Why do millennial adults look so much younger than gen X and Boomers when they were 25+?

Question

Has Father Time just been kinder to us? Is it modern technology?

Screenwriter · Accepted Answer

Might be all the modern stuff that's come along in the past 50 years for skin, and people have been using sunscreen and taking better dental care and gym-ing more.

When I was a kid, no one in my family was flossing. My grandparents had lost lots of teeth, some had partial whatever those things are called and loads of crowns. Yet everyone in my generation had their wisdom teeth in the far rear removed. I had braces. No one in my parents' generation did that.

I had it done for my son.

Also, loads of people had to do more strenuous outdoor work with no sun protection, no sunglasses, this affected peoples' eyes with cataracts which compromise vision.

People today do a lot more maintenance and preventive care. Most of us exercise, no matter what age we are, because if you don't do enough, you lose strength and flexibility.

My great grandmother looked like an 80 year old when she was 65. I look like a 55 year old at nearly 70. And I know what I NEED to do to stay healthy.

Better health care means healthier, better looking, better maintained people. Also nutrition has improved. You ever heard of ANYONE having gout! Buildup of uremic acid that causes swelling and pain in joints from consuming too much red meat?

Yet a friend of my dad's had gout in the 1960s. Something I thought had gone out with Henry the VIII, 400 years earlier.

So, medical science has provided all these great extensions of youth, beauty and health.

Remember, at 15 you were an adult having babies 400 years ago. At 30 you were an old man. Life expectancy at 1900 was 45. 400 years earlier, it was likely 35. So 20 was middle-aged.

Though we still need work on some illnesses, and having a HEALTHSPAN that equals our LIFESPAN, we're approaching that!!!

Gwendoline · Accepted Answer

Gen X and boomers drank a lot more and smoked a lot more. They worked hard manual labour jobs in the elements b4 labour saving devices were more common. Also pollution. In Britain a lot of coal was burned right up until the 80s, factories produced a lot of pollution and car fuel had lead in it. Even if you didn't smoke they were exposed to 2nd hand smoke everywhere they went. A lot of products to had chemicals in them. Baby boomers especially were given high doses of pharmaceutical drugs, for instance my great aunt and grandmother were given weight loss pills after giving birth that were basically speed. Hard living, drinking, drugs, smoking, food, pollution it all takes its toll.

quarrel · Accepted Answer

I know in the beginning of the Millennial generation we did a lot of sports when we were kids, and then many men went to war with 9/11 so that drove physical fitness standards. Latter in the Millennial generation (mid 1990s) they barely went outside and ended up spending a lot of time in front of computers so their psychical fitness standards were lower. For example Marc the American in this video is 40 and still going stronger than most 20 year olds these days.

Oncewildtwiceburned · Accepted Answer

If you mean guys, its because

They work in doors more often than their gramps and pa did.

We’re divorced/single in greater numbers.

We workout more often and better because have youtube to give us workout strategies, lifting advice, and nutritional advice+more gyms and better gyms (cheaper home equipment/squat racks etc).

We don’t smoke as much as our predecessors or drink as often (xbox live is our chill time).

We get more sleep.

For women, I haven’t noticed women 35+ looking young for their age.

TheRealPepperPotts · Answer

Millennials figured out that we should either stay out of the sun or wear sunscreen and use fake tan. Tanning is a relatively recent phenomenon and was a status symbol for a time (who can afford to lay around for hours and do nothing just to change their skin color?). But tanning is horrible for the skin and causes premature aging.

It costs more to have beautiful, untanned, undamaged skin now, so the status symbol is changing. Natural-toned skin with no blemishes is more difficult and expensive to achieve and maintain. Victoria's Secret models do not tan because it ruins their skin, they use spray tans because it hides flaws better. Think body makeup.

Also, avocado toast... :D

TsundereMatrix · Answer

I’m 32 but I can still pull off looking like I’m still in my 20’s. I’m still mentally in my 20’s too. I’m 5’5 and 100lbs so I am on the smaller side and I still fit into my clothes that I wore in high school. I think it’s just the way I dress and carry myself that makes me look 10 years younger than my actual age.

WindAtMyBack · Answer

Never noticed it.

As you get older and older, young people look younger and younger. I have no way to judge it. I can't judge how a 30 year old today looks compared to a 30 year old when I was 30 myself.

It's not possible to put myself in that perspective. All I can say is that I have never noticed it.

godfatherfan · Answer

Because Gen X, Boomers and The Silent Generation were 30 when we were 9. I was making dinner for my sister (4 years younger) before I was 10. Nowadays, parents don't even let their kids make their own food until they are past teenage years. It is really sad.

4ngelic · Answer

millenials are a lot more health conscious and live healthier lifestyles than older gens, they tend to delay traditional milestones of adulthood like marriage & having kids (so less stress) and they tend to dress and style themselves younger than older gens

Justneedtokno · Answer

I like to think that we are age of healing era we are the ones that are tackling mental health and trying to eat healthy and do better especially for the next generation that’s coming and we are trying to break some family trauma and look good while doing it no stress being more open minded, making choices unapologeticallyloving ourselves more and think it’s a beautiful thing for the next generation.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

Millennials are the “me” generation. As we learned to prioritize ourselves rather than devoting our lives to our careers, we’re happier. That happiness is noticeable on our faces, hence why we look “younger” than those who came before.

Joshydavid25 · Answer

It's probably because people are more conscious about skin care. There's also less smoking than in the past.. Being put less in the sunlight as well, which aged skin up.. It has its pros and cons..

jennifer_bloom · Answer

It a not true for Asians. My mom looks 40 at 70 years old and I looked 13 when I was 30 years old. I had guys ten years younger than me hitting on me thinking I was younger than them.

dustybiker2 · Answer

My friends and I all still look far younger than others of our generation. None of us had kids early. They all did as teens on.

MannMitAntworten · Answer

I swore there were several videos out stating Gen-Z and Gen-Y were aging faster than previous generations. Something about stress and emotional isolation. Beats me either way and I do not give it much thought either way.

Kabluie · Answer

Just look at generation alpha, they want to shop at Sephora with their allowance, and try-on beauty samples at 14. Advancements in skincare, health, and hygiene has helped.

DrPepper12 · Answer

We Xers did nothing to stop the boomer ecotastrophe and now all the preservatives & micro plastics have solidified you into your more youthful looking selves. You should thank us!

PeachyPie93 · Answer

We look after our skin more than the previous gens..

captain_voidwalker · Answer

Chemicals the government puts in the water supply such as fluoride lowers testosterone levels, lower testosterone levels make you look more childish , yes even in women

NicholasRedone · Answer

*stands to attention* - can you believe he's 30 folks, the devil in my avatar 💘😋

ProbablyClueless · Answer

Fewer cosmetic procedures. Gen Z goes crazy with their treatments and such.

Dongie · Answer

It's been the same each generation. Or can't you tell?

red324 · Answer

Because everyone baked in the sun with no sunscreen or hats for years

Anonymous · Answer

Genetics also plays a big part. I still get mistaken for a student or 26 year old.

Anonymous · Answer

People live more healthier lifestyles now, also we associate old clothes with old people.

beefcakebradybatson · Answer

I'm 71 and look about 45.

Anonymous · Answer

I am glad I was not born in the 90's.

Professor-college · Answer

Because we are more fun to be with

alice55 · Answer

They don't

Anonymous · Answer

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