# Baby faced @ 30 years old, still lookin' young @ 50?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-faced-30-years-old-still-lookin-young-50/477098>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 14, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-faced-30-years-old-still-lookin-young-50/477098 "2008-12-14T05:49:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ShelliBean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@ShelliBean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShelliBean)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-faced-30-years-old-still-lookin-young-50/477098/41 "2008-12-16T16:32:39Z")

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> [@Anaamika](#):
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> The silver is starting to show more and more in my hair, though, but thankfully it still can be hidden. Maybe in a few years I’ll dye. Maybe, though I like the look right now.

Don’t dye on me man! You will live! Oh…

Yeah, I’m 33 too and the silver is getting more pronounced. But I do get carded and get mistaken for younger depending on the kind of clothes I am wearing. It has seemed to keep up for a while. I have always looked younger. Part of that is being 5’1" with a small frame, though. When I do my Oprah style gain and loss of weight, I definitely get mistaken for younger when I am small. Smoking and tanning a lot is a pretty good way to get rid of this phenomenon, though. I do both. I wonder how young I would look if I took actual care of myself better than just hitting the gym.

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**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baby-faced-30-years-old-still-lookin-young-50/477098/42 "2008-12-16T17:59:02Z")

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> [@Auntbeast](#):
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> I always loved the phrase “if you want to see what a woman is going to look like in 20 years, look at her mother.” My Mom has always looked great for her age, and my Grandmother as well. I turned 40 in March and since then, I have been carded for alcohol and cigarettes. The odd thing is, I could pass for older when I was a teen. I think I have one of those faces that aren’t really age determining, a muddle if you will.

I’ve been married long enough to have seen my wife’s mother at the same age my wife is now, and they look nothing alike. So I’m not much of a believer in that phrase.

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