The Zombie Cell Killers

How a rogue cancer drug became the hottest thing in anti-aging surgeryYour skin is quietly being destroyed by cells scientists literally call "zombie cells." They stopped working, refuse to die, and spend their time pumping out inflammatory chemicals that break down collagen, slow healing, and make you age faster. The medical term is senescent cells. A new class of drugs called senolytics can hunt them down and kill them — and the implications for plastic surgery are enormous.