Why do some people look younger than they appear to be?

Answer 1

Could be because of genes but it is possible to slow process by eating the right foods like vegtables, fruits, salmon, almonds and drinking around 2 ltrs of water s day, combine this with excercise and twice daily moisturizing face wash and moisturizer you should great for your age. A tip for getting easy daily fruit and vegtable intake is to buy a juicer, great for carrot juice etc... hope this helps.

NOTE:Added on by user Bucstop.com; Genes are about 100% of it, because I have eaten the poorest diet I can imagine and Im 44 and everyone says I look like im 26. I have had this all my life. When I WAS 26, I looked like I was still in High School. My senior high school picture looks like I was in middle school.

At 44, I hardly have any facial hair, have all the hair on my head (My foreline has probably receeded by about 1" since high school) and have never had crows feet.

The one outside factor I can think of is that I have worked in restaurants most of my life. Maybe the oil and grease have helped, but it doesnt explain some of the stuff Ive listed like High School, etc. I think its just how we are made.

Oiling your face and eating good cant hurt though.

Answer 2

As stated, your question implies facts that are not necessarily valid.

While there certainly are some younger people who look better than some older people, there are also some really hideous looking younger people.

Much of appearance is nothing more than what you have done to yourself in a deluded belief that your body needs decoration.

And for that matter, beauty and attraction are often more subjective and not any kind of real evaluation.

But the real question becomes, what is the basis of beauty?

Some suggest that beauty is nothing more than sexual attraction. If that is the case then beauty would be an individual's way of determining who may be more likely to be a successful parent to your future children.

A wealthy and powerful man may be perceived as a guarantee that a woman's offspring will have their future needs met, while another woman may perceive a healthy and strong man as more capable of providing for the needs of her future children. In both cases, the attraction may be something that the woman cannot quantify as to why they believe that the man is attractive.

Some men prefer blondes, some prefer brunettes, and some don't care. Some prefer a slim figure, some prefer a few more curves and again, some don't care. In the case of a man determining the relative attractiveness of a female, it's often more of an appearance of good general health... but in general, younger females tend to be more capable of providing future children.

But these tendencies are part of the history of our species. It's what we have done for countless generations.

You will probably never be able to make a conscious decision to reverse what you perceive as better looking, it's just part of being the human animal.

Answer 3

Probably from smoking or too much make up.