How Come White People look Older than Black People At The Same Age?

[Anonymous]

I’m not trying be offensive or anything but it’s the truth, y’all skin starts to sag and wrinkle way sooner than ours. I’m just wondering why. Like at 45 most of us will still look like we’re at least 30.

Black People’s Skin ages slower

Their skin ages about the same, but the melanin hides it better

[smg99]

It’s got to do with collagen, the skin thickness, yes genetics, diet, production of sebum and overall skin structure. Possibly an explanation Is Caucasians have thinner overall Strateum Corneum intermediary level, thinner Strateum spinosum the layer below responsible for inter cell adhesion and mass. Thinner Overall. Less distribution of sweat glands and sebaceous glands. Easily violated basal framework of skin and loosely defined collagen with inadequate bundles of keratin within each collagen strand. It goes to the ultra sub microscopic level. It translates to easily aging. This is the result of long standing evolution from different climatic backgrounds. Diet dictates that intricately and habits like easy accessibility to drugs and alcohol financially today, propel skin to photo age , loose integrity and age with all factors in action. Dynamic

[Asker]

👌👌👌great answer thank you

[smg99]

Your welcome

[smg99]

Someone also mentioned melanin that also protects against photo oxidation

[yasii]

The sun in one of the factors that determines how fast our skin is aging. Black people have more melanin in their skin which protects them fro. The sun's damage

[Ultimate_Gohan]

How is sun a factor?

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Its not like white people's skin gets genetically damaged by the Uv rays. Yes they are more prone to skin cancers and stuff but even if u isolate a person from harmful radiations the white person's skin will not really age faster but loose collagen content which makes the skin loose. Not that their cells are getting old

[Asker]

🤔🤔okay

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Now that uve got the answer u might wanna take that dislike back that u gave me

[yasii]

I don't know how any of this contradicts my answear? Being exposed to the sun causes wrinkles. The more melanin a person has in their skin, the less damage the sun does. It's like a protective shield. Therefore black people often look younger than white people.

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Melanin does protect from UV rays but melanin alone isn't what makes white people look older. Its kinda genetic too. The design of their skin.

[yasii]

Oh now I get what you mean

[dantetheexplorer]

Melanin and sun exposure are the top reasons why people with darker skin might look younger.

For example, it amuses me no end to see white folks going to Asia and wondering "Why are they using umbrellas... it's sunny out today". Ever since I was young, my parents would always advice me to put on a hat and long-sleeved shirt or trousers if I was going to be working outside for more than a couple of minutes. Oh, and copious amounts of sunscreen. Also, "working on your tan" is not a thing in Asia. It's more along the lines of "let's get inside and enjoy the air-conditioning as soon as possible".

[Asker]

Oh okay n yea I know in Asia darker skin is kinda looked down upon because to y’all it means lower class or some shi

[jimyee]

I seriously disagree that most black 45 year olds will look 30. Gabrielle union is not an average example and there are white women who are comparable. That said white women will age slightly quicker because they have fairer skin and the sun has more negative effects on white skin than it does to dark skin.

[Asker]

She really is tho, n please tell me some other women that look as young that didn’t have surgery? You can’t.

[jimyee]

She isn't the norm just like that white chick isn't the norm. I can't say that I've never seen a white lady her age look like that but it is extremely rare. If you wanted I coukd find the polar opposites of a black woman looking far older than her white counterpart.

[Asker]

Yea they are. N go ahead do it, I’ve asked multiple people to and they never did.

[jimyee]

Here's maresi tomei age 50

[Asker]

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[jimyee]

You gtfo Gabriel has had plastic surgery too.

[Asker]

No she didn’t you hater 🤣🚮 black don’t crack.

[GoodGuyBreakingBad]

I've heard this from many people that Whites seem to age more
than Dark skin people not only talking about Blacks but people
from India , Asia etc, will hold their age better than Whites even
my cousin says the same thing. It has to be gene in Whites that
make them age faster than other race, cultures etc. You see a
Asian girl she is 30 years old looks like she's 18 , now I'm not
exaggerating this is true.

[On_the_other_hand]

Asians look younger bc of their facial bond structure.

[wankiam]

no idea but it is often true and then there are Asian people that look younger still

[Asker]

Yea in Asia they get a lot of surgery tho, so I don't know if it’s because of that.

[wankiam]

really... i thought it was more a western thing to have the trout pout botox fake tits look

[Asker]

No way, they get surgery as birthday gifts over there

[wankiam]

maybe in affluent japan. what about rural china or impoverished vietnam though

[XRabbitHeartX]

It is because the leading cause of wrinkles and skin damage is caused by the sun. Because black people have more melanin, they have better protection against the sun & environmental factors. Whiter skin people have less melanin & therefore need SPF & sun protection much more, otherwise their skin will age much faster. So in short, it's just a difference in our genetic/biological make up.

[Anonymous]

I know this black guy that is 34 years old. He was talking to this new girl at work who was 20 years old. After he mentioned having been to University, taken a few years out, then done a College course she stopped and said ''What?'' ''how have you done all of that?''

She thought he was 20 years old!

He's 40 now and people say he looks about 25, but I've seen a girl ask if he was 23.

[Opinion Owner]

I forgot to mention that he worksout daily, doesn't eat junk, is not married, has no kids and avoids stress. He has no girlfriend, says they bring stress haha.

[MasterKey18]

I think it could be the oils in their skin.
I saw a black man a few weeks ago and he was 98 but looked around 60.
No wrinkles!

[nathanp97]

Neither. Lots of the skin aging is do to the skin being hit by UVA light, also referred to as UV aging. Black people have a type of melanin that protects them from the sun better than white people.

[Asker]

Why would the sun make people’s skin age? If anything wouldn’t it tighten the skin up? Many black people that are in Africa are exposed to the sun all the time.

[nathanp97]

You should Google it if you want to know how exactly. The melanie in black peoples skin acts as a protective layer from the damaging effects of UV light. This allows black people to take the high amount of sunlight in places like Africa. White people are found predominantly in colder climates with less sunlight; because of this they lost their darker pigment because they don't need it.

Black skin can help prevent skin cancer and the effects of aging; however, in less sunlight areas black skin can reduce the amount of vitamin D black people get increasing the likelihood of getting pancreatic cancer. Skin colour is just an evolutionary trait to aid in peoples ability to adapt and survive in their environment.

[Pink2000]

Cause they don’t have any melanin to protect them from the suns harmful rays.
Our melanin keeps us youthful. It’s scientifically proven that whites people age faster than black people.

[AdmiralBailey]

Nia Long is 7 years older than Maggie Gyllenhaal

[Asker]

Which one is Nia?

[thottttiana]

Nia is a black name

[AdmiralBailey]

Nia's the black one

[On_the_other_hand]

Because black people's skin is better protected from the sun

[Asker]

I don’t think the sun would age skin

[On_the_other_hand]

lol... www.nydailynews.com/.../...iosis-article-1.1089706

[Pink2000]

The sun ages skin.

[Asker]

Can you just say how? I don’t want to click on it. If it’s true that black People came from Africa where the sun is beaming all the time then how the crack does it all of a sudden age skin? Doesn’t add up.

[Pink2000]

Okay black people have melanin. That protects them from the sun. Girl the sun is very very damaging to the skin. Nobody told you that lol?

[Asker]

Well if it’s so damaging how come we don’t age faster? That’s cause it’s only damaging if you are in it for a long period of time. Like I said, if the sun does do that then black people would age faster. As we apparently were in the sun all the time in Africa.

[Pink2000]

I literally just said because of melanin. It’s what gives us pigmentation. It protects us.

[Pink2000]

Look up melanin please 😂

[Asker]

So what tho? It protects us but we got it from the sun? Wtf?

[Pink2000]

You don’t get melanin from the sun !! Omg. Bruh.

[onepeaceoflove]

The sun does age skin. Also, everyone has melanin, just that black people and others of color have more than white people

[Asker]

@Pink but you just said that the sun ages skin? You do get melanin from the sun, you never heard of tanning? @one you haven’t explained how. So I don’t think so.

[On_the_other_hand]

So you think all that melanin in the skin in black people is because they have been sitting out in the sun longer?

[Pink2000]

You don’t get melanin from the sun. !! Omg 😂. Girl you gotta educate yourself.

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Tbh its in their genes. Their skin is different. Only white people gey freckles and only white people get wrinkles early except for kung fu masters.

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Get*

[Asker]

Only white people get freckles? You never saw a black person with freckles? My step dad is black and he has freckles. He also has red hair

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Pure black or hybrid?

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Pure blacks can't have freckles. Not sure about hybrids between white and black people

[Asker]

I don't know neither his parents or grandparents are white tho. They’re all black.

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Hmmm. They i dont know anymore than this

[Ultimate_Gohan]

Then**

[TheOneTheyEnvy]

Because whites age in dog years and we don't. Even though I've seen washed up black women but it's because they don't take care of themselves.

[SngBirdy]

They literally dont though. Africans almost always look older than they are.
You just cherry picked the most extreme example you could find on the internet

[Pink2000]

Again it’s scientifically proven we age much slower

[Asker]

Why you in denial?

[SngBirdy]

I dont care about science. I care about appereance.
Africans look much much older than they usually are, in my eyes. My own personal experience with every African i see in person or on the internet is not denial. Its anecdotal evidence and fact

[Pink2000]

You know damn well that’s not true. It’s impossible for us to age faster because we have melanin and y’all don’t. That’s just facts. There are certain lifestyles that can speed and slow aging like drug use or alcohol abuse or a healthy and active lifestyle.

[Asker]

Well you need to fix your eyes then.

[SngBirdy]

I dont care about melanin.
Im telling you what i see with every single black person.
You can spout insignificant science non-sense at me as much as you want. At the end of the day Africans are going to look older for me, compared to a european. The fact that you get so sensitive and defensive about it just shows how insecure you are.

[Pink2000]

I’m not sensitive?

[Asker]

Lmao you are such a butthurt liar 🤣🤣🚮.

[WhereAmI]

It’s called being overexposed to the sun and not using sunblock

[Asker]

Tf that gotta do with skin aging?

[WhereAmI]

A lot if you consider the woman you used in the pic. I see plenty of blacks that age. A real comparison would be Asians

[Asker]

Do you see sun on them in the photos? N yea no duh everyone ages. Asians skin ages just as fast as whites. I think. Their skin ages slower than blacks tho.

[Asker]

^ meant faster than blacks too

[WhereAmI]

I disagree based upon my personal dxperience

[Asker]

Sure 👌

[RedThread]

This is why I moisturize my skin and stay out of the sun.

[JxrdN]

Black never cracks 😉

[esotericstory]

Its the opposite here in Europe, it has to do with the climate probably.

[Asker]

The opposite? It’s the same their from what I’ve seen in videos

[esotericstory]

the winter ages blacks their skin faster.

[Asker]

No it doesn’t, it makes us ashy.

[stormbreaker06]

white people lack melanin.

they are melaninless.

[rickytim]

That's just the way it is with some people I'm 50 I'm not sagging but I workout 3 times a week

[VIVANT]

Tougher skin holds up better

[VIVANT]

I am very pale thoigh I can quite tan in summer as I’m active outfits A LPT. Thigh without thst I think id be rathe pale.. not a big deal now bc I’m young but I’m envious of people with dark skin it looks so much smother throughout life.

[_乃尺OЩ刀_TITI]

Cuz black don't crack.