Kırışıklık Aromalı Sakız — Chewing Gum Smacks of Wrinkle Risks

Chewing gum smacks of wrinkle risks

Diane Mapes

March 9, 2010

It freshens tazelemek our breath and helps us quit bırakmak smoking, but some cosmetic surgeons cerrah believe chewing gum does one more thing: It gives us wrinkles kırışıklık.

"Many of my patients who are gum chewers have a certain belirli pattern örnek of wrinkles around their mouth,' says Dr. Joel Schlessinger, a board certified dermatologist and cosmetic surgeon from Omaha, Neb. "And I think the gum is responsible sorumlu to some degree for it.'

While no studies have been done showing a link bağ between chewing gum and wrinkles, the topic does come up with some regularity on beauty blogs.

Experts attribute bağlamak the gum-wrinkle connection to two things. First, there's the repetitive tekrarlayıp duran motion of chewing, which causes neden olmak lines sıra and folds around the mouth due to muscle overuse, says Dr. Hema Sundaram, a Washington, D.C.-area cosmetic surgeon and laser expert.

"I believe chewing gum promotes muscle over-activity and potentially breaks down support tissue doku within the skin, contributing to volume loss kayıp and perhaps loss of skin elasticity,' she says.

What's more, chewing gum can dislodge yerinden oynatmak dermal deriye ait fillers that people have injected enjekte etmek into their faces to plump up their wrinkles.

But before you spit tükürmek out that gum,consider hesaba katmak this. An October 2009 study in Germany discovered that "chewing gum had a significant çok önemli and positive effect on concentration performance.' Additional research shows chewing gum decreases stress, increases alertness uyanıklık, and helps less the severity şiddet of nicotine withdrawal bırakma symptoms.

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