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Is The Smartphone Sagging Your Skin?
May 15th, 2012
Think twice before you dial, it could be dropping your jowls.
Bad posture ages us, now it is believed that smartphone and laptop use, could cause facial skin and muscle to lose its elasticity as people spend an increasing amount of time sitting with their heads bent.
Confirming the condition, coined 'smartphone face', Dr Mervyn Patterson of the Woodford Medical group told the Evening Standard: 'If you sit for hours with your head bent slightly forward, staring at your iPhone or laptop screen, you may shorten the neck muscles and increase the gravitational pull on the jowl area, leading to a drooping jawline."
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2144663/Rise-Smartphone-face-Is-technology-blame-sagging-complexions.html#ixzz1uxb7Q6qp
