I'm not talking about on clothes.
2006-09-24 20:40:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
You can often get an idea of how old someone is by looking at his or her face - specifically the skin. As people age, it's normal to get wrinkles. And if the person has spent a lot of time in the sun, at tanning salons, or smoking cigarettes, he or she might have a lot of them.
The skin is made up of three layers:
the outermost layer everyone can see, called the epidermis (say: eh-puh-dur-mis)
the middle layer, called the dermis (say: dur-mis)
the innermost layer, called the subcutaneous (say: sub-kyoo-tay-nee-us) layer
When a person is young, he or she doesn't have wrinkles because the skin does a great job of stretching and holding in moisture. The dermis has an elastic quality thanks to fibers called elastin that keep the skin looking and feeling young. A protein in the dermis called collagen (say: ka-luh-jun) also plays a part in preventing wrinkles.
However, over time, the dermis loses both collagen and elastin, so skin gets thinner and has trouble getting enough moisture to the epidermis. The fat in the subcutaneous layer that gives skin a plump appearance also begins to disappear, the epidermis starts to sag, and wrinkles form.
2006-09-24 20:42:56 · answer #1 · answered by The_answer_person 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
90% of aging and wrinkling to the skin is caused by exposure to UV light, not intrinsic aging. It's so important to wear a photostable sunscreen everyday. UV damage is insidious as you don't see the damage right away-you see it years down the line. Check out the links below:
2006-09-25 03:48:10 · answer #2 · answered by anon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our body make of something , something call like cells , when we are very young the cells will increase very fast it make us look young, when we are old the cells stop increasing, and died very fast, so wrinkles come , just like a ballon full of wind it will be round, out of wind it is nothing, it is the same reason.
2006-09-25 08:09:07 · answer #3 · answered by li y 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the reason for wrinkles is that skin looses its elasticity as years pass....
2006-09-25 03:43:09 · answer #4 · answered by VeronicaB 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From raising kids...Thats were gray hair comes from to...
2006-09-25 03:46:30 · answer #5 · answered by ABBYsMom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
those wrinkles...i have no idea...they just happen to appear...idk why.
2006-09-25 21:57:48 · answer #6 · answered by ♥mcmanda♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
genetics, sun exposure, laughing, cigarettes, yelling all the time, stress, aging
2006-09-25 03:43:19 · answer #7 · answered by ♥2323vsb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
from getting old
2006-09-25 03:43:39 · answer #8 · answered by Vaness 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too much sun ,age from mikhal in israel.
2006-09-25 03:43:03 · answer #9 · answered by mikhal k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
old people they are hand me downs want mine??
2006-09-25 03:42:44 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋