Less Depression But More Wrinkles.
Antidepressants might ease the blues but a recent study indicates that they might also cause more wrinkles.
Apparently a study on identical twins, conducted by researchers at the University Hospitals Case Medical Center, found that the use of antidepressants can contribute to faster aging.
Of course, the reasons that people are on the antidepressants in the first place are also probably contributing to the faster aging as well.
But because antidepressants function as muscle relaxants, their continued use might well lead to decreased facial muscle tone, resulting in a face that sags.
(image from sxc.hu)
Yet another reason to look at alternative therapies for depression.