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Oct 22, 2025

4 min

What causes loss of fingerprints in the elderly?

According to one study on the stability of fingerprints, aging often leads to a decrease in the prominence of epidermal ridges, impacting biometric accuracy. This natural but sometimes frustrating phenomenon prompts the question: What causes loss of fingerprints in the elderly?

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Oct 16, 2025

4 min

At what age do fingerprints disappear? The aging process and biometric challenges

Despite common beliefs portrayed in fiction, a person's fingerprint pattern does not simply disappear due to aging. Your unique epidermal ridge patterns are largely set before birth and remain a lifelong identifier, though certain age-related factors can make them harder to capture.

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