Monday, 7 April 2014

What Happens to Collagen as We Age?

Like many of the body’s natural systems, our production of collagen starts to back off in middle age. We produce less of it, and what remains becomes weaker and degraded. You can imagine an old building slowly starting to crumble, or a tennis net gradually becoming torn, stretched, and saggy.

This is not only a natural process, however. In addition to aging, exposure to the sun and other environmental assaults damages the collagen in skin, weakening the support structure and causing skin to sag. As that collagen weakens, we see the following results:

A.    Fine lines
B.     Wrinkles
C.     Sagging
D.    Dark circules under the eyes
E.     Hooded eyelids
F.      Turkey neck

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