5 Beauty Mistakes That Are Secretly Ageing Your Skin Faster

Beauty should be admired, which is why most people desperately chase quick beauty wins. Now, using overnight brightening masks or an extra exfoliating scrub is not just ineffective; it accelerates skin ageing. According to the NCBI report, around 80% of visible facial ageing is driven by increased sun exposure to skin and due to its UV rays. So what you do regularly matters far more than any miracle of creams. This article brings 5 common practices that are silently making your skin aging faster.


What is photoaging? The premature ageing of skin due to long-term exposure to the sun's ultraviolet radiation, UVA/UVB, causes the breakdown of skin collagen.

The common mistake people make is using tiny amount of sunscreen or thinking SPF 30 is enough in the sun without reapplication.


The outermost layer of the skin, which is known as the stratum corneum that acts like a natural armour that protects us from pollution, allergens, microbes and other irritants. Due to over-exfoliation, increased transepidermal water loss (TEWL), inflammation, sensitivity in skin, pigment problems and increased susceptibility to UV damage which are a few major causes that accelerate ageing.

Have you heard about the nocturnal repair cycle? It is a shift that skin experiences from the daytime protection to nighttime regeneration - boosting cell turnover or collagen production or DNA repair to fix daily damage from the sun's UV rays, pollution and stress. Which is why, it becomes imperative to remove makeup before going to bed. Because sleeping with makeup clogs skin pores, opening a path for skin inflammation, potential eye infection, and hindering the skin repair process at night, ultimately contributing to dullness.

• Smoking cigarettes constricts blood flow, causes collagen & elastin destruction, and oxidative stress. Smokers often show facial wrinkling faster compared to non-smokers.

• Research shows that binge drinking of alcohol accelerates biological ageing and damages the skin's collagen and elasticity.

• Sleeping less or chronic poor sleep can increase signs of intrinsic ageing reducing barrier functions.

Regular use of hot water also damages skin barrier function and increases TEWL leading to dryness and the appearance of ageing that might be as wrinkles or very dry skin.

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Q1. What causes 90% of the skin's wrinkles?
Ans: Sun exposure

Q2. What is the Japanese secret to slow aging?
Ans: Eating fiber rich vegetables first, followed by protein, and then finished with a carbohydrate

Q3. What do Koreans drink for anti-aging?
Ans: ginseng tea (insam-cha)