skin elasticity
Flesh's bounce-back ability
Skin elasticity is the skin's ability to stretch and return to its original shape.
Young skin snaps back readily; aging, sun damage, and weight fluctuations reduce this resilience, causing sagging and wrinkles.
Cosmetic products and procedures often claim to restore or preserve skin elasticity: The cream promises to improve skin elasticity.
- elastinProtein enabling tissue recoil
- moisturizersSkin-hydrating topical products
- anti-aging serumSkincare targeting wrinkles
- collagenStructural body protein
- snap backRecover suddenly after stress
hyaluronic acid · dermis · aging · laxity · crepe · fibroblasts · connective tissue · turgor · UV radiation · sun damage · retinoids · recoil · bounces back · dehydration · laser therapy · taut · peptides · springy
- Skin Agingwrinkles, fine lines, sagging, crow's feet, age spots
- Skin Functionssweating, tanning, blushing, peeling, wound healing
- flexibilitystretch, elastic, bendy, stretchy, bendable
- hypermobility disordershypermobility, double-jointed, double jointed, loose joints, bendy
- Marfan syndromeaortic aneurysm, long fingers, long limbs, scoliosis, loose joints