Scientists from the University College London (Great Britain) report that antioxidants do not have the power to prevent the body from aging. They conducted series of experiments and can confidently claim that the role of free radicals in the process of cell damage is greatly exaggerated. This means that the protective action of antioxidants is exaggerated as well. Continue reading »

The Daily Mail reports the secrets of eternal youth are opening with the help of scientists. Experiments on mice show that the ferment called telomerase may become the main ingredient of “elixir of eternal youth” – the scientists hope that this ferment will help to slow the process of aging. Continue reading »

German scientists discovered that light emitting diodes can smooth out wrinkles and improve skin elasticity. The health benefits of visible light emission have been known for quite a long time. For instance, it was used to accelerate the wound-healing processes. But scientists couldn’t explain the effect until recently. Continue reading »

American scientists have figured out the real cause of eye bags that appear with aging. It turned out to be a fat expansion in the eye sockets. So far plastic surgeons believed we get baggy eyes because of weakening of eye ligaments that hold fat tissue in the eye sockets. That’s why, the present eyelid surgery technique known as blepharoplasty is based upon tightening these eye ligaments. Continue reading »

It turns out that those who practice heavy exercise loads daily have a shorter lifespan. It happens because during exercising they inhale a large amount of oxygen; as a result, early aging of their cells is taking place. The fact, that intensive exercising speed up the aging of a human body, was identified by the doctors of Valencia municipal hospital. Continue reading »

Cosmetic care is not enough for a longer healthy and young looking skin; when taking care of the face skin, the diet plays important role as well. To make it short, how fast your body ages depends on what you eat. Below in the text you will learn about some healthy eating habits that will help you stay young longer. A diet can not smooth out the wrinkles, but can prevent the new ones from emerging. Continue reading »

Who said, wrinkles are good for you? British medics did. They found out that wrinkles, which are bad news in the eyes of any woman, protect them, however, from skin cancer. This discovery was made by an accident. While performing numerous surgeries to treat skin cancer (carcinoma) the medics noticed, that most of the patients had smooth skin on their faces. Continue reading »

Up till now tanning has been considered unhealthy since the procedure can induce development of malignant cells in the body. Today, however, British scientists found out that some benefits from tanning do exist – production of vitamin D. Production of the substance is induced by the sun rays and it acts as an agent holding back the aging process of cells and tissues. Continue reading »

You already know the four types of face skin aging: the “tired face”, when the skin is puffy, the “webbed face”, which is developed by the dry skin, and the “loss of shape”, which normally occurs to obese people, as they age. But every aging symptom (swelling, wrinkles, sad face folds in the corners of the mouth folds) can be observed on the face with the combined type. Continue reading »

Yesterday here was an article about the second type of face skin aging, “webbed face”, and the way of taking care of such face. Today you will learn, how to treat the “Loss of shape” aging type. A characterised feature of “deformed” face is extensive sagging. Cheeks grow flabby, eyelids fall, the face oval blurs out, and develops a gloomy, peevish look. This aging type is common among obese people with oily, porous skin. Continue reading »

Today here is another article about the types of face skin aging. Yesterday I described you the ways of taking proper care of the “tired face”, and this time you will learn about the next type of face skin aging – the “webbed face”. As people with overly sensitive, dry skin age, they develop a “webbed face”. This type of skin naturally has very thin protective coating – hydrolyptic mantle. As they age, the mantle gets even thinner, the skin exsiccates extensively; furthermore, the face loses its fine complexion and develops a whole web of wrinkles. Continue reading »

In one of the previous articles named Types of Face Skin Aging I wrote, that I was going to publish a series of articles about different types of face skin aging and how to take care of such skin. Today we’ll talk about the first type of skin aging, which is called “tired face”. The very name “tired face” is self explanatory: the skin is puffy, flabby, develops earthy hue along the aging process. Disturbed microcirculation is the major contributor to the issue. Here are procedures, which help take proper care of the skin aging this way. Continue reading »

Every woman in her thirties and over gets the face she deserves. It is possible, however, to deserve an attractive face, you simply need to determine your aging type and put some effort in advance. Every woman ages in her own way. Some have their face speckled with wrinkles and eyes surrounded with shameful beams by their thirties. Others have flexible and smooth skin even in their fifties. Continue reading »

Sedentary way of life quickens the aging processes in the body, claim scientists at King’s College London. They conducted a study involving 2400 twin pairs. The volunteers filled in the questionnaires involving such questions as periodicity and intensity of physical exercises, and also made blood tests. Regarding the blood test, the scientists were interested in the length of the telomere – the chromosome part serving as Continue reading »

In order to live longer you should give up smoking and do your morning exercises daily, right? But not! The latest studies show: longevity has a more cheerful recipe. Though a human body can live about 150 years genetically, our lives are much shorter. An average Japanese lives till 79 years, while Nigerians and Somalis hardly last out till the age of 47. Experts have analyzed the experience of long-living people and have elaborated 10 rules, which can help to prolong your life. Continue reading »