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"  I hope you all have, or will have, a chance to read about our Anti-Aging Awards in the October issue. We&amp;#039;re really proud of the hard work we did over eighteen months and that we can provide our readers with valuable information and identify the best anti-agers. Looking back on the past year or so, I wanted to share with you some things I&amp;#039;ve learned.   Sun Protection is so incredibly important. After analyzing hundreds of Visia images and seeing so many testers come in and out of the lab, I&amp;#039;m clutching my sun protection closer than ever. We&amp;#039;d often hear stories from our older testers about how they used to spend countless hours on the beach, using reflexive surfaces to cook their faces, as well as all sorts of oil, and never, ever any sunscreen. Without fail, it showed up on their faces. The result was uneven skin tone, plenty of age spots, and of course, wrinkles. Check out our story for the winner and honorable mentions in this category.  Smoking really does show up on your face. By the end of the AAA testing, I was a pro at picking out smokers. I am more convinced than ever that smoking can affect your skin for the worse. Smokers have many more fine lines around the mouth and the lower half of their cheeks, as well as a more dull skin tone overall. If the health risks weren&amp;#039;t enough, smokers should realize they&amp;#039;re sacrificing their looks, too.  Products take time to work. You have to be patient with them, and continue to use them regularly, even when you might not think that they&amp;#039;re doing anything. Sometimes it&amp;#039;s hard to notice drastic improvements in your skin because you&amp;#039;re looking at it everyday. We&amp;#039;d often hear from testers that they didn&amp;#039;t think their products worked, but when we looked at their Visia images, there was an undeniable difference. Stick with your regimen for at least two months, to make sure the product has time to work.  Fragrance can make or break a product. It was so interesting to see how people reacted to the different fragrances. We found that some testers would never use a certain product because of the way it smelled, no matter how well it worked. After learning this, I&amp;#039;m surprised more companies don&amp;#039;t formulate their products to be fragrance-free. If you think you&amp;#039;re sensitive to odors, look for &amp;quot;fragrance-free&amp;quot; on product labels, so you don&amp;#039;t end up with a product you hate using.   "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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