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Was wondering how much stress does it take to age your skin or hair?
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Chronic stress: Acute or short term stress is not as damaging as chronic, ongoing stress day in day out for years. So there is ample time to regulate your life, retrain your mind and de-stress yourself. Exercise and meditation can help reduce stress provided you practice this daily.
Answered 8/16/2013
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Depends: Depends on type of stress. The stress of excess radiation ( mostly sun) ages skin. So does smoking. If anxiety makes you pull your hair or smoke, then stress may age skin or hair. If stress drives you into the tanning salon, then it ages your skin. Not the answer you expected? But that's the way it is.
Answered 8/16/2013
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