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  Why We Get Saggy Skin and How to Keep It Glowing Every morning, you look in the mirror and notice looser skin along your jawline, faint jowls , or those tiny creases around your eyes that weren’t there a few years ago.  Saggy skin, while a common part of aging, doesn’t have to be inevitable. What Causes Saggy Skin? 1. Natural Aging and Collagen Breakdown From about age 25, collagen and elastin (the proteins that give your skin its bounce) decline by about 1% per year. This slowdown, paired with slower cell turnover, makes your skin thinner and less resilient  2. External Stressors & Lifestyle Factors Sun exposure ( photoaging ), pollution, smoking, and poor nutrition all accelerate the breakdown of collagen and elastin. Add in chronic stress, lack of sleep, dehydration, or rapid weight loss, and your skin is pushed into premature sagging. 3. Genetics and Hormones Genes play a critical role ... some of us simply experience sagging earlier or with more seve...

  What Is Collagen? Collagen is the most abundant structural protein in your body, making up about 25% to 35% of total protein and a critical component of connective tissues like skin, bones, tendons , and cartilage Wikipedia  and   The Nutrition Source .  Biologically speaking, its name comes from the Greek kólla , meaning “glue” Wikipedia . The classic triple-helix structure:  two α1 chains and one α2 chain (gives strength and resilience to collagen fibers)  How Many Types of Collagen Are There? Scientists have identified between 28 to 29 types of collagen, each with unique structure and function. Here’s a quick breakdown : Types I, II, III, V, XI :     Fibrillar collagens , forming strong fibers Type IV :   Basement membrane/net-forming , supporting skin structure Types IX, XII, XIV, XIX, XXI :   FACIT collagens , helping weave the extracellular matrix Other categories include anchoring (like t...