Any Link Between Wrinkles And Lower Bone Density
According to Dr. Lubna Pal, a Yale School of Medicine researcher, there might be a direct link between common facial wrinkles and bone density. As Dr. Pal analyzed the firmness of facial skin along with depth and quantity of the wrinkles, she observed how those with worse skin conditions also has a low density in the lower hip, lumber and spine among the middle-aged subjects who were all women. The opposite results also appear as well from those with firmer facial skin also have a great strengthened bone density. A past study shows that 114 women were studied over a period of three years before their last menstrual period as researches numbered the firmness of the skin and the number as well as the depth of facial wrinkles. Each participant were scan for bone density and the hips, heels and the spine which was measured by DEXA, which is a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry scans and ultrasounds. Those who displayed more wrinkles proven to have less bone density, while those with tough s...