It’s the hair makes them look older. And also have you noticed that grandmas will always have the same hair too, like they legit got their hair cut in a certain style in what could of very well been in middle school as you see in the picture, and never changed their hair style, lol.
That's not true at all. There was cigarette smoke everywhere back then, plus a lot of people started smoking young. My grandmother started in first grade. All the second hand smoke on buses, in businesses, schools, hospitals etc., or kids actually smoking aged everyone doing it or around it like crazy.
Everyone I know who has smoked long term these days looks 10+ years older than they are too.
Half true- Sure smoking has an effect on skin over time. I'd argue everything else environmentally like smog, leaded gas, rampant pollution, particulates, PCBs and let's not forget nutrition, etc. etc. and just being kinda poor relatively had more impact plus the style and makeup tech at the time. Let's also add the film and photography into it. Myself and several of my friends were heavy smokers and contantly mistaken for being much much younger into our late 40s. Like carded daily by all ages. And hadn't quit yet. Sure it takes a toll. But it's not a straight line on a graph.
Yeah, smoking really affects skin texture but that usually isn't visible at a distance. Also, people back then had more regular sun exposure that probably outweighed the damage done by smoking to their skin.
On another note, you've given me hope man, lately I've felt that smoking has made my skin look older but reading this I'm thinking maybe I'm just being paranoid about it.
Just make sure you drink water all the time. It helps your skin look great and you will show less wrinkles as you age. Water is the best thing you can put in your body 👍🏻 Skin is out biggest organ and water is great for all of your organs!!!! Drink water 💦!
It’s so hilariously absurd that people honestly think this makes teenagers look 30 as opposed to, you know, clothes and hair. Kids in the 80s were saying the same thing about kids from the 60s. But I’m sure that was just because there was ‘more smoke’ in the 60s, or something.
Is is a common thing, peoples age can best be guessed by their hairstyle, they stop following trends in their mid 20s and stick to the "professional looking" style of that time.
Some of it is neoteny. It's a common evolutionary trait for many organisms, including humans, to look more like their children with each passing generation.
I would laugh at this but I went to a very preppy high school at the very end of the 80s and I had male classmates who wore bow ties and blazers to school every day.
Those guys are now either high end bankers or watch NASCAR at the dive bar and reminisce about the 80’s and how they were 3 yards away from a state championship lmao. There’s no in between
When my oldest son (now almost 40) was in 5th grade, the teachers and the kids thought I was his older sister. I never wore or wear sunscreen. Maybe it has more to do with genetics? I don't know tbh, just a guess.
I never wore it. Born in 1962... Never wore sunscreen. Mosquito spray with deet but no sunscreen 🧴.... I guess it just wasn't a major concern back then. I never really burned, I just got very tanned.
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I’m a guy and when I see pictures of dudes from High School in the 80’s they look older than me & im 30 lol