how come adults don’t look as ‘mature’ as they used to? I’m told it’s ‘neoteny’ but that answers nothing.

Question

As a millennial, I recognize that us 90’s kids just look like very tall teenagers, where as people our age back 30 to 40 years ago actually LOOKED like they were in their 20’s. Why is this?

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Answer 1

I’m going to guess here but probably a combination of the following:
*We’re much fatter now which can make you look younger than you are
*We haven’t all been smoking since we were twelve
*We spend far less time outdoors and when we do, we wear suncream (sun exposure ages your skin)
*Changing fashion