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. 2020 Oct 15;8(10):e2763. doi: 10.1097/GOX.0000000000002763

Table 1.

Typical Age-related Changes in Facial Appearance and Their Common Decade of Occurrence

≤20s 30s–40s 50+
Smooth, glowing skin Onset of fine rhytids and photodamage Deepening static and dynamic rhytids with significant photodamage
Continuous contours
Onset of facial grooves and foldsIncreased soft tissue laxity Volume/projection loss at all tissue levels
Defined facial borders Deepened folds
Gravitational descent from significant tissue laxity and volume loss