Whats your secret if you regularly get told you look younger than your age

[AnandaKonda]

I think it is largely genetics .. do things like sun screen, water, diet, yoga etc really help?

Fat don’t crack.
Also I don’t really wear make up and have not got many greys yet.
I’m unremarkable really so people don’t tend to think of my age I think.

I used to work in a place where i was processing loan applications so I knew peoples dates of birth. People often looked good at their age. Some people had aged badly. I think that's what it is. If we havent aged badly we tell ourselves we look younger than we are. But Im not sure
A 21 year old can tell another 21 year old from a 27 year old, and realistically, a 27 year old hasn't got any signs of ageing on their face. It is one of those primal instantaneous assessments we make of people. We can still somehow tell that an unhealthy flabby smoking sun-loving 35 year old is younger than the plant food based, sun-avoiding pure living yogi in her mid 40s. We just know their ages still. I say "we" but this is what I believe.

Slightly, it’s about wrinkles. Fuller faces have fewer wrinkle.

Genetics.
Moisturiser.
Not too skinny, at 66, it really is your face or your arse.

Being fat is not youthful though. Surprised to see so many people believing that fatness is making them look young

I'm surprised too because that's not the case for me or anyone I know.

I know when I put on weight it ages me, and the same with all the women and men I know. Loosing it can take years off, but only in the proviso that you go to a healthy weight. Not under weight.

However there is a proviso to that, in that if you've been excessively over weight and lose a lot of weight, even if you go down to a healthy weight you can look prematurely much older, because skin looses its elasticity as we age, so doesn't always shrink totally back, leaving more wrinkles. In this th face and th body are not hugely different. Excessive weight loss can lead to sagging skin, on both the face and body,

As others have said, genetics is the number one factor, which isn't very helpful as there ain't much you can do about it.

I also think sleep is very important. I've always been told I look very young for my age - I'm 50 - but I notice that when I've slept poorly the night before, I look noticably older and more haggard. That's why I agree with a previous poster who said having children ages you. I don't think it's the physical act of becoming a mother so much as the almost inevitable lack of sleep and extra stress.

No wrinkles on a balloon. Until it deflates! (not calling overweight people balloons, just quoting my old grannie, who, at 96, still looks around 66 -70.)

I agree withslightlybonkers

I also think it’s not just about wrinkles.
Apparently when we are judging someone’s age we look at the contours of their face/plus posture etc. That’s why when you see someone from a distance, even before you are close enough to see any wrinkles you could tell if they were over a certain age...
Jowls are more ageing than wrinkles.

I don't know! I'm 44 and people usually think I'm a maximum of 37/38 sometimes 34/35. I have always taken care of my skin and I have never been a sunbather. My parents were not particularly young looking so I don't have a clue.

Jowls are more ageing than wrinkles.

Absolutely. I still have pretty good skin for my age - 50 - but am noticing jowels sneaking in. It's not pretty.

I don't look young for my age, but my husband looks much younger than his 69 years. It's all down to genetics in his case. His mother looked young for her age until her 90s. He drinks (though not much), used to smoke like a chimney (though hasn't for 20 years) and never uses any sunscreen or even moisturiser. Having a full head of hair, which has very little grey in it helps and we're probably equally wrinkled, despite the fact that I'm 10 years younger.

Exercise I think, positive outlook and good genes

Oily skin means I have few wrinkles, chubby cheeks help too. Both of these I get from my Mum so genetics. I also keep out of the sun, have never smoked and don't drink much.

I'm 50. I think that while on first glance I can pass for mid-thirties if I am side by side with someone of that age there is a clear difference.

Never smoked
Hardly drink
Slightly overweight
Don't like the sun
Eat healthy food
Have kids in teens so now a very glamorous granny!

Yoga, steam room every day, being naturally blonde, drinking fuckloads of water, rarely drinking alcohol, having a light tan, and just actually having a young looking face - big eyes, small nose etc.

Genetics! I looked very young for my age until I was about 35, and then just young for my age until I was 45. I'm now in my fifties and actually look my age which is a bit of a shock after years of having to explain to people that I really did have fifteen/twenty/twentyfive years of experience . The ID in shops thing came in when I was around forty. To my surprise I was asked many times!

But it was genetics combined with:
not sun worshipping, wearing hats, sunscreen and sunglasses,
drinking lots of water,
a lifetime of pretty good diet,
being slightly overweight (being properly fat made me look older, as now as I lose it I have more wrinkles!),
using moisturiser from a young age, about 15
but also having rather a lot of spots as a teenager and for a long time after ....

At several points in my life I've drunk like a fish, and it's only since I was over 45 that it began to make my face look older. A very good reason to cut down!

Never worn makeup
Sunscreen and shade. Never sunbathed.
Clean living, healthy diet
Long hair

Genetics, and being plump (is that a theme?).

I am early 60s but frequently get told I look at least 10 years younger, no idea why as I don’t dye my hair or dress trendily but I do see a lot of people over 60 who do look quite haggard.

Good genes and I never put my face in the sun. I also use factor 20 all the time. I still have a few wrinkles but I like them ...

Chubby cheeks - my face is more filled out.

Genetics

Genetics - my mum was always taken to be about 10 years younger than her actual age, and she did everything 'wrong'. Smoked for most of her life, spent loads of time outside in the days before sunscreen, water never passed her lips etc etc. She also had a very youthful attitude.

I'm lucky enough to have inherited a bit of her genetic luck.

I'm 38 and still get asked for ID for wine. I'm not sure what it is as I have never had a particularly good skincare routine. I don't drink a lot and I do a lot of exercise

Never smoked, no alcohol, no sun worshipping, eyes far apart (apparently I've been told babies eyes are far apart that is why they look young ), being short, no children.

I get this all the time when people at work ask me how old my kids are and they are shocked when I tell them. I am 46 and most people think I am 10 years younger. I don't wear makeup but need a bit of help from hair dye.

ChiaraRimini how old are your kids? Are you sure they're not surprised that you had them young?