How Does The Skin Age - Skin Aging Process - Why Do We Get Wrinkles

In this video we discuss how the skin ages, the skin aging process, why do we get wrinkles and how the tissue of the skin wears down over time.

Transcript/notes
How does skin age

If you look around at people in a public place, you may be able to, within reason, estimate their age. If I put Rodney on the screen here, he looks young and vibrant. Now lets look at a more mature picture of Rodney. Quite a difference. Mature Rodney has some wrinkles and much less hair.

So, why does this happen, or a better question is how does this happen? Well, it happens because our skin goes through an aging process. When Rodney was young, in his 20’s, it may take his skin 2 weeks to heal from some sort of damage, but mature Rodney, his skin takes twice that time to heal form the same sort of trauma.

This is because as we age, or as our skin ages, there is a reduction in the number and activity of stem cells in our skin. To be extremely brief, adult stem cells are found in various tissues and can divide to produce more of the same type of stem cells. Over time, as these cells decrease, our skin becomes thinner, which decreases its protection against damage or trauma, and recovery time takes longer.

Collagen fibers located in the dermal 2nd deeper layer of our skin decrease in number and elastic fibers, also located in the dermal skin layer, lose their elasticity, so they don’t bounce back, so to speak from a stretched state to a normal state.

Years of facial expression also affect skin aging. Squinting and smiling create crease lines in our skin forming wrinkles making the skin less resilient. There is also a decrease in dendritic cells in the skin, decreasing the immune responsiveness of skin.

And overexposure to the sun can accelerate skin ageing, as harmful uv rays can damage the DNA in epidermal cells or collagen fibers in the dermal skin layer increasing wrinkles and sags in the skin.

Timestamps
0:00 Intro and young and old comparison
0:25 The skin aging process
1:25 Facial expressions and skin aging
1:40 Sun exposure and skin aging

[jamiemohan]

I read before that 90% of skin aging is just photo aging from UVA/UVB Ray's. So many people could actually prevent a lot of aging in the skin.

[jordansanchez]

Wear sunscreen
Use treinoin
Moisturize

[colinj]

Wear sunscreen. Never squint or smile.

[Supremepikachu]

Your skin ages from sun exposure smoking drinking and being unhealthy, to prevent that be healthy use sunscreen or stay out the sun don't drink or too much don't ever smoke and use skin care products. People that are 17 mostly have wrinkles already and some don't so its just a matter of healthy or not and genes, people in their 20s then and people in their 20s now is a huge difference because nowdays people look way younger than the actual age its just the form of generation change and technology envolving.

[eddieworkman]

good video wish someone could stop things with ageing happening thatvwe dont want to happen

[healthylivingwithmolyneayi]

Saw you for the first time after watching tones of your videos

[cindy_le]

I noticed aging on my face after I turned 18 tbh

[bella]

im 14 and have a very very slight wrinkle but its not when i lift my eyebrows. i try to relax my face and its still there. i know its not from age but i think its because my stress. i am doing bad mentally and school is making it 10 times worse and now i just noticed it... but i am wearing sunscreen everyday

[nataliepetlover]

I have wrinkles on my forehead and I’m only 13 I recently just started using sunscreen and I’m just curious if I’ll still be able to get rid of the wrinkles😔

[danallansarthou]

Fully premature slight aging, Squint of wrinkle lines?

[ysabelle]

bro. i came onto this video because i’m thirteen and i see like my face is sagging?? is it because of the products i’m using? or the way the dry my face? or both? i don’t think i’m ever that stressed, my parents have good skin for their age, but whenever i smile or i make a facial expression i literally see that my face is sagging or something idk😩

[cameliadamian]

So sad still I can't accept the changing 😑

[ericaerica]

Speak for yourself this doesn’t include BLK skin