As a person grows older and older so many
changes take place in metabolic activity. Some of a person’s strength is lost
and the senses become duller. Usually there is a loss in weight and height.
Along with this may come a falling of eyesight, partial deafness, gray hair and
flabby and elastic skin with wrinkles.
All people do not age at the same rate but
the changes that come with age cannot be escaped. This is simply because as we
grow older our body tissues and in all its organs many changes take place. For
instance the tissue cells of the kidney,liver pancreas and spleen begin to
waste away as the blood vessels that supply blood and nourishment also have
grown old. Similarly the glandular function of glands such as Thyroid also
decreases. The circulatory and respiratory system also begins to degenerate or
waste away. The other changes happen in digestive tracts where there is a
cutting down of gastric juices, stomach and intestines lose muscle tone and the
blood supply is also disturbed.
These changes are biological and cannot be
prevented. In spite of being fully aware many of us are worried and dreaded
about the most prominent signs of old age, wrinkles. Questions such as why they
appear, how to prevent or delay them rage our minds. The simple fact to learn
about it is as to what causes them and then think weather it is really possible
to stop ageing.
Wrinkles on the skin are common phenomenon
during old age. The skin that covers the entire human body is the largest
functional organ. It has to perform various functions during the lifetime of a
person. In the process it has to with stand lot of wear and tear. When one
starts ageing, a gradual decline starts in it and the skin slowly losses its
vigour and elasticity. As a result, skin starts sagging and finally wrinkles
appear on it. The wrinkles can be clearly seen on the face, neck and rms.
Wrinkles are seen not only during old age
but also a child is born. A new born’s skin is too big for its body. But the
skin is so elastic that it gets stretched in six months and fits the body well.
As we grow say towards 40 or 50 the process of wrinkling slowly sets in. A
healthy person normally does not develop wrinkles up to age of 40 or 50. But
after 50 the skin becomes loose and wrinkles start appearing visible.
During young age, the oestrogen hormone in
women keeps the skin look young. At this age elastin protein, which is present
in sufficient quantity also maintains the elasticity of the skin. When one
turns 50, the production of elastin protein decreases, the skin starts losing
elasticity. Once we are above 60, elastin begin to waste away from our body due
to which our skin losses elasticity. At the age of 70 wrinkles become more
prominent as the activity of the sweat glands decreases.
If you keep aside the ageing factor, there
are a few other reasons that might cause this problem. For instance the
ultraviolet rays which are harmful to skin, dry out the bodily oils. Hence
wrinkles are more prominent on the persons who spend more time in sun. The
persons who do not take wholesome diet and there by lose weight also develop
wrinkles. This is because with the loss in weight, fat cells beneath the skin
surface get reduced and wrinkles appear. Hence you can only take care of
perhaps the last two factors to delay the prominent appearance of wrinkles.
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