic surgeons find wearing sunscreen the most efficient way to fight and minimize wrinkles.

It seems that, according to a research done by American skin cancer organization, ultraviolet light is the main reason our skin ages and wrinkles. Although skin needs sun to produce vitamin D, experts state that mere 30 minutes a week should suffice all our needs for sunrays.

So, instead of investing more and more money over time into anti-wrinkle creams, my suggestion is to buy a moisturizer with SPF 15 at least. Apply it every day before you leave the house (also when it's cloudy or raining), and it on whenever you spend time outdoors.

You should stay away from tanning beds because they are bad for your skin, no matter what the advertisement says. Tanning beds give off at least twice as much ultraviolet (UV) radiation as the sun does. There's much more information on tanning beds on american cancer society web page.

For a perfect anti-wrinkle routine, a good idea would be to use cleansing products that contain alpha hydroxy acids. Those are great to 'iron' the fine wrinkles out, as well as prevent new ones from appearing.

So what should a tan-loving girl do? Get one out of the bottle of course! For little glam and much enjoyment, try the Dior self-tanning lotion.