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Is Stress Making You Ugly?

Understand what tension can do to your hair, skin and nails -- and skin care tips on what you can do to help prevent it

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Are you convinced that your hair's thinning? Is your skin angry and inflamed? Do your nails splinter faster than you can file them? Are you wondering WHAT IS GOING ON?

OK, one last question: Have you been more on edge than usual lately? If you answered YES to any (or all) of these queries, you might be experiencing the gnarly toll that stress can take on your looks.

We've all heard that anxiety and tension play key roles in the progression of life threatening internal diseases like high blood pressure and diabetes, but now's the time to learn about what happens to the things we can see on the outside.

To get answers, we went to two top dogs; Dr. Howard Murad, noted dermatologist and skin care guru, and Philip Kingsley, trichologist and peerless authority on hair health.

Let's jump right in and see what they had to say -- the anticipation is, well, stressing us out …

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by sportimonki13 Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 01:51PM Report as inappropriate

I have a lot of stress in my life but im really young so hopefully I can get that under control before I start seeing the effects! :P This article was interesting and helpful!

by cheydy15 Friday, January 6, 2012 at 09:32PM Report as inappropriate