premature aging
Untimely bodily decline
Premature aging is the appearance of age-related physical changes earlier than typically expected—wrinkles, gray hair, reduced energy, or declining health in someone still relatively young.
The term applies both medically, to conditions that accelerate biological aging, and casually, to anything that seems to age a person rapidly: This job is causing premature aging.
Stress, sun exposure, and lifestyle factors are commonly blamed.
- wrinklesSurface lines from folding
- gray hairPigment-faded strands
- sun damageHarm from UV exposure
- collagenStructural body protein
- fine linesShallow facial creases
laugh lines · sagging · age spots · crow's feet · weathered · tired · stress · fatigue · haggard · worn · worn out · faded · thinning · brittle · dull skin · photoaging · sun spots · elasticity
- health effectsillness, disease, injury, harm, damage
- Genetic SyndromesDown syndrome, fragile X syndrome, DiGeorge syndrome, BRCA1, neurofibromatosis
- medical odditiesElephant Man, conjoined twins, Siamese twins, progeria, gigantism
- telomeropathiesbone marrow failure, skin pigmentation
- smoking harmslung cancer, emphysema, COPD, smoker's cough, nicotine addiction
- sun protectionshade, SPF, umbrella, sunblock, shades
premature agingrejuvenation
Restoration of youthful vigor
youthfulness · regeneration · age regression · longevity · vitality
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