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How can you “age-proof” your skin? Here are some sure time-tested suggestions to keep your skin looking 10 years younger:

* Avoid overexposure to the sun (in any season).

* Wear a natural, cruelty-free sunscreen; apply it generously and reapply it as often as needed;

* Wear a broad-rimmed sun hat;

* Wear protective clothing (including ultraviolet-ray-protection sunglasses);

* Exercise outdoors primarily in the early morning or evening.

* Accelerate your skin’s growth transit time.

* Choose a gentle exfoliation technique, using all-natural exfoliants (many contain oatmeal, ground almonds, or hydroxy acids, like alpha and beta).

* Moisturize your skin inside and out.

* Drink eight to 10 glasses of water a day;

* Apply moisturizers to your face in the morning and at night.

* Avoid tobacco and excess consumption of alcohol.

* Nourish your skin.

* Vitamins A, B, C, and E are critical for a youthful appearance; there are many supplements in your natural foods store that are especially formulated to feed, your skin.

* Get the proper amount of rest.

* During your seven or eight hours of sleep each night, you secrete certain chemicals, some of which are hormones. These hormones speed up production of collagen, the protein responsible for elasticity and support of skin tissue, as well as contribute to a faster rate of exfoliation.

The damaging effects of the sun

The biggest key to retaining youthful skin is to keep it out of direct sunlight as much as possible. The price for sun worshipping isn’t paid until years later, when wrinkled skin and liver spots become visible.

Loss of smoothness on the skin’s surface is only one consequence of sun damage. Sunlight affects all the skin’s layers. Overexposure to it also produces wrinkling and sagging. Its damage is cumulative, permanent, and progressive. As much as 80 percent of the visible signs of aging are due to sun exposure.

If you must venture out into the sun (in any season), then avoid the most sun-intense part of the day, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m; and please don’t forget your sunscreen and a broad-rimmed hat.