As you age, your face can begin to change. Your skin loses collagen, causing it to sag a bit, and fine lines can appear around your eyes, forehead, and mouth. If you ever spent any time in the sun without protection, brown spots could develop in areas of heavy exposure. But while there’s not a whole lot you can do to stop any of these changes once they’ve begun, there is one way you can prevent the appearance of rapid aging that you may not have realized.
If you’re missing one or more permanent teeth, it could be aging your face faster than you’d like. Here’s why this happens, and what you can do to stop it in its tracks.
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