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TWO OF The MaIN FaCTOrs IN aGING sKIN
diminished collagen and hyaluronen, also called hyaluronic acid.
collagen is a large, moist molecule which when combined with
elastin and hyaluronen represent the building blocks of young
looking and healthy skin. the body naturally reduces the produc-
tion of collagen as we enter the 30s, 40s 50s and 60s. without
the collagen and hyaluronen, the skin becomes less supple and
elastic, it thins, and color changes take place. the result is an
increase in lines, wrinkles, enlarged pores, age spots (hyperpig-
mentation) and skin elasticity.
PerhaPs The larGesT COMPONeNT
in the baby boomers is sun damage in their youth. baby boomers
may be the first significant group of individuals to deliberately
expose their skin to large doses of sunlight from an early age.
Physicians now report that the sun damage seen by many of
those who are now in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s is a result of
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of skin damage
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