🧐25 Genius Hacks for How to Look Younger

Intermittent fasting—denoting a day or two each week to consuming fewer than 500 calories—will help speed up the production of HGH, or your human growth hormone. In turn, HGH boosts your body’s collagen production, leading to brighter, plumper, younger-looking skin.

17. Swallow B12 for brainpower.

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Vitamin B12 helps lower homocysteine levels (an amino acid that promotes arterial plaque) and may prevent depression and improve cognition. But as you get older, your body doesn’t absorb this vitamin as readily from food as it did when you were younger. If you’re 50 or older, take one milligram every day, says Edward L. Schneider, M.D., dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology at the University of Southern California.

18. Put on your game face.

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You can get rid of undereye circles by applying gels or creams containing chamomile essential oil. You can also soak two cotton balls in a 50/50 solution of ice water and cold whole milk. This mixture offers an anti-inflammatory and contracting effect.

As you age, the oil glands that caused acne in your teens shut down, leaving you with gecko skin. After you shave, apply a moisturizer. Or make your own: Add a teaspoon of honey to 1/4 cup of plain yogurt, mix, then apply a thin coating to your face. Rinse off after 15 minutes. The yogurt hydrates your skin, and the honey repairs small tears. Whatever you use, apply it to a wet face. Moisturizers are designed to trap water against your skin where it can be absorbed.

19. Relax, warm up, win big.

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