How The Ears, Eyes And Scalp Relate To The Heart

If you want to know your chances of developing heart disease, take a long look in the mirror. Researchers say that the older you look — with a receding hairline at the temples, bald head on top, ear lobe creases and yellow, fatty deposits on the eyelids — the more likely you are to develop heart disease.

The results were determined during a study of 1,000 people to determine differences between biological and chronological age.

“Looking old for your age marks poor cardiovascular health,” says Dr. Anne Tybjaerg-Hansen of the University of Copenhagen in Denmark, according to The Associated Press.

The researchers say, however, that not all visible signs of aging indicate increased heart disease risk. Wrinkles on the body and face along with gray hair were noted as normal signs of aging and did not correlate with heart disease.

Those people showing three out of four of the signs had a 57 percent increased risk of developing heart disease. Yellowish eyelid bumps, possible signs of cholesterol buildup, represented the highest heart disease risk.