Keep Looking Good

Vitamin A products including retinol and Retin-A have been called the "gold standard" of anti-aging skin care. Find out what they are, and what they do for your aging skin.

Skin ages in two ways, characterized by intrinsic or chronological aging, and as a result of repeated sun exposure. Find out how you can keep your skin looking better by avoiding and preventing wrinkles and photoaging.

Find out how to keep your teeth white, while eating many healthy foods like red wine, dark chocolate, and berries, which can stain teeth and make you look older.

Before 1980, some hair dye ingredients were found to cause cancer; since then, the research data is limited and often conflicting.

Avoid aging your smile by avoiding these five habits. Having a beautiful, youthful smile is one of the most important piece of looking young and energetic. A nice smile will keep you feeling young and happy. Other people will react to your smile too, and be more likely to smile back (see more health and social Reasons to Smile ). Make the world friendlier and more beautiful by avoiding …

Aging doesn't have to mean that you look old. Looking old is more about the damage to your skin from the sun than about your aging. If you protect your skin, you are doing the best thing you can to both stay health (and avoid skin cancer) and look young.

Gray hair is the most common sign of aging, but we really don't know that much about gray hair. Finally, some researchers have come up with a reason that we get gray hair (it's not the kids). Find out why your hair goes gray and what (in the future) may be a way of preventing gray hair.

Bruising is a common sign of aging and one that requires special anti-aging skin care. Bruising occurs because of sun damage from UV light and from changes in the skin's structure over time. Bruising can also occur from illnesses like diabetes and medications.

Age spots (liver spots) are the target of many anti-aging skin care products. From fade creams to laser and freezing, there are a variety of ways to treat age spots. Better than treating them, is preventing age spots in the first place. Find out how.

Anti-aging skin care products flood the shelves with claims about reducing wrinkles and fading age spots. What is the truth behind these anti-aging skin care products? Why does skin age in the first place? What can you do to prevent skin aging?

Anti-aging skin care products make tons of claims, but the best way to keep your skin looking young is to use sunscreen and stay out of the sun. Sun damage is the number one cause of aging skin. Your best anti-aging skin care bet is sunscreen, protective clothing and avoiding long days in the sun.

Dry and itching skin is a target of almost every anti-aging skin care product. With aging, skin dryness and itchiness increases. Cream, ointments and lotions all claim to help ease the symptoms. Find out what really works and how to lessen the irritation of dry and itchy skin.

Wrinkles are a big challenge to anti-aging skin care products. Find out what skin care products and techniques really work to reduce and prevent wrinkles. Many anti-aging skin care products are all hype, but some really work. Learn to know the difference.

Is it vanity that we, as a nation, spend over 13 billion dollars a year on looking younger? Will plastic surgery, lifts and tucks be a part of normal aging in the future? How much more are we willing to pay to fight aging and staying young?

Epsom salts are commonly used in foot baths and full body baths to "detoxify" and soften skin. Turns out they need to be used with caution and common sense. Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) will be absorbed into your blood through your skin. They can also cause excessive skin drying.

Our skin's health is an important part of our appearance. The skin ages naturally and due to exposures to sunlight and other things. Gravity, sleeping position, facial expressions and our body's own natural processes all contribute to the aging of the skin.

Aging does not have to result in a loss of beauty. Here are ten things that you can do to help you look ten years younger than you are.

Smiling not only makes us look younger and more attractive, it also brings numerous health benefits. Put on a smile on your face with these ten benefits of smiling.

Inflammation is one of the theories to explain why we age. Inflammation is the body's own reaction to allergens, infection and behaviors that we do. Reduce inflammation to help keep your body working well.

When people think about losing weight, they often think of exercising more, but burning calories alone won't trim off many pounds. Use exercise instead as a way of helping you make healthy food choices.

Inflammation is one of the primary reasons our looks change as we age. Wrinkles, puffiness, sagging and more can be caused by inflammation. Learn how to reduce inflammation and retain a youthful appearance.

Find out how aging affects your hair, and how thinning, balding, and changes in texture can be addressed.