Why do faces get wider as they age?

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Looking at my wedding photos from 8 years ago and then happening across a celebrities then and now collage, I noticed that many faces “widened” as they aged.

I understand collagen loses its elasticity as time goes onbut wouldn’t that cause droop instead of expansion?

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One other thing I haven’t seen mentioned is that the nose and ears continue to grow throughout everyone’s life. It’s one of those things you don’t notice until someone points it out, then you see it everywhere. Having larger/longer ears can absolutely give the appearance of a larger head/face.

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