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Skin care, hydration, and many other factors impact how our looks change as we age. Learn the methods of healthy aging and proper maintenace of our looks throughout the decades.

What is Photoaging?
Find out how chronic sun exposure hastens skin aging.

How Smoking Ages Skin
Researchers have documented the aging effects of smoking on skin, like more wrinkles, different texture, color, and even a higher incidence of skin cancer. Find out how tobacco damages skin, and how it creates a "smoker's face".

How Much Older Will I Look, If I Smoke?
Besides the dangerous effects of tobacco on your heart and circulatory system, smoking can prematurely age your skin, too. Find out how much older you will look, if you smoke.

Keep Your Teeth White, and Looking Younger
Are healthy foods like chocolate, berries and red wine staining your teeth and aging you? Find out how you can keep your teeth white and looking younger.

How High an SPF Do I Need?
Sunscreens contain a variety of SPF factors; find out how high to go, to prevent wrinkles and photoaged skin.

What's the Difference Between UVA and UVB Rays?
What's the difference between UVA and UVB rays, when it comes to protection against photoaging and wrinkles?

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

Vitamin A and Aging Skin
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.

What is Skin Aging?
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.

Top 10 Reasons To Smile
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.

BB Creams and Aging Skin
BB creams are being reformulated for the North American and European markets by cosmetic companies as anti-aging wonders. Find out what they can, and cannot do, for aging skin.

How Aging Affects Your Hair
Are you frustrated with changes in your hair as you get older? Find out how aging affects your hair, and how thinning, balding, and changes in texture can be addressed.

Great Hair Day Review
If you hate gray roots that show up just a few short weeks after coloring your hair, see how a washable powder product that darkens your scalp can make your hair look thicker and healthier.

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