After we discuss aging eyes, we are likely to mention crow’s-feet, dark circles, bags…. But what about your actual eyes?We notice collagen loss across the eyes first, because that's where our skin is thinnest. Crow’s-feet normally start to look within the early 30s, sometimes earlier. But collagen loss also leads to changes to the eyeball itself, which might result in every little thing from permanently drained looking eyes to ectropion, or “inside-out eyelids,” during which the lids don’t quite adhere to the eyeball like they used to and flip outward (think: Droopy the dog).Fortunately, the Cleveland Clinic reports that ectropion only occurs amongst 2.9 percent of the population — the over-60 population, specifically — but ectropion isn’t the one thing...
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