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Atrophy usually refers to the skin-as you get older or if you have had alot of sun in the past-the dermis (that is the layer below the top layer which is called the epidermis) gets thinner and the skin looks more wrinked. Muscles and fat can also get thinner -this is another form of atrophy. Even the top layer gets thinner contributing to more atrophy.

Dr. Vicki Levine reviewed this

43 year experience in Dermatology

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

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