RJV World

An unhealthy lifestyle can add years to your face say researchers. Based on professional ratings of photos of identical twins, some of them could be mistaken for older sister. They conduct their research on 136 pairs of twins with their different lifestyle. They found out that smoking adds 2.5 years for every decade you puff, while an extra 30 hours per week of sun exposure can make you look two years older by age 40 and 3.5 years older 70. Emotional pressure takes toll too and divorce tacks on 1.7 years and also being widowed. Even weight has an effect when your under 40 excess pounds may obscure facial features giving you an older look, says lead author Bahman Guyuron M.D. chairman of plastic surgery at Case Western Reserve University.