What Causes Sagging Skin?

Sagging skin can be a result of numerous factors depending on the individual including:

• Natural ageing process
• Weight loss
• Other medical reasons

With age, your body loses collagen and elastin and the connective tissues and muscles begin to sag. The gravitational descent of the skin and underlying muscle can create major facial skin laxity. Loss of definition as you age can occur anywhere on the body however, the most common areas to experience sagging skin is on the face, neck, abdomen, and arms.

WHAT CAUSES SAGGING SKIN?

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body and is found in the bones, joints, and tendons. Elastin and collagen fibres are what gives the skin suppleness and strength and the number of fibres we can produce decreases as we age.

Skin also has a layer of fat just below the surface (subcutaneous layer) which contributes to our facial structure and as we get older this layer begins to thin and shrink.

As our skin produces less collagen and elastin it often causes the skin to sag and drop in various areas of the body.

Additional factors may cause sagging skin such as hormonal changes and lifestyle (sun exposure and smoking).