We’re all getting older, but the world doesn’t have to know it. Last year, Americans spent more than $1.3 billion on surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic procedures. And cosmetic surgery for men alone is up an astounding 375 percent in the last two decades, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, with age-disguising facelifts and eyelid lifts among the most popular treatments. But the good news is that you don’t have to shell out mega bucks or go under the knife to wipe a few years off the clock. These styling tricks, product tips, and expert skin. advice will have you looking and feeling younger for minimal dollars and effort. ~According to Mensjournal.com
Brighten Your Smile
Find a toothpaste that isn’t hard on your enamel. Charcoal, bleach alternatives can cause un-reversreverseable damage to your enamel. Arm and Hammer uses backing soda and has a Mohs hardness scale that is 2.5 which means its gentler than most alternative products on the market. Seeing a Dental Hygienist is your best to get the perfect white smile with minimal damage. Alternatively, there is “Supersmile Professional Whitening System”. Designed by the former head of the American Society for Dental Aesthetics It includes a toothpaste and an accelerator paste for more dramatic results, and should be used twice a day for three weeks to see solid results. [ dermstore.com]
Get a Real Haircut
You get what you pay for, and a hair cut can either drop years off of you, or keep you lost in an era long ago. “Guys will spend all of this money on a suit and tie and brag about a $25 haircut,” says Vaughn Acord, celebrity groomer and founder of V76 by Vaughn. Seeing an expert groomer will make the difference. If you are unsure, come in with images that you like, and discuss it at the beginning of the hair cut. Let us guide you into what will suit you, your daily regime, and teach you how to maintain it after you leave. Like the old saying goes, your hair is the crown you never take off. For those without hair, we can help with a beard / facial hair, and show you cool shaving products to maintain the hyper masculine bold bald look.
Give Your Eyes a Lift
“Men have stronger facial muscles so forehead lines and crow’s feet become very prominent around 40 years old,” says Heather Woolery-Lloyd, M.D., a dermatologist in Miami. “Most men show aging in their eyes first starting in their mid-thirties to forties,” says Paul Jarrod Frank, M.D., a cosmetic dermatologist, in New York City. Use a gentle moisturizer around the eyes and pat gently morning and evening.
Wear Sunscreen
It’s never too late to start to protect your skin. We all know the damage it can cause. Age spots, leathery skin texture, wrinkles like an old map. You can find Moisturizers with SPF 30 built into it that won’t be greasy for the face, and won’t drip into your eyes with sweat. American Crew has an all-in-one moisturizer with SPF 15. It soothes shaved skin, moisturizes, and protects.
Skip the 5’0 Clock Shadow
On young men, a five o’clock shadow is sexy, in that I-don’t-care-what-you-think-about-me kind of way. On older men, it looks like you had trouble waking up, perhaps drank too much Scotch, and are in need of a nap. Keep your face clean shaven or sport a well-manicured beard to avoid unnecessary aging effects.
Erase the Wrinkles
Not every solution to get rid of wrinkles comes inside a bottle, there are solutions that take no money at all and one of that is a simple facial massage. This one does not cost a penny and gives you the best result too.
Benefits of facial massage:
- It stimulates blood circulation towards the skin.
- Helps in preventing fine line and wrinkle formation on the skin
- It helps in tightening the skin
- It effectively works against puffiness of the skin.
Facial massage procedure:
Do the following procedure to get a very relaxing and wrinkle vanishing massage.
- First and foremost wash your face with the help of a cleanser or a gentle face wash.
- Next take a mild scrub and exfoliate your skin to remove all the dead skin, dirt and other impurities. This step helps in preparing your skin to absorb all the goodness of the massage.
- Start of by taking oil, preferably jojoba oil or apricot kernel oil in your palms and rub in gently in your palm to warm it a bit.
- Next place the flat of your palm in the middle of your cheeks and move your palm in the upward direction. Alternate it by moving your palm upwards over the forehead too. Continue this for 2 minutes.
- Rub one palm on the forehead in horizontal motion in upwards direction. Carry on this for 2 minutes. Place your palm under your chin firmly and massage in the upward direction till the cheek bones and also massage under the chin in outwards direction for 2 minutes. This one helps in eliminating the double chin and to firm the cheeks.
- After this, using your fingertips very gently tap all over your face.
- With the help of your ring finger massage your eye area. The massage in the eye area has to be the most gentlest. Use circular motions on the eye lid as well as around the eyes.
- This completes the massage procedure. After this you may wipe off the oil from your face or leave it on the whole night.
Moisturize
Lifestyle factors such as extended periods of time in the sun or wind can exacerbate the proliferation of wrinkles. “Men tend to get more sun damage on their foreheads instead of the beard area, because shaving is a daily exfoliator,” says Dr. Frank. Prevention is key!
Live Happy
As you get older, you receive an increasing number of birthday cards that remind you age is “a state of mind.” And though trite, this is also true. Somewhere between your job, your kids, and your taxes, you may have lost that carefree thing people associate with youth. Getting it back is a tall order. But you can do your part to reduce the amount of stress in your life with such activities as yoga, running, or even meditation. True, all of these require time, and lack of time may be the very thing causing you stress. But researchers at UCLA found that just 12 minutes of yoga a day over the course of eight weeks lowered the body’s inflammatory response — a marker for stress, aging skin, and several chronic diseases. Got 12 minutes? Sure you do.
Trim Down
One of the biggest contributors to aging has nothing to do with grooming styles or facial treatments. A study of more than 50 pairs of twins found that for people under the age of 55, being overweight was associated with looking older (measured by signs of skin aging). Researchers at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine reported that this was likely because excess weight causes jowls to sag and the face to lose its tautness, associated with a younger look. Ready to get started? Here is a six week plan!
Tame your “guybrows”
As you get older, your brows can get woolly. This change can happen slowly, making it harder to recognize (and leaving you scratching your head when people start offering you their seats on public transit). Resist the temptation to shape them yourself. Instead, ask your barber to do a trim during your regular visits. And while you’re at it, have him take care of excess ear and nose hair too. Don’t be shy—he’s used to it.
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SMILE MORE! A 2011 study demonstrated that happy-looking people are perceived to be younger (compared to pictures of the very same people sporting a neutral or angry expression). In the study, 154 adults guessed the age of 171 faces of men and women. Researchers discovered that the age of happy or smiling faces was likely to be underestimated by an average of about two years!
STRAIGHTEN UP! Another quick, simple way to appear younger is to stand up straight, pull your shoulders back and tighten your core. Experts say you’ll appear 10 pounds lighter and be perceived as healthier, more confident, alert, and more youthful. It’s also a hedge against back pain.
SLEEP! When your co-workers tell you that you look tired, they really mean that you look bad, old or both. Next time you’re at the water cooler, hand them a tall glass of STFU by snoozing your way to a more youthful, vibrant appearance. Studies have pinpointed seven to eight hours of shut-eye as optimal, and it ought to have you looking younger, happier and more attractive. Talk about an easy route to reeling back the years. (And extending them: According to a study published in the Journal of Sleep Research, getting less than six hours of sleep a night comes with a 10% increase in risk of death!)