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| Protect hands, neck and chest About 75% of sun damage in your life happens by the time you're 18 years old. And your hands, neck and chest are the first areas (besides your face) where signs of damage--like wrinkes and sun spots-- will appear. Good Rule: It's ever too early to guard against UVA and UVB rays. Every morning, pat two quarter-sized dollops of moisturizer with sunblock onto your neck and chest. Rub the rest into the backs of your hands. Reapply lotion with SPF to your hands every tiem you wash them. |
| Sleep on your back Bacteria (from oil and dead skin cells) can get trapped in your pillowcase, sp sleeping with your face smooshed on the pillow can cause breakouts. And since skin loses it's elasticity (its ability to spring back into shape) as you age, the "wrinkles" you get from sleeping on your stomach could eventually become permanent. Good Rule: Sleep on your back to reduce pillow-to-face contact, and wash the case once a week. If you do toss and turn, use a satin pillowcase-- your face will glide gently across it instead of staying in a pimple- or crase-causing position. |
| Avoid using too-hot water Contrary to what you may have heard, using hot water to open up your pores doesn't work--because pores don't actually open and close. What hot water does do is dry out your skin and promote broken capilaries (little blood vessels that, when they break, leave red, spidery marks behind that don't fade). Abandon the myth! Good Rule: Always run water over your wrist to test it out first (the skin on your wrist is more sensative to the temperature than the tougher skin on the palms of your hands). Water should be tepid-- somewhere between warm and cool. |