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Have you ever met two people of the exact same age who looked like they were twenty years apart? You didn’t want to be rude, so you refrained from asking the forty-year-old who looked sixty, “What happened?” But there isn’t just one thing that happened. The person didn’t rapidly age overnight. It’s never one incident or action that changes us—it’s habits and patterns. Look, a few times a year, like on my birthday, New Year’s Eve, and Halloween, I drink a few too many cocktails. But those few nights of indulging don’t change the way I look forever (they definitely change the way I look the next day). It’s repetitive behavior that has the greatest impact, and if you are repeating some of these bad habits daily or even weekly, you may become that friend who looks older than everyone at the high school reunion. Here are habits that age you.

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Rubbing your eyes

The skin around your eyes is extremely thin and fragile. Unfortunately, it is also some of the skin that feels the best to rub violently in the shower or after washing your face. But doing this every—or several times a—day can cause wrinkles around your eyes.

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