This Is Exactly What Happens to Your Skin as You Age
This Is Exactly What Happens to Your Skin as You Age

Americans spend billions of dollars on skin-care products each year in the hopes these products will help keep their skin looking young and healthy. The skin-care market has been growing steadily for years, and global sales are projected to reach $183 billion by 2025, according to an analysis by Report Buyer, a marketing research company.
Some products, in addition to a healthy lifestyle, may help delay some of the inevitable changes in the skin’s appearance, such as the dreaded wrinkles. These fine lines, along with other signs of aging like dryness and age spots, have one major common cause — sunlight.
There is no magic formula for looking younger than you really are. Sleeping well, eating healthy foods, and exercising are all important but may seem impossible in today’s busy environment. Unfortunately, how you treat your body may show on your skin — and these are 20 bad and common habits that are aging people really fast.
1. It loses elasticity
As people get older, the dermis, which is the thicker and deeper layer of the skin, can lose from 20% to 80% of its thickness due to changes in the cells responsible for collagen and elastin biosynthesis. These proteins are produced at a slower rate, affecting the skin’s structure, causing it to hang loosely and become slack. Changes in elastin fibers are typical in elderly people, sometimes leading to a condition called elastosis. In solar elastosis, caused by sun damage, the skin looks yellow and can develop bumps.
2. It takes longer to heal
Eccrine sweat glands, which secrete sweat to the skin surface to help cool a person’s body temperature, also help heal wounds. They are, in fact, a source of new cells that replace the ones lost to injury. However, this process does not work as well in older adults as it does in younger people, according to research published in Aging Cell. There are fewer new cells available to heal wounds, and they are located farther apart, resulting in a delayed healing process. The reason is not that the glands were less active, but that the degraded aging skin was less able to support the new cells.