re: What makes people look the age they look?

Add to that list:

dry skin
arid climates

Women in Western and Southwestern states compared to Southern states.

Well Cindy is 51/52

You have to look at the same thing forensic specialist look at

Not enough water, smoking, drinking, not enough sleep and sun exposure are all big factors in the outward, cosmetic signs of aging.

I have a friend who's almost 50. He has always taken precautions when going out in the sun (he's one of the guys who wears long sleeves, jeans and a big floppy hat when he does yards work). Aside from his slightly gray hair, he looks 35. Seriously not a wrinkle anywhere on his face.

The sun does a number on peoples skin.

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have a friend who's almost 50. He has always taken precautions when going out in the sun (he's one of the guys who wears long sleeves, jeans and a big floppy hat when he does yards work). Aside from his slightly gray hair, he looks 35. Seriously not a wrinkle anywhere on his face

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But why does he look 35 and not 20?

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Not enough water, smoking, drinking, not enough sleep and sun exposure are all big factors in the outward, cosmetic signs of aging.

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Genetics play a significant part in it as well.

Cindy is a freak of nature, just like Raquel Welch. There’s no explaining it. Maybe the dark olive pigmentation helps?

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Raquel Welch.

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GILF goals

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But why does he look 35 and not 20?

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Exactly. Only a few people in this thread seem to really grasp what I was asking.

You’re asking why an individual in our opinion looks a certain age but not another. I think that’s just it, an opinion. And having said that, that opinion it’s usually based on certain aesthetics associated with aging hence, why others including myself went in that direction.