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grasswire

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4. oddly enough...

Reply to SheilaT (Reply #1)

Thu May 16, 2013, 01:09 PM

May 2013

....my 90-year-old aunt has smoked for 70 years. Her complexion is peaches and cream, with no wrinkling, and firm cheeks. Her sister, two years older, has never smoked and is wrinkled like a dry prune. We can't explain it. The first one uses Pond's cold cream every night, and wore heavy makeup most of her life. Perhaps that protected her skin from smoke damage.

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Health warnings written on faces: From overdoing exercise to spicy food, how looks reveal lifestyle [View all] snagglepuss May 2013 OP

I'd say smoking is the very worst thing for faces SheilaT May 2013 #1

What I found interesting is that the article goes beyond the issue of skin damage snagglepuss May 2013 #2

Deep lip wrinkles are a giveaway flamingdem May 2013 #3

oddly enough... grasswire May 2013 #4

And of course the rare exception should encourage someone else SheilaT May 2013 #5