Scientists’ Study Of Twins Confirms What We Already Knew About Looking Younger Longer
Posted by: Erica Maxwell
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3:00PM, Sunday November 1st 2009
Science reveals common sense to be fact! A study conducted by Dr. Bahman Guyuron and published in The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal researched the appearance of aging twins to determine why one half of the pair would be protected by time while the other would become wrinkled. While the side-by-side slide shows can be shocking, the reasons behind the wrinkles are exactly what your mama warned you about. Keep reading to find out how some of the twins stayed young-looking:
- Stop smoking. Seriously. Not only is it grosser in real life than on “Mad Men,” it also will make your face droop. Check out the permanent poofy under-eye bags a decade of smoking earns.
- No sunbathing. At least no unprotected sunbathing. Slathering on the sunblock keeps away the spotting, mottling, and the wrinkling. SPF-enhanced moisturizer to the rescue!
- Keep yourself happy (without smoking and sunbathing). This seems devastatingly unfair, but being depressed will make you look more depressed. Unhappiness plants itself in the face, carving out frown lines that can remain long beyond the Paxil prescription. Do things that bring you pleasure or fight back against the monster through therapy, treatment, working out (which studies show can do almost as much as anti-depressants in some cases), being with friends, chocolate, or whatever it is that brings back the smiles.
- Don’t be a stick-insect. Like we’ve said before, being too thin has been statistically proven to make people look unattractive, but furthermore, it will make you look older faster. Without any fat, the face loses elasticity, giving demon wrinkles a foothold.
- Binge drinking is out. Dehydration is bad! Again, this reduces the skin’s elasticity. Red wine, however, has the good stuff. Yay!
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Laurel
wrote on November 1 2009 @ 10:13 pm: [report]
Wow. A lot of those pictures are really striking. I MUST start wearing sunscreen every day. Jeez.
CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on November 1 2009 @ 10:52 pm: [report]
Heh, my mom did a botox party for her sister and some friends today. Lol.
Harrie@lovehoney
wrote on November 2 2009 @ 06:06 am: [report]
think its time i start wearing factor 50 every day and give up the old smokes. Things i already knew but just ignored- i can’t keep on doing that!
Harrie
Frederica Bimble
wrote on November 2 2009 @ 06:37 am: [report]
I smoked for about 20 years and drank for about 35 years. I gave up the smoking about 3 years ago and the booze, about a year go. I highly recommend it if you want to look young. Whilst genes do play a large part, giving up habits that willfully damage the cellular structure of your body, will do a world of good.
BombshellMomma
wrote on November 2 2009 @ 10:19 am: [report]
It’s crazy how much of a difference lifestyle can make in a person’s appearance. I had two coworkers who were both in their late 30’s (I believe they were 37). He smoked, drank like a fish, ate all manner of greasy fast food and generally didn’t take care of himself and seriously looked about 50. She ate well, had quit smoking several years prior, would go out for drinks with her friends but didn’t really overdo it, and would walk with her sister in the evenings to unwind (so, not a health nut who obsessed over her lifestyle). She looked younger than I am, and there’s a 10 year age gap. Yeah, genetics probably played a part there, but it was wild how different they looked.