Understanding how to prevent muscle deterioration begins with an essential key: having an understanding of the muscles!
We all know that we have roughly 650 muscles in throughout the human body, but did you know that 43 are in the face alone, and 36 of those are used for facial expressions! Laugh lines, crow’s feet and forehead wrinkles; every one of our “expression lines" come from using our facial muscles. Muscles contract which causes the skin on top of them to wrinkle.
Muscle Movement
Muscles move through contraction; tightening and extension or relaxing. During contraction, the point of insertion moves while the point of origin stays fixed. As we age, muscles gradually lose tone. In fact, muscle function begins to deteriorate as early as our 30s. It is said anywhere from three to five percent of muscle is lost every decade after the age of 30.
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