AGEs affect the entire body, but one of the first places you’ll notice damage is your skin.
The skin’s structure is largely protein-based, so when the excess sugars in your bloodstream bind with those proteins, it causes stiffness and inelasticity and also impairs the function of the skin. Since the skin is your body’s first line of defense against attack, when AGEs prevent it from functioning properly, your whole body is compromised, leaving you more susceptible to damage from the environment, sun, and free radicals