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The Worst Cities for Healthy Skin, Part II

As we shared with you Tuesday, a recent TotalBeauty.com-conducted study found the 13 worst cities for your skin. We showed you four already. Is your city on today’s list? Read on to find out.

#9 Kansas City, Missouri: More than 25 percent of Kansas City residents smoke cigarettes. That makes for a large population depriving its skin of collagen and elastin, the stuff that prevents wrinkles from forming as fast. Are you a non-smoker and want to look younger? Move to Kansas City.

#8: Detroit, Michigan: You’ll find better air quality in a poker room. That’s due to Detroit’s humidity, second-hand smoke and pollution. Aside from increased sebum and loss of hydration, pollution also deprives your skin of essential oxygen, which results in premature aging. Reason number 58 not to move to Detroit.

#7 Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland, you over-achiever, you. Not only does your pollution and tanning salons top the charts, but so does your penchant for smoking. Cigarette smoke puts over 4,000 toxins into your bloodstream. That transfers to your skin, ultimately producing less collagen. According to Dr. Zein Obagi, Creator of the Obagi NuDerm system and ZO Skin Health, “you’ll start to see the wrinkles after smoking only 10 years and not just on your face. Even on your hands and arms.”

Five cities remain. Check back tomorrow to find out if yours is ruining your skin, but click right here to find out which city came in at #6 for its ignorance about UVA rays.

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