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Our poor, neglected necks. Just like our hands, they could never lie about their age. Or could they? Alas, sometimes it feels like we are showing signs of aging quicker than our pre-smartphone era predecessors. Our hands may look older than they should — do you think it's maybe thanks to our manicure obsessions? On the other, ahem, hand, thanks to our smartphone-driven lifestyles, our necks are now finding themselves on our to-do lists. If reaching for a neck and decollete cream once meant you must be in your sixties, now, as we binge-watch, work, avoid humanity, and endlessly scroll through memes, the screen-induced sag and wrinkles seem to have appeared overnight.
Fellow screen slaves, we can no longer afford to treat our neck and chest area with less attention than we give our faces. It may no longer be about the signs of aging, but of signs of neglect, and that is not acceptable to us, is it? Where do we start, though, with so many neck products that promise to lift, firm, and rejuvenate? To start, Natalie M. Curcio, M.D., M.P.H., a dermatologist specializing in skin rejuvenation and dermatologic surgery, gives us insider info on the emerging player in the anti-aging game — defensins.
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