| The skin care industry is a virtual goldmine. With | | | | Over-exposure to the sun is the single biggest |
| more women and even men growing more | | | | reason for the premature aging of skin. |
| aware of the need to care for their skin, the skin | | | | The sun's UV radiation rays can also create free |
| care industry seems poised to get even bigger in | | | | radicals (split oxygen molecules that are corrosive) |
| the decades to come. | | | | tht damage the elastic proteins that the skin |
| Already, the industry has shown a segmentation | | | | needs to keep it tight, causing sagging skin with |
| of various products that cater to specific market | | | | prolonged and continuing exposure. |
| niches. There are cleansers, moisturizers and | | | | Teaching teenagers that tobacco and alcohol can |
| other skin care products for women as well as | | | | make their age faster and look bad may well be |
| for men, and these are further divided by skin | | | | the most effective way of making them avoid |
| type or skin color as well as by age and lifestyle. | | | | these vices, especially considering how sensitive |
| Overall, however, they share one single purpose: | | | | teenagers can be about their appearance. |
| to make the skin beautiful – which is to | | | | The general rule about health – that an |
| say, to make the skin look fresh, young, vibrant | | | | ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure |
| and healthy. Nothing makes a person look younger | | | | – applies to the skin as well. Once your |
| – or older, for that matter – than | | | | skin has become weathered, sagging and wrinkled, |
| their skin. Our skin is the first thing other people | | | | there is no way to turn back the clock except |
| see and assess | | | | perhaps through surgery. However, going under |
| In terms of skin care, the importance of starting | | | | the knife is not an ideal method. |
| young cannot be stressed enough. Many beauty | | | | In the final analysis, bad skin is simply the result of |
| experts believe that the sooner you start taking | | | | a lifetime of accumulated bad habits. Paying |
| care of your skin, the better. Even children will | | | | attention to this process and taking steps early |
| benefit from constantly washing their face and | | | | can give us a lifetime of great-looking skin. |
| hands as well as staying away from the sun. | | | | |