Yet more evidence that life is not fair: when it comes to facial bone loss caused by aging, it's ladies first, men last. HealthDay reports that researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have found that age-related thinning of facial bones, which in turn causes skin to droop and faces to look old, usually hits women at age 40 and men at age 65. The researchers did CT scans of the facial bones in 120 men and women aged 20 to 40, 41 to 64, and 65 and older. They then created three-dimensional reconstructions of the scans, which they used to take detailed measurements of the facial bone structure. With age, the scans showed that the bones that make up the eye sockets recede, enlarging the sockets. A few less millimeters of bone for the soft tissues of the face to hold on to adds to the appearance of excess or droopy skin around the eyes, and siimilar losses of volume happen in the bones of the middle face, including the brow bone, nose and upper jaw.
Read the study in the January issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
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