Women with many wrinkles are more likely to get this disease, how strange!

Women with many wrinkles look old. Not only that, they are also more prone to fractures than other people. This is because skin wrinkles and bone toughness are both related to the collagen content. If there is insufficient collagen, not only will they look old, but the bones will also be prone to loosening and fractures.

After examining and comparing 114 women who had been in menopause for less than three years, researchers at Yale University in the United States pointed out that skin elasticity is closely related to bone density. The researchers assessed the number and depth of wrinkles on the women's faces and necks and examined the flexibility of their forehead and cheek skin and bone density. The results showed that the more severe the wrinkles, the lower the bone density, and this connection involved bones throughout the body, including the pelvis, lumbar spine and ankles, which is related to the fact that both bones and skin require collagen for support and maintenance.

After menopause, the ovaries lose their function and estrogen decreases, which also leads to the loss of substances including collagen that maintain the state of skin and bones. After menopause, although the ovaries no longer secrete estrogen, every woman's body has a small amount of androgen. After menopause, androgen can be converted into estrogen in the fat, which ensures that the estrogen level of women after menopause does not drop to zero. Trace amounts of estrogen not only prevent them from having wrinkles on their faces and looking old, but also ensure the toughness of their bones. Therefore, relatively fatter women will look younger, not only because fat filling prevents the formation of wrinkles, but also because their trace amounts of estrogen have a protective effect on the skin and bones.

This also suggests a problem. If a middle-aged woman has more wrinkles and more severely withered skin than her peers, it is best to check her bone density. If bone density is indeed low, it can be improved through drug treatment. As for the so-called collagen-rich foods that people often count on, such as pig skin, pig trotters, beef tendons, etc., if they are effective, they are not effective by directly supplementing collagen, because these foods will be broken down into amino acids after being eaten, and it is unknown whether they can be reorganized into collagen in the body as you wish. If they have the effect of rejuvenating the skin and strengthening the bones, it is also by making you fatter first, and then converting the original androgen in the extra fat into estrogen, which then plays a role in skin care and bone strengthening.