Ask Dr. Vicky – What Are The Causes Of Aging Skin?
Dr. Vicky explains what causes skin to age.
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Skin Anti Aging – External Causes Of Aged Skin
One of the most important aspects of skin anti-aging methods is prevention. Reducing or eliminating exposure to external sources of aged skin will do a lot to keep your skin looking young.
Sun exposure is one of the biggest causes of aged-looking skin. Even if burns are avoided, UV rays stress the skin, and over time, make it look older than it should.
Aurora Lillo Editor of the “Best Anti Aging Skin Care” website — http://www.BestAntiAgingSkinCare.tv — pointed out;
“…Tanning is the most obvious form of defense the skin has against the sun, but it also has a few less-appealing responses. Sun-damaged skin often becomes oily or dry, or some combination of the two. It can also develop age spots or an overabundance of freckles. These two types of spotty coloration are both caused by sun exposure. Sun-damaged skin can also thicken and sag. This type of damage causes a leather-like appearance that simply isn’t nice to look at…”
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The wind is another source of skin damage. Over the years, exposure to blustery cold wind can cause skin to dry out. Short-term, it can also cause undesirable redness, general irritation, and effects like chapping or peeling. Cold winds are especially harsh, but overly-hot air isn’t good either. Keeping the wind off of the face can do a lot to prevent both types of damage.
Even with external sources of aged skin like this, it is possible to prevent further damage as well as give the body a chance to heal the damage that’s already happened. Using sunscreen with a high SPF factor will prevent lesser sun damage as well as allowing you to avoid outright sunburns. Moisturizing lotion will help repair existing wind damage.
“…Another fact is that the entire body benefits from healthy eating. Along with good dietary habits, youth-promoting supplements like resveratrol can allow the body to take on a better overall appearance. By taking both external and internal steps to prevent and repair skin damage, you’ll likely see a nice improvement in your skin’s appearance…” added A. Lillo.
Further information, resources and reviews of the best anti aging skin care products that you can get online by visiting: http://www.BestAntiAgingSkinCare.tv
Can prolonged use of nicorette gum cause aging of the skin?
Don’t use them. Don’t need em’. Eat sugar or something.Nicorette is addictive! I’ve been chomping the stuff for two years, and now smoke and chomp. It makes it even more difficult because companies have increased the nicotine. I wonder if Nicorette has done that too. AGING? Many people say I look younger than my age, but Nicorette is hell on the teeth.
I tried Chantix which is expensive, but works. I had a problem with it because on the fourth day, I became dizzy and nauseous. So, I stopped it. Then later Pfizer warned that bipolar could become suicidal. I’m bipolar. My son-in-law has quit smoking for about six months on Chantix, however my daughter wasn’t able.
I was thinking of acupuncture but haven’t heard any comments whether it really works or not.I found myself in the same situation. I was able, under the care of a physician, to wean myself off of the gum and be smoke-free. Also, DRINK LOTS OF WATER. I have found that hydration (and Olay Regenerist lotion!) helped me look again (really, and I don’t own stock in any water companies or Olay).
Also, you might find this article enlightening. It is one of a VERY FEW that will admit that the gum has adverse affects:
Nicotine patches and gum may pose health hazards
The probable cause: a nicotine metabolite acting as catalyst
Nicotine patches and gum, designed to help smoker’s quit, may be hazardous to your health. The finding is reported in the March 27 print issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society, a peer-reviewed publication of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. The article was published initially March 8 on the journal’s Web site.
Widely believed to be safe, the patches and gum deliver nicotine to the system to quell the body’s craving for it. But researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., report learning, for the first time, that a breakdown product of nicotine, called nornicotine, has the ability to interfere with a broad range of chemical reactions in the body and that this interaction has the potential to trigger adverse health effects.
The study suggests that those who take medications while smoking or using nicotine patches or gum may be at greater risk for potentially adverse drug interactions. Nornicotine could modify these drugs, possibly reducing drug potency and causing side effects, according to the researchers.
While patches and gum can vary in nicotine content, those who continue to smoke while using these products subject themselves to higher health risks by getting extra nicotine, they said.
They caution that their results are preliminary and limited to laboratory observations. The compound is undergoing further testing to determine its specific effects in animals and humans, but results are not yet available, the researchers added.
The study also implies that nornicotine adds to the health dangers of smoking itself. Although nicotine has been shown to be a dangerous chemical in addition to its known addictive properties, this is the first demonstration of the chemical potential of a nicotine metabolite, they said.
“This represents another potentially adverse chemical found in tobacco that’s coming from nicotine itself,” said the study’s lead author, Kim D. Janda, Ph.D. “We’ve got to be more aware of this.”
The addictive effects of nicotine have been known for some time. Nornicotine, also a natural constituent of tobacco, was thought to be a minor player in addiction. While investigating ways to treat nicotine addiction, Janda and graduate student Tobin Dickerson conducted a detailed chemical analysis of the breakdown of nicotine.
They found that nornicotine is not just an innocent bystander: it catalyzes certain reactions that play major roles in processing chemicals that circulate in the body, whereas nicotine itself has no effect on these chemical reactions.
The finding was surprising because it was believed that, under conditions found in the body, only certain enzymes were able to catalyze these reactions, and nornicotine is not an enzyme. The compound, which differs from nicotine by a single carbon atom, is the first example of a metabolite that acts as a catalyst for chemical reactions, the researchers said.
The researchers demonstrated that nornicotine could interact with many important chemical reactions, including the conversion of glucose into energy. Impairment of glucose metabolism has been linked to a broad range of potentially adverse disease conditions, they said.
They also identified certain medications, including steroids and antibiotics, which are likely to interact with nornicotine. This drug interaction could trigger potentially adverse health effects in humans. Tests are currently underway to determine specific drugs that may put smokers and other users of nicotine products at increased health risks.
How the compound works in the body and its specific health effects are unknown. But its ability to catalyze reactions in a laboratory setting calls into question its safety and underscores the need to avoid tobacco products containing nicotine, the researchers said.
Those who want to quit smoking may wish to consider treatments that don’t involve nicotine, he added. “Unfortunately, although some nicotine-free treatments are currently undergoing testing, to our knowledge there are no nicotine-free treatments for smoking cessation therapies currently available over-the-counter,” Janda said.
