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Why can senior citizens' prints be hard to capture?

Skin elasticity decreases with age.

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  1. Their fingers are always wet
  2. Skin elasticity decreases with age ✔
  3. Their ridges disappear completely

Why: As skin elasticity decreases with age, ridges get thicker and less prominent.

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Answer: Skin elasticity decreases with age. As skin elasticity decreases with age, ridges get thicker and less prominent.

  1. Fingerprint en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint
    Since the elasticity of skin decreases with age, many senior citizens have fingerprints that are difficult to capture.
    Checked 2026-11-07.

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