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by Webster on October 30th, 2004

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What cause the skin to wrinkle and get saggy as we get older?

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  • by Tuckstar on February 18th, 2005

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    As far as I know it is caused by a loss of water in the body. A baby's weight is roughly 70% composed of water, hence a baby has lovely soft skin, and as we age this percentage falls to as low as 50%, and so the skin cannot stay as supple and hence wrinkles.

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