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Premature ageing explained: what really damages your skin
Saturday Star
|October 04, 2025
WE ALL know growing older is inevitable, but did you know that most of what makes skin look "aged" has less to do with the number of candles on your birthday cake and more to do with daily habits?
OXIDATIVE stress can cause fine lines, pigmentation, and dullness to arrive earlier than they should.
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According to research, around 80% of visible facial ageing is linked to things we can actually control.
That means fine lines, pigmentation and dullness often arrive earlier than they should because of a hidden culprit: oxidative stress.
Think of oxidative stress as the skin's version of rust.
This story is from the October 04, 2025 edition of Saturday Star.
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