Want smooth lips? Avoid Drinking Out of Straws

“People drink through straws because they don’t want to mess up their lipstick,” says Melissa Lazarus, M.D., a dermatologist in Bay Harbor Islands, Fla. But that form of pursing your lips can be as bad as drinking from water bottles or smoking. “Basically all the motions in which you purse your lips breaks down the soft tissues around the mouth,” she says. The constant puckering of the lips creates folds in the skin that, over time, result in permanent creases and lines. “It’s this repetitive motion of muscular activity that, as we age, starts to change these wrinkles from dynamic lines to static lines,” says Curtis Schalit, D.D.S., a cosmetic surgeon in Daytona Beach, Fla. So save that pursed-lip expression for kissing!

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