What causes wrinkles?

What causes wrinkles?

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There are really two types of wrinkles. There's what's called static wrinkles and dynamic wrinkles. When we smile we have dynamic wrinkles, and when our face is at rest we have static wrinkles. As we get older and our dermis becomes thinner, and our muscles become thinner, and the skin overlying those areas is not as attached as before, that's when we start to get static wrinkles, which are really most of what patients' concerns are.