Have you ever heard the old wives’ tale that people with oilier skin get fewer wrinkles? Well, there may be some small grain of truth in that after all, according to a new study published in the journal Clinical Anatomy. Maybe.
For the study, Japanese researchers analyzed the skin on the foreheads and around the eyes in cadavers aged 20 to 90 years old, looking at the wrinkles, the number of sebaceous glands (which are what secrete the skin’s oil), as well as the skin’s elasticity and density. In the end they found that the depth and length of wrinkles correlated to the amount of sebaceous glands in these areas, with areas with more glands tending to have wrinkles that weren’t as deep or long.
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