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Kim is an award-winning editor and copywriter with more than 25 years of experience. She started her career as a copywriter and broadcast producer at the Southeast’s largest full-service advertising agency, The Tombras Group. Since then, she has edited and written for a wide variety of clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to indie authors across multiple industries and topics.

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Jacquelyne Froeber is an award-winning journalist and editor. She holds a BA in journalism from Michigan State University. She is the former editor-in-chief of Celebrated Living magazine and has editing and writing experience for print and online publications, including Health magazine, Coastal Living magazine and AARP.org.

As a breast cancer survivor, Jacquelyne encourages everyone to perform self-exams and get their yearly mammograms.

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Does Your Face Become Lopsided As You Age?
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Does Your Face Become Lopsided As You Age?

New research shows that differences between the two sides of your face increase with age.

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FRIDAY, Nov. 9, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- If you think your face is a bit lopsided, just wait until you get older.

READ: Your Skin Through the Ages

New research shows that differences between the two sides of your face increase with age.

For the study, scientists used 3-D digital imaging to scan the faces of 191 people, aged 4 months to 88 years, to assess how facial symmetry changed with age.

The results revealed small -- but measurable and noticeable -- increases in facial asymmetry with aging.

The greatest age-related increases in facial asymmetry occurred in the lower two-thirds of the face, from the eyebrows to the nose and from the nose to chin.

The findings were published in the November issue of the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

"The observed correlation between increasing facial asymmetry and age can be useful as a guide in plastic surgery to produce age-matched features," said researcher Dr. Helena Taylor, from Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Mass.

"Ultimately, we hope to contribute to a better understanding of how asymmetry evolves with time and use this data to improve outcomes in both reconstructive and aesthetic surgery," the researchers said in a journal news release.

SOURCE: Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, news release, Oct. 30, 201

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