The Asian Face

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Hi, it's become more apparent to me how much people say all Asian people look young for their age. I'm about to turn twenty, just started to get facial to be thicker, and have finished puberty in the other ways. It's starting to annoy me a lot how I'm told I look younger, and all Asians than I really am. Then there are others that say it in a positive way, that I'll appreciate it when I get older. Within the last two years I started to notice the human face shape in a artistic way, I like to draw. Those of European ancestry have deep set eyes, those of Asian(south east mainly) have shallow eyes, and those of African ancestry seem to vary a bit between the extremes. My conclusion is that I believe the skull shape has some effect on how old we look. The way our skin ages seems to depend on genetics, environment, health, diet, lifestyle, and sleep. The Asian face gets wrinkles just like other races. For most men, facial hair seems to be less on our faces than those of European and African descent, but we still grow facial hair. My Great Grandfather had a long beard but after his time it seemed as if clean shaven was the way to go, though religion may have required them to not cut/shave any hair. For some of us the hairs are not thick enough, or they are too spread out to look nice so it is better to shave it. I also think it tends to grow slower for us. Our body size, and height, could also play a factor on "guess our age". For most of the older generation, height was shorter due to nutrition, but also on average everyone was shorter. Things today are different. The body frame seems to be more narrow on average. I myself lack broad shoulders that my cousins all have. Can anyone else post their ideas on this subject?

regarding this topic of yours, i dont think looking younger or older or any physical appearence should be of anybody's concern or matter of self confidence unless its a serious deformity that needs correction by surgical means or other treatments.

everybody is handsome/beautiful in their own ways, its their identity, its what makes us unique, thats what makes us who we are, what others say shouldnt be a concern. never compare yourself with ads on tv or posters or celebs and shrug off whatever anyone tells you.

nutrition, genetics, environment, pollution, geographical locations etc do have effect on every living thing on this planet. its a huge subject, so lets not go there. i will only say that lot of things effect our bones, skin, hair and ageing process.

every time a baby is born its dna will differ slightly from its own parents and siblings. we are all exactly not like our grandparents or our relatives in many ways as result of it. :smile: there is positive side to everything only if you try to see it. just be happy for who you are and dont get annoyed over such things. take care

Caucasians evolved for a cold Northern European climate, with little melanin to produce more vitamin D, and more hair for warmth. The relatively less hair in Asians make them look younger to Caucasians.

At a later stage, having less melanin means Caucasians' skin is less protected, and it ages faster.

I'm actually doing experimentations and research on the human skin. Black skin is less prone to wrinkling and it's quite normal for most blacks to look younger than their age. The same goes for Asians which I definitely saw in Japan. The average Japanese will live longer than the average American. But I agree that it definitely has to do with environment and even diets. I'm mainly focusing on the human skin though so I wouldn't know much about facial features or anything like that. I just think it's fascinating the way genetics work. Both my parents have dark hair and light brown/hazel eyes. But I have green eyes and brown hair and my sister has blonde streaks in her hair which is really really weird. The guys in my family look older than they are and the women look younger. It's really weird.

Originally Posted By: JapanFan14The guys in my family look older than they are and the women look younger. It's really weird. same here. I look younger than my age and my brother looks older. grin: genetics is so fascinating indeed.

Why is it weird to have blonde streaks?

Originally Posted By: StephieJWhy is it weird to have blonde streaks? I dont find blonde streaks weird. I like them a lot

Because nobody in our family has blonde hair let alone blonde streaks and we have no idea where they came from. Just like they don't know where my eye color came from. So it must be from somewhere down the family line.

Or even possibly an "error" in your genes, though obviously not a malignant one.

In my mind, brain, evolution class last year we discussed genetics and eye color. Genetically you can have only brown or blue eyes. Any other color is usually due to some enviromental or health factor. I'm not sure about hair though...

An interesting little bit of trivia for you that kind of applies to your query...Up until 13,000 years ago no one had blue eyes (atleast not genetically), it occurred as a genetic mutation.

So a person with green eyes has a health factor or is due to the environment?

This is what I said in my first post. Quote: every time a baby is born its dna will differ slightly from its own parents and siblings. we are all exactly not like our grandparents or our relatives in many ways as result of it.About you and your sister having different eye color and streaks than your parents and how its possible: Hazel eyes often appear to shift in color from a light brown to a medium golden-green. A number of studies using three-point scales have assigned "hazel" to be the medium-color between the lightest shade of blue and darkest shade of brown. This can sometimes produce a multicolored iris, i.e., an eye that is light brown near the pupil and charcoal or amber/dark green on the outer part of the iris (and vice versa) when observed in sunlight. A large percent of Hazel eyes have a brown ring around the iris and have either green or blue around the outside of the ring.Definitions of the eye color "hazel" vary: it is sometimes considered to be synonymous with light-brown and gold. In North America, "hazel" is often used to describe eyes that appear to change color, ranging from light brown to green and even gray, depending on lighting in the environment.The same study found an associaton between hair color and eye color. The BEY1 pheonotype (Hazel eyes) demonstrated association with blond hair while the BEY2 phenotype (Brown eyes) is linked with dark hair.Based on these studies its possible that you can have hazel, brown, green or blue eyes if one/both of your parents have hazel eyes, cos your dna may have chosen the genomes (which are already present in your parent/s DNA) to produce a different color of eyes than your parents.The same goes for Blonde streaks of your sister. If what the study indicates is true, that the phenotype of hazel eyes being associated with blonde hair, then the same phenotype from your parents may have given your sister her streaks of blonde.It may not be a genetic defect/error or environmental factor.This is what evolution or natural selection of random genes to produce a better offspring is about. Welcome to the fascinating world of genetics

No I meant it could be something enviromental OR something health related (though both are possible), and niether necessarily are something bad. It just happens. It's not really a matter of Nature v. Nurture, but rather the two coinciding.I'm sure there are situations that deviate from this (because there always is, but that's the general theory.

lol well thanks for the genetics lesson hahabut I don't believe in evolution or natural selection =p

lol no I do I was just adding that because of what he said.

Inheritable traits would essentially mean that there is natural selection (though obviously a lot less so in environments like ours where there isn't as much of a necessity for any specific traits), though not necessarily evolution.