Is Your Hair Aging You?

Forget your hands. These days, experts say your hair is what really betrays your age. Here, how to stay forever young-follicularly speaking. There's an axiom in the beauty industry that haircare trends follow skincare trends. So it was probably only a matter of time before words like "antiaging" and "renewal" started turning up on shampoos, conditioners, and stylers. Beyond being trendy, however, there happens to be a real reason that haircare companies are choosing to bring age-proofing products to market. Put simply: We're living longer, and we're torturing our hair like never before. Combine that with increased environmental insult and basic chronological aging, and you've got an epidemic of parched, brittle, and frayed "old-lady" hair. The good news is that you don't have to take extreme measures to score instantly younger-looking strands. What must you do? Read on.