TESTING YOUR AGE
Want to know your skin’s biological age? In her book Natural Hand Care (Storey Publishing, 1998), Norma Pasekoff Weinberg offers this experiment to test the elasticity or stretchability of your skin.
Pinch the skin on the back of your hand, and then release it after a few seconds. If you’re under 30 years of age, the skin will quickly return to its original contour. If you are between 30 and 50, you can begin to see the skin stand up for a second or two before recovering. At age 50 and beyond, the skin may stand up for a number of seconds, a sign that its support network has been altered or that the body as a whole is undergoing changes that are visible at the skin’s surface.