HEALTH NOTES: Being unwell adds years to your face, new research shows trends now
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Poor health makes people look older, researchers have claimed.
In a study published in the British Journal Of Dermatology, an independent panel was asked to look at photographs of more than 2,500 participants who had agreed to hand over their medical histories, and then guess their age.
People who were judged as looking older than their actual age were often those who had cognitive problems, lung disease, the bone-thinning disease osteoporosis, cataracts or age-related hearing loss.
Lead author Professor Tamar Nijsten, from the Erasmus University Medical Center in Rotterdam, said: ‘Factors that cause changes to tissue structures in the face also impact tissues elsewhere in the body. This is probably the best study so far providing evidence that perceived age also reflects internal ageing.’
In a study published in the British Journal Of Dermatology, an independent panel was asked to look at photographs of more than 2,500 participants who had agreed to hand over their medical histories, and then guess their age
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