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[music] Hello, I’m Dr. Neal Schultz
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and welcome to DermTV.
No body wants to get old, but it is ok to get older. What is the effect on
your facial skin, today I am going to tell you what happens if we separate
the effects of the sun, just count them out, and just describe what happens
to our facial skin as we age and get older.
It’s all about the lost of substances as a result of the passage of time we
lose parts of all three layers of our skin.
The deepest layer which is the fat, the middle layer which is the dermis
and the top layer which is the epidermis, when we lose fat which is partly
based on time and hormonal changes associated with time that under support
for our skin thins and allows things to sink in. That is what gives us
creases and hollows that contribute some what to lines and wrinkles.
In the middle layer, the dermis, where the oil glands are and the collagen
and the semi-liquid matrix that the collagen lives in, that all contracts
and diminishes in amount and quantity that strongly contributes to lines
and wrinkles and folds. It is sort of like taking the pole out of the
center of the big top and the big top just falling down at the circus.
Also as we get older the epidermis, the top layer, becomes thinner there
aren’t as many layers of cells and the ones that are there often develop
DNA problems that result in them becoming a little flaky and not lying flat
the way that they should. It is almost like the accumulation that occurs
for which we exfoliate.
So the aging face or our face as we get older the changes is all based on
the lost of fat, the middle layer of the skin and thinning of the
epidermis.
Remember there is nothing wrong with aging gracefully, nobody wants to get
old but we can enjoy getting older.