Before you wear heavy night creams to bed or try cosmetic surgeries to combat fine lines and wrinkles, give revamping your diet a chance. Eating less sugar could actually solve the problem — and it's a lot cheaper than the other options.
"Inflammation causes oxidation in the body (also known as free radicals), which leads to premature aging," Dr. Lipman noted. "Sugar binds to proteins and fats in the body during digestion to create 'advanced glycosylation endproducts' or AGES, which are free radicals that reduce collagen and elastin in the skin, this ultimately causing wrinkles and loss of skin elasticity."
Loss of elasticity causes sagging and those elevens that drive you crazy. Simply limiting your after-dinner ice cream or 3 p.m. candy snack could significantly slow down the skin aging process.
