Health Tip: Caring for Your Skin

(HealthDayNews) -- If you''re in your 20s or 30s and value your youthful appearance, now''s the time to begin a good skin care program. It may help you avoid cosmetic surgery down the road, according to the Facial Plastic Surgery Center at Saint Louis University.

Here are some tips:

• Get enough sleep.
• Eat healthy.
• Limit your caffeine consumption.
• Use sunscreen every day.
• Wear sunglasses to avoid squinting.
• Don''t go to tanning salons.
• Establish a nighttime skin care ritual.
• Use the right skin care products.
• Don''t smoke.
• Consider anti-wrinkle creams.

-- Felicity Stone

Last Updated: Sept. 21, 2005