AGEING BYTIME: SIGNS
Signs include:
Dry skin: as the oil glands stop working as hard to keep your skin moist, the result is skin with pronounced dehydration.
Wrinkles: those little worker bees known as collagen and elastin start to lose their strength, leaving the skin with some wrinkling.
Loss of skin elasticity: the loss of collagen and elastin are largely to blame for the appearance of wrinkles, but a lot of dynamic expressions - in the form of smiling, frowning, and squinting -contribute as well.
Enlarged pores: they're the bane of our existence, and I hate to deliver the news that they're not going anywhere soon. Some people are predisposed to having enlarged pores and others are blessed with nonexistent pores, but in both cases the loss of the skin's underlying support system causes them to open up even more with age.
Broken capillaries: these fine red lines appear most frequently on the cheeks and nose, and they're due to the proliferation of many tiny broken capillaries.
Increased healing time: our healing time begins to increase once we reach our 30s, with epidermal regeneration taking twice as long in our 70s and 80s as it did in our earlier years. The result is not only a dulled complexion, but also a longerwound-healing process.
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