Too much time in the office can age you faster

Expert suggests that sitting at the office for long hours will soon make you old.

LOS ANGELES: If you are sitting at work all day and giving in extra hours, you might get a good pay cheque but chances are, you will also get old sooner than you can imagine.

According to Jill Zander, founder of the Jill Zander Skin Rejuvenation Clinic, sitting and working on a desk is directly connected to ageing. Sitting with your head bent slightly forward, staring at a keyboard, laptop or iPad screen, may shorten the neck muscles and increase the gravitational pull on the jaw line eventually leading to the formation of jowls, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

To avoid this, it is important to keep the position of computer screens positioned in the right manner — it helps prevent a drooping jaw line caused by looking down too much.

If you constantly lean your face on your hands in certain positions at your desk, day after day, it can enhance the sleep lines that are formed when sleeping in a particular position. To avoid this you can adjust your chair height so that your forearms rest on the desk. This will make you less likely to lean on your hand and make you more aware of your sitting position.

Office stress can also lead to stressed skin. According to a study, so much stress can have a damaging effect on critical DNA in the cells of the body. Because of stress, the sebaceous glands also produce more oil and this can result in adult acne. A walk for five minutes outside office can help you de-stress and also boost your Vitamin D levels, which stimulates production of elastin and collagen.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 16^th, 2013.

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