Those will definitely help (along with sleeping properly, not having kids and trying to live non-stressfully) within the boundaries of your genetic “visual age range”, but I wonder if the biggest difference is just genetics.
I spent many a year as an underslept, hard drinking, rubbish-food-eating, stressed-out, lazy chain-smoker - but I still look much younger than a lot of people my age, because I was lucky with my genetics - younger looking skin, full head of thick hair, hair still original colour, eyes don’t need glasses yet etc. I can knock another few visual years off if I’m really looking after myself (or add quite a few on if I’m tired and ill).
Some of my significantly healthier-lifestyled friends have got the “Captain Picard” grey/bald hair thing going on, wrinkled foreheads and glasses, and whatever they do, they’re always going to look significantly older than me, which doesn’t really seem fair on them.
There’s a pretty good science fiction novel, “Methuselah’s Children.”
A rich man named Howard realizes that he’ll never live to see 65, despite all his efforts. His will creates a Foundation to encourage people with long lived ancestors to marry each other. After a few generations, the ‘Howards’ are living over 150 years…
On the other hand, Heinlein is the master of the ‘throwaway.’
There’s an exchange in ‘Space Cadet.’ The youngsters are looking at an early rocket, the “Kilroy Was Here.” Someone asks who Kilroy was and the hero confidently answers “WW2 Admiral. ‘Bull’ Kilroy.” In “The Moon…” the hero says that Dr. Watson wrote the Holmes stories before founding IBM…
I smoke and sleep very poorly. I get carded sometimes for energy drinks, which I’ve been legally allowed to buy for 20+ years.
I don’t exactly mind, but it’s annoying when people refuse to believe that I’m an adult. It’ll catch up eventually, I’m sure. My dad looked 40 from 17 until 60, and 50 until he was 70, but now he looks mostly his age.
Alcohol, bad diet, smoking, no exercise.
Fix these problems and you will look younger than your peers.
Sun Screen.
Those will definitely help (along with sleeping properly, not having kids and trying to live non-stressfully) within the boundaries of your genetic “visual age range”, but I wonder if the biggest difference is just genetics.
I spent many a year as an underslept, hard drinking, rubbish-food-eating, stressed-out, lazy chain-smoker - but I still look much younger than a lot of people my age, because I was lucky with my genetics - younger looking skin, full head of thick hair, hair still original colour, eyes don’t need glasses yet etc. I can knock another few visual years off if I’m really looking after myself (or add quite a few on if I’m tired and ill).
Some of my significantly healthier-lifestyled friends have got the “Captain Picard” grey/bald hair thing going on, wrinkled foreheads and glasses, and whatever they do, they’re always going to look significantly older than me, which doesn’t really seem fair on them.
Genetics plays a huge part.
There’s a pretty good science fiction novel, “Methuselah’s Children.”
A rich man named Howard realizes that he’ll never live to see 65, despite all his efforts. His will creates a Foundation to encourage people with long lived ancestors to marry each other. After a few generations, the ‘Howards’ are living over 150 years…
Heinlein squeezed a lot of juice out of that orange.
On the other hand, Heinlein is the master of the ‘throwaway.’
There’s an exchange in ‘Space Cadet.’ The youngsters are looking at an early rocket, the “Kilroy Was Here.” Someone asks who Kilroy was and the hero confidently answers “WW2 Admiral. ‘Bull’ Kilroy.” In “The Moon…” the hero says that Dr. Watson wrote the Holmes stories before founding IBM…
I smoke and sleep very poorly. I get carded sometimes for energy drinks, which I’ve been legally allowed to buy for 20+ years.
I don’t exactly mind, but it’s annoying when people refuse to believe that I’m an adult. It’ll catch up eventually, I’m sure. My dad looked 40 from 17 until 60, and 50 until he was 70, but now he looks mostly his age.
Jackie Coogan was a kid actor who had a decades long career.
When he was about 75 he was honored with a Life Time Achievement Award.
“You people aren’t applauding because you respect me. You’re just happy that I finally look my age.”
TIl these are the same actor. (Thanks!)