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Aging men fight droopy skin, laugh lines and shrinkage
CanWest News Service
Published: Saturday, July 01, 2006
Is the man in your life showing his age a bit? Now you certainly wouldn't want to tell him so directly, but there are some subtle ways to help him pull up his socks in the health and appearance departments. None of the problems addressed here are likely to kill him, but they sure can be annoying.
Let's start with loose skin. Anybody who has been to a pool or locker-room has probably had to look away from old guys with fl aps of pendulous skin. Droopy skin is not very nice on the face, either. It's caused by a slowdown in the production of collagen and elastin, as well as a decrease in the rate of shedding of dead skin cells.
Some skin aging is inevitable, but the American Academy of Dermatology's website, www.skincarephysicians.com/agingskinnet/basicfacts.html, has some good tips.
Of course, it starts with avoiding sun exposure and smoking.
But some of the cooler ideas include changing your sleeping position, since, as the site says, "resting your face on the pillow in the same way every night for years on end also leads to wrinkles." The website notes "people who sleep on their backs do not develop these wrinkles, since their skin does not lie crumpled against the pillow." The academy also advises us to stop doing facial exercises to maintain a youthful-looking appearance, because "repetitive facial movements actually lead to fi ne lines and wrinkles." There, you've been warned.
Other sources, such as a website by author T. O'Donnell, who calls himself TigerTom, advise using a moisturizer after every wash to keep water next to your skin. He also urges people to avoid cosmetic surgery because, "our perceptions of human beauty rely on very subtle clues in another's face: small lines, dimples, contours, expressions." Letting a surgeon alter your looks brings the risk of becoming, as O'Donnell says, "a type, a
Hollywood social X-ray, a waxen-faced thing." Now maybe a little collagen shot or some Botox for wrinkles wouldn't be too bad. It's all a matter of taste.
Another area where collagen is an issue is, well, just under the belt buckle. The loss of collagen can be a factor in reduced penile size and ability to hold blood in the penis, which is necessary for full erection.
Shrinkage can be a particular issue for men who have had prostate surgery.
Evidence published in the Journal of Urology showed some men experienced penile shrinkage after having prostate- removal surgery.
And, for 20 per cent of the survey participants, the loss in penile length was around 15 per cent.
For most aging males, however, the problem isn't that the penis is getting smaller, it's that the surrounding area is getting fatter and obscuring the member. So, it's really an optical illusion. Well, that's a good story anyway.
The ultimate size-matters worry is a rare and bizarre condition called Koro, also known as penis panic. It's defi ned in a journal article as "a transient state of acute anxiety characterized by the triad of a deep-seated fear of penile shrinkage, its disappearance into the abdomen and apprehension regarding inevitable impotence or even death." It's mainly a problem in Asian cultures, such as Singapore, where it has even been seen in epidemic form. Koro is fortunately quite rare in western societies. The one case reported, I read, came from Greece and it was cannabisinduced.
Which leads us to Viagra, a drug with its own homepage, www.viagra.com. On it, manufacturer Pfi zer Corp. tells some nifty (and legally required) yarns about rare instances involving their little blue pills.
One notes that "men taking PDE5 inhibitors (oral erectile dysfunction medicines, including Viagra) reported a sudden decrease or loss of vision in one or both eyes." That is entertainingly reminiscent of those "masturbation will make you go blind" warnings from childhood.
Viagra can also cause the ultimate in male mixed blessings.
Pfi zer reports that after taking Viagra, in rare instances, "men have reported an erection that lasts many hours." It warns, "you should call a doctor immediately if you ever have an erection that lasts more than four hours. If not treated right away, permanent damage to your penis could occur." I hate to tell you the treatment involves opening a blood vessel, so let's hope he doesn't need this one.
Turning to hair, there is pretty good advice on TigerTom's website to avoid dying or bleaching your hair, as those chemicals may damage the follicles. It also urges men to avoid beards, mustaches and long hair as these tend to make you look older.
I can vouch for this, since I recently saw a long-time beard wearer shave it off for charity, and he did indeed look 10 years younger.
There are medical ways of dealing with male pattern baldness, such as hair transplants and topical application of minoxidil. But I have a better suggestion, which is to get him to accept his more mature look and actually revel in it.
Show him people like octogenarian Paul Newman, who still look cool. Urge him to take up meditation and to avoid worrying.
Tom Keenan, I.S.P., is a science writer, professional speaker and professor at the University of Calgary.
