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Your Smartphone Can Cause Early Wrinkles

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

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Wrinkles in late twenties? It's because of your Smartphone. Cosmetic surgeons have confirmed that Smartphones cause early wrinkles. Excessive use of Smartphone for chatting, surfing, working etc can cause early wrinkles. The process is simultaneous but is proved.

Wrinkle which is the sign of aging happens due to loosening of the skin and is the sing of wearing out of the skin due to constant tension. These two causes are also true for Smartphone wrinkles and thus. The early wrinkles.

According to Dr. Jean Louis, one of the basic reasons for Smartphone wrinkles is the small screen area. Earlier phones were used only to talk and message but with Smartphone a mobile has become the option for every work, be it surfing the net, writing documents, making presentations etc. is constant staring at the small screen gets your eyebrows to crease This become the leading cause of early wrinkles. Smartphones wrinkles thus, is the result.

The direct effect of Smartphone wrinkles is on the use of Botox shots. The sale of Botox shots have risen comparatively as now Botox shots are also being taken by people suffering early wrinkles. Some other troubles of Smartphone usage are, “Blackberry Thumb" - the constant use of fingers to type in the phone causes excessive strain n the fingers. Another trouble is the “Computer Vision Syndrome" - Constant staring at the small screen causes dry eyes.

Story first published: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 15:38 [IST]