Little Things We Ignore

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It's always the little things that we tend to ignore especially nowadays that we seldom find time to analyze things up.

Take a look at these things that you may be unaware of, things that may be your regular habits and can add up to lines and wrinkles.


• Doing the squint. We do squinting when we don’t see things clearly. If you wear glasses or contacts, make sure your prescription is up-to-date. It is also an important thing to wear sunglasses outside on all but the cloudiest days of the year. This will keep you from squinting, and with UV protective lenses, they'll also protect the delicate skin around the eyes from incurring sun damage.

• Chin in your hand. As the old guys would always say in our place, resting your chin in your hand is not a good omen. It is just a saying but the truth is, besides making you look bored and tired, this pose pulls and stretches the skin around your eyes, cheeks, and chin. Over time, you lose elasticity and firmness.

• Using cotton pillowcase. Sleeping on a cotton pillowcase sounds like the most absurd of beauty myths, but dermatologists say that the creases in cotton gradually contribute to creases in your skin. Get your beauty sleep on a satin pillowcase instead.

• Using the straw. Dentists say, sipping through a straw will help protect teeth from stains. But dermatologists warn that it will also create fine lines around your mouth.

• Pulling down the skin. During the busy times at work, we may not notice that we scratch our face so hard that we don’t notice we’re already pulling it down. Doing this regularly can make your face to sag. Women who put eyeliner tend to pull down the lower eyelid that tends the eye bag to sag. Be careful in doing this because we don’t have fats around the eyes, thus skin tends to sag easily. This is why we put moisturizers most on the skin around the eyes.

Love your skin. Try everything you know to avoid anything that damages your skin. We need to be more observant, not paranoid.