What actually causes wrinkles? ‘Groundbreaking’ new study may have found the answer
NY Post
Someday there could be a way to prevent wrinkles — in time.
It’s been long believed that wrinkles were simply caused by the aging process — and exacerbated by ultraviolet light from the sun — but bacteria may actually be to blame, according to a “groundbreaking” new research.
The Center for Microbiome Innovation at the University of California San Diego teamed up with L’Oréal Research and Innovation for the study, published Thursday in the journal Frontiers, which found that wrinkles are linked to the skin microbiome, which is the collection of microorganisms that inhabit our skin.
The findings explain why the aging process is not uniform, as some folks of the same age look older than others.
“Our skin also changes physiologically with age; for example, we gain wrinkles and our skin gets drier,” author Se Jin Song, the CMI Director of Research, said in a statement. “But there is variation in what this looks like in people — you’ve probably noticed that there are some people who have younger- or older-looking skin than many others their age.”
The Post has reached out to L’Oréal for comment.
