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I’m actually not talking about getting eight hours of good, non-alcohol induced sleep (although that’s good too). I’m talking about sleeping in the right position to avoid wrinkles and those pesky lines from your pillow and sheets.

The trick is easy: sleep on your back for optimum skin fitness.

When your skin repeatedly rests or gets squished on your bedding you are manually creating wrinkles. It’s the same as taking your hands to your face and squeezing and pulling every day for years.

If you just can’t train yourself to sleep on your back, purchase silk or satin sheets and pillowcases. These materials do less squishing:)

The hands don’t get enough credit. We put them through the ringer and then we rarely take the time to care for them — aside from the periodic manicure, of course. As a result, our hands show our age — maybe even more age than our faces.

So what’s the deal? How do we keep our hands looking younger and keep our skin fitness in good shape? Here are a few skin care tips for your hands:

• Sun block. Sun block. Sun block. I can’t say it enough. Just like you put sun block on your face every day, put sun block on your hands too.

• Wash your hands with a moisturizing hand wash followed by an intense hand lotion. Any lotion with shea butter and vitamin E should do the trick.

• Creams with retinol will help smooth out skin tone. I like RoC Retinol Correxion Hand Repair SPF 15. It contains SPF too!
  
• Talk to your esthetician or dermatologist about injectables. Obviously this is more invasive, but you will see results immediately.

• Since the skin in the hands has little collagen and there is not fat beneath the skin, you need to use a treatment that will plump up your hands and promote collagen growth. Try  Elemis ProCollagen Hand and Nail Cream.
  

Skin fitness is not just limited to your face. Care for all of your skin including the skin on your hands.

Studies have proven that pollution may contribute to the appearance of wrinkles on our skin. Exhaust from cars, smoke, industrial pollution, and random chemicals dump all kinds of free radicals into the environment that we breath and that rest on our skin.

Free radicals accelerate aging by breaking down collagen in the skin. Without enough collagen skin will sag, wrinkles will form, and discoloration will occur.

To counteract the effect of free radicals, eat foods high in antioxidants (vitamins C and E) and use skin care products that contain antioxidants like MD Formulations Moisture Defense Antioxidant Lotion.

Download the Skin Fitness Facts healthy skin grocery list for an example of foods that are great in preventing wrinkles.