TAN = Damage

As most you know, I have a very strict no tanning policy. I wear spf 30-55 everyday, my sunglasses cover half of my face, and I am terrified of wrinkles. I eat a lot of tomatoes and tomato products because I've read that lycopene has numerous anti-aging and skin care benefits. I try to sleep on my back (even though I prefer my stomach) because it's better not to put any extra pressure on delicate facial skin (Readers Digest, Fall 2005). In high school I decided that seventeen was a good age to start fighting the aging process...
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Relevant Fact: The drinking age (for beer) in Germany is sixteen. You must be eighteen to purchase "spirits."
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Dortmund, Germany. One month before my 21 st birthday.
I tried to buy alcohol.
I got carded. Carded! IN GERMANY!


For more information about the relationship between lycopene and tomatoes:
http://www.cancer.prostate-help.org/calycop.htm

For a nifty chart of various country's drinking age:
http://www2.potsdam.edu/hansondj/LegalDrinkingAge.html

For basic information about drinking in Germany:
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,2226609,00.html?maca=en-tagesschau_englisch-335-rdf-mp

For a picture of Connan O'Brien and Finnish President Tarja Halonen
http://www.shanatinglipton.com/blog/uploads/separated.jpg

http://www.smartskincare.com/treatments/topical/lycopene.html