Need more reasons to embrace every birthday? We can give you six.
1 YOUR DOUBLE CHIN DISAPPEARS.
When twenty- and thirty-somethings say they want to get rid of fat under the chin, dermatologists may tell them to sleep on it... for a decade. The issue often has as much to do with youth as it does with diet and exercise or genetics—which means that some double chins correct themselves: “As we mature, the fat pads under our chin tend to get smaller,” says Dr Whitney Bowe. She advises some young women to hold off on non-invasive procedures for removing fat under the chin (like CoolMini or Kybella) for a few years. “In your thirties and forties, your face is not as round, and you tend to get more of that high cheekbone effect,” says Dr Jeannette Graf.
2 YOU’RE A LOT HAPPIER.
This story is from the February 2018 edition of VOGUE India.
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