Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Unfortunately, there may not be much you can do; a
study from Denmark shows that skin wrinkling and aging are
influenced heavily by genetic factors (Age and Aging, January
2006). However, this doesn’t mean that you can smoke or spend
many hours in the sun, two behaviors that are known to increase
wrinkling. The authors studied twins to show that skin aging is
associated equally between genetic and environmental factors.
They also found that looking older with severely wrinkled skin is
associated with dying earlier. You increase your chances of
having aged, wrinkled skin by smoking, exposing your skin
frequently to sunlight or being very thin.
May 1, 2006