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What Nobody Tells You About Aging (Until It’s Too Late)

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Aging is inevitable. Everyone goes through it eventually. However, thanks to multiple medical, health, and technological advancements, aging is no longer as much as a burden as it was once perceived to be. Now, people throughout the world are living longer, better, more satisfying lives. Seniors are tackling incredible challenges every single day and proving that nothing is impossible.

Most of us know what to expect with aging, because we experience every single day within ourselves and our loved ones. We know about the wrinkles and crankiness. But what about the age-related changes that you haven’t been warned about? There is so much that happens to our bodies as we get older, after all.

Let’s have a look about some lesser known things that nobody tells you about aging, because the more you know, the more gracefully you can age!

Facial Hair

Human hair does a lot of strange things throughout our lives. It can change type, go from normal to oily, became wavy or curly, and even change color. That said, for both men and women, one thing you don’t anticipate is facial hair. While men will notice the hair on their jowls becoming more silvery and hair around the nostrils, women are more apt to notice little hairs on their chin and cheeks too.

One of the reason women start seeing more facial hair is due to a change in hormones after menopause. Since the body produces less estrogen, male-pattern facial hair becomes more common.

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