Dita von Teese shares her secret habit of having great skin at 51: ‘I wish someone had told me when I was young’

Renowned burlesque dancer Dita Von Teese has revealed the secret to her youthful skin at 51.

She admitted that she wishes someone had told her this skin care trick sooner, but now she can’t do without it.

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Dita looks decades younger than her age and there is a specific reason for that.

The Queen of Burlesque recently revealed the secret to her flawless skin on Dumb blonde podcast.

Like many beauty experts, she touted the benefits of applying sunscreen every day and reapplying it frequently.

But that wasn’t the only anti-aging method she integrated into her lifestyle.

She insisted that the way you sleep could also be aging you without knowing it.

During the podcast, she said that “nobody wants to hear that”, but she couldn’t keep the beauty tip in mind any longer.

“I wish someone had told me when I was young how good it is for you to sleep on your back,” she said.

The sleeping technique took time to master and Dita had to retrain herself so as not to sleep on her side.

She realized where the specific wrinkles came from by sleeping with her face on the pillow.

“I taught myself to sleep on my back and it worked miracles,” she said in the interview.

The correlation between sleeping on your back and reducing fine lines and wrinkles is also related to severity.

Specialists in Sleep Foundation said sleeping on your back can promote spinal alignment and reduce heartburn or acid reflux.

While they didn’t say it diminishes fine lines and wrinkles, they did support the theory that side sleeping could.

“When sleeping on your side or stomach, your face presses against the pillow. This pressure can cause fine lines and wrinkles,” they explained.

Dita also practices mindful meditative practices with the Insight Timer app.

“I lay there like a zombie and just closed my eyes and slept with my palms up,” she explained.

She admitted that she sometimes moves during the night, but controls herself because she is a light sleeper.

If for some reason she has to sleep on her side, she said she has “got good” at placing the pillow so her face doesn’t get squished against it.

The burlesque icon emphasized the importance of taking care of your skin and starting healthy practices from an early age.

“It’s all fun and games until you start to realize that the collagen is actually working,” she said.

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