The nurse is bathing an 80-year-old man and notices that his skin is wrinkled,thin,lax,and dry.This finding would be related to which factor?
A) Increased vascularity of the skin in the elderly
B) Increased numbers of sweat and sebaceous glands in the elderly
C) An increase in elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in the elderly
D) An increased loss of elastin and a decrease in subcutaneous fat in the elderly
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