A magazine geared toward elderly women contains an advertisement for an anti-wrinkle cream purported to remove wrinkles caused by the drying effects of years of soap use
Knowledgeable nurses can keep their elderly female clients from being duped by this advertisement by explaining that the wrinkling of facial skin in old age results primarily from: A) Changes in the endocrine glands
B) Cellular mutations arising from toxic chemicals
C) Repeated exposure to ultraviolet light
D) A diet high in fats and refined sugars
C
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Repeated exposure to ultraviolet light causes solar elastosis, the wrinkling that results from the replacement of collagen by elastin. Toxic chemicals, nutrition, and endocrine changes are not known to produce the wrinkling of the skin seen in old age.
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