What makes a person face look old?

Question

What makes a face look old apart from wrinkles, liver spots, crows feet, grey hair and lines.
How are we able to look at a persons face and guess their age group?
For example Kylie Minogue has no prominent wrinkles or lines but you can tell by looking at her that she's older than the Olsen twins for example or Eva Longoria looks older than Christina Milian or George Clooney looks older than Orlando Bloom.
So what exactly is it that makes them look older? (those are just examples by the way - I mean people in general, not just celebs)

Please note I am not asking what causes the face to age (smoking, drugs, alcohol, tanning, etc) but what we as people see when we look at a person (apart from the obvious traits I have listed above) that makes us able to judge their age group.

Answer 1

I have worked with many plastic surgeons, and here are some of the answers (other than wrinkles) that they had given me before:

A. The Nose - As you age, the angle from the tip of the nose to the upper lip declines. A young person will have an angle of 100 degrees whereas an older person will have an angle less than 90 degrees.

B. Jowels and increased skin or fat on the chin line. As you age the elasticity of the skin decreases so it sags below your chin, also the amount of extra fat increases under the chin. The effect is to create a 'longer' face as the sight line drops from the eyes to an additional .5 to 1 inch lower.

C. The bagginess around the eyes. The lower eyelid increases in fat density and the upper eyelid has additional loose skin. The effect is to create tired vs. fresh eyes.

D. Teeth and eye color. Older people have yellower teeth and their eye color is not as bright/white.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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What makes a person face look old?
What makes a face look old apart from wrinkles, liver spots, crows feet, grey hair and lines.
How are we able to look at a persons face and guess their age group?
For example Kylie Minogue has no prominent wrinkles or lines but you can tell by looking at her that she's older than the Olsen...

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Answer 5

More so than lines, it is the shifting and/or loss of subcutaneuos muscle and fat that makes a person look older.
That is why, even with a facelift, you can still come close to guessing a person's age. The whole structure supporting the skin has changed.

Answer 6

As humans age our bone structure and cartilage changes..it as if the face gets wider or broader and the jaw bone becomes weaker.

Answer 7

Collagen begins to run out, the skin becomes thinner. Bone structure becomes clearer - i.e. the face becomes thinner and smaller.

Answer 8

There are many ways to see the age by looking in there eyes you can tell by the way they move and stuff like that

Answer 9

smoking, drugs, drinking, tanning, and stress

Answer 10

wrinkles and sags