As we age, the cells of the body does so in the same manner and one of the first abilities they lose is the ability to regenerate. This is programmed into the human body and is our amazing ability that allows organs to heal and skin to renew itself about every few weeks. The skin and the cells that makes it up tends to lose it’s regenerative properties, aging more as you get older rather than shed and grow new skin.

This is being found as the main reason why our skin fails to renew itself in time, resulting in aged skin that has gone into a sense of regenerative hibernation, much like the problem faced by hair follicles that gets extended resting phases, slowing growth and thus leading to baling.more...

Skin Cancer Clinic