There was an interesting article in the March 2, 2009 issue of Time Magazine that covered a study in the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.  Plastic surgeons from Case Western University in Cleveland studied the faces of twins and the differences in how old they looked.  They found several factors which contributed to some twins looking older than their identical sibling including smoking, stress and sun exposure.  We know these lifestyle and environmental factors are contributors to aging however the investigators found one more interesting factor that made some of the twins look younger than their sibling . . . fat!  They found that twins over the age of 40 that were 24 pounds heavier than their identical sibling looked significantly younger!  Essentially the investigators theorize that the fat filled in wrinkles which led to the rejuvenated appearance of the heavier twins.

You don’t have to gain weight to look younger though.  Dr. Terrence Murphy has been performing fat transfer procedures in his accreditaded surgery center in Englewood, Colorado for over 12 years.  Fat is taken from one area of your own body and placed in the lines that form between your nose and mouth or below the eyes that seem to hollow out as we age.  This is a very effective procedure that can take years off of your appearance and lasts for several years as well.  The procedure takes less than an hour in Dr. Murphy’s operating room and has little down time associated with it (approximately a week for bruising and swelling to go down).  So no need to gain weight, just visit Murphy Plastic Surgery to fill in those unwanted lines.