Why do eyelids sag with age? UCLA study answers mystery

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 08/25/2008 - 23:00

(University of California - Los Angeles) Many theories have sought to explain what causes the baggy lower eyelids that come with aging, but UCLA researchers have now found that fat expansion in the eye socket is the primary culprit.


 

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