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I don't age normally.
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I'm turning 38 in two weeks. Most men my age are fat, balding, have much facial hair, and wrinkles. You can clearly see that they are 38, unless they are a model and then you only see their touched up photos or they use makeup. I have never used any anti-aging products nor have I lived a totally healthy lifestyle. I even smoked for over 10 years. However, many people swear that I look more like 25 than 38 and they often demand to see my ID. Before the newer plastic credit card style IDs came out, I used to have to sign a book whenever I went to a bar or bought alcohol at a store stating that if I were caught for minor in possession, the establishment that served me could not be charged. Most people would probably kill to have this condition. But trust me, it is more of a curse than a blessing. Because I look so young, I often attract younger women who freak out when they find out how old I really am. Women my age don't want to date me because they look way older than I do. I am wondering if I don't have some kind of hormone imbalance or something. I have searched the internet for anyone else that has a similar problem, but cannot find anything about it anywhere. There are hormone imbalances that age you quicker, but none that age you slower. It only seems natural to me that one could not exist without the other. I really need to know if there is a possible health risk or if there are others out there like me.
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There are lots of people out there that look much younger than their actual age. It is just a natural thing that occurs with some people I have known several people that were in their thirties that looked like they were in their earlier twenties. There is nothing wrong with you just enjoy it while you can because it wont last eventually your age will catch up with you.

I was carded when I would go to buy beer all the way up to the age of 30 so it is more normal than you might think.
I don't know why you are complaining. You should take pride that you are not aging as fast as your friends. I think I have something similar to what you have. I am 23 and I look like I am 16 or 17. I always get carded when I go see an R rated movie or even buy a Mature video game. It comes with the terrority. My fiancee said that if I was to go to highschool then I could blend right in. It's frustrating at times, but you know what dude, when you are 70 then you are going to wish that you look like a 50 year old, so might as well bask in it now.
Yea it might kick in anyday now, so just be warned you will get old, we all do. Not all men in their 40's get fat and bald, I know some who are quite attractive, but old guys are just not for me, not right now anyway.
I kinda know how you feel, I'm 18 and look ridiculously young, I can't get into 15's without ID, let alone get served (and I know 13 yr olds who can get served ffs)
you probably will appreciate it more when you get into late 40s/50s though, that's when some people seem to start getting really self conscious about their age, and you can put that off somewhat.
thats just lame because you are 23 and look like 17... but being 38 and looking like 25 is really cool, you are lucky you stupid bastard! be happy
I am 33 and I still get asked to show my ID all the time. I just dated a 20 year-old this September. I f**king love it man...what r u, some kind of psycho freak? Why don't u go on a quest and find the fountain of aging?
i can empathize with you. because women of your age will not be attracted to you(as they will look so young compared to you! and women tend to prefer men older than them) whereas those younger women that you attract will freak out when they know your real age!
But thinking in a positive side, you will look young when you are old, it is a good thing!
i mean look old* compared to you!
I wonder if you are like me...

Give it more time, as I have to, to be sure. I'm currently 25, I haven't physically aged in 5 years now. I have many more.. "abnormalities" beyond just that though. I've signed up here considering seeing if anyone has some answers.
I have the same thing I stopped aging at 16, im 22 now and people still think im a high school kid. I always thought it was a slight genetic mutation because I also havnt been sick even with a cold since then and im somewhat hypersensitive too light. I was a fetus near the Chernobyl nuclear accident in the Ukraine so maybe thats it.
I have often wondered how many people are out there who don't age. And why science just don't pick them up and do some research since so much resources are spent on anti-aging cream, etc. Majority of people want to look young as they grow older but there are a whole bunch of us who just can't even seem to get pass the next birthday without going into reverse mode! I'm 42 this year but I look 25. My brother is 44 and he looks 18! And it is just not the face but the entire body remains in a frozen stage. I don't exercise and eat like a normal person. The funny thing was when I was 15, I looked much older. Things started to reverse after I turned 30. I am just curious where all this will head to. And like Inter(20716), I haven't been sick since giving birth to my second child. I used to get really bad headaches. But after year 2001, I don't even know how a headache feels like. But my eyes are very sensitive, to wind and light. Isn't there someone who's interested to know why we don't age?
Hey Im just going to brieflly tell my side..im currentlly 30 going on 18..im as healthy as a horse and I feel and look 17..I constantlly get mistaken for 17 year old. Not only do I look young I feel young. I can run a marathon ..run up mountains ..I have unlimited energy ..Im strong as hell and I dont even realise im getting old. LIke if it wasnt for my friends reminding me of my birthday I wouldnt even know im aging. I hang out with 18 to 20 year olds because poeple my age act old too old and I feel like Im hanging with adults and grown ups ..I always refer to them as old people. My friends know my age but they swear im lying and im just caring a fake id. Most places think I have a fake all the time. I have a extremlly high metabolism.. hi energy and I dont ever get tired of anything Im a work horse .. the best part about it is im reliving my teens with new knowledge every year .. I do eat healthy most of the time but fast food doesnt hurt nor cause any issues ..my skin is extremmlly fast healing you could cut or scrape my skin and in 1 day or 2 its heal completelly ..i have only a few scars from a few car wrecks and skating accidents but other then that I heal at a high rate..I shattured my knee joint in track , my doctor said i was permenetlly going to walk with a limp.. guess what i walk straight as a arrow no limp and a full recovery docters couldnt explain it.All my friends I went to school with have aged normally and It feels weird to be around them because they feel im like my own son comming to hang out with their teens lol so i honestlly feel i have turned off the aging process some kinda natural behavier my body is supposed to do is not and its great
I'm so glad I found this. I too have this "problem". I'm in my mid-30s, but anywhere from 17-22. That's what people say. I'm not perfect, like I have some age symptoms like balding, but basically I look young. Women my age call me "dear", their daughters think I'm "hot". I attract way young girls, I can't really relate to "old" people my age. I saw this guy from my high school the other day, recognized me right away, twas weird older guy, hehe. I mostly relate to people in their early 20s. People just think I was in my late teens were it not for my hair. This sounds really hot, but the reality is it's kinda freakish and weird sometimes. Girls like me that are way way young, but women my age tend to mother me, of course they like me to, ha. Ok, well this sounds like bragging but it isn't. Glad to know there are others like me.
Maybe youre Benjamin Buttons kid or something. At any rate, just figure that when your 60 youll look 40 and can get non-wrinkly ass.
Yeah, I look younger than my age too (23). I've found that dressing older, growing a beard, and acting older help people figure out my age easier. You might want to try the same.
what 38 year olds have you been hanging out with? most of them r normal looking
IT's NOT AS FUN AS YOU'd THINK!!

I am 33 and most days I appear to be 17 or younger.

I have been disrespected by people who thought I was a teen mom. I have been ignored by sales clerks who think I was a teen just browsing. I( have been talked down to. And I have put on weight - ON PURPOSE- to try and have a more mature look.

Female peers think I am lying about my real age- and men overlook me because they think I'm jail bait..... Even my son says, geez mom - you look as young as some of the kids in my school (he's in middle school).

I'm tired of being called "sweetie" and "that girl".
I am 18 and i find your situation very bold and alluring. I would date you. If you have a problem with how you see YOU, being 38 and looking 25 is a very well comment and i think look on the bright side and trust me any woman who is really beautiful won't care about age because AGE DOSEN"T MATTER! Your a pretty man and lookin good :) hehe
I felt like I was reading my own story. This is something I started researching a few year ago when I noticed that the people around me were getting older and yet I stayed looking the same age. I think I stoped growing older at around 25.

I've been searching the internet and I
I felt like I was reading my own story. This is something I started researching a few year ago when I noticed that the people around me were getting older and yet I stayed looking the same age. I think I stoped growing older at around 25.

I've been searching the internet for years and I found NOTHING....NOTHING! I think that's weird in itself.

Feel free to contact me. I'm intereested what year you were born and where you were born.

I have a CRAZY theory. I don't share it with many people but since you're the only person I've found on the net with the same issue....I'd love to explain it to you. Warning...it involves vacines and government experiments in the early 1970's wih babies.

I'm not nuts, possibly just an overactive imagination but yet something tells me you and I may have a lot in common! brady969@live.com
Count me in :)Same with me.I'm from the same "breed".Turning 36 soon ( december),but i look like i'm 10 years younger:) And i'm happy about that.:))
I was born in the midwest in 1970. This is weird because I have heard of this theory before. I was subjected to many experimental vaccines and antibiotics as a child.
this is normal im 18 and my mom is 40 and ppl ask if we are twins... and i dont look old i look 18 so yeaaa :)
Basically my friend, do this. If you meet a girl simply tell her you are 28. You date a while, things escalate, the relationship becomes monogamous and serious. Then when you really think you love each other... you let her know. Most likely, if you built a true love then it shouldn't matter. But if it does and she gives you the "you lied to me this whole time" bs.. simply ask her if you didn't would you have even spent all that time together falling in love. I guarantee that will be the easiest bet to finding a woman who one, you will know will truely love you if she stays with you. And two, at least having your fun and being young even if it means she leaves.
they are just hitting on your mom
Brag troll. Pathetic.
Do you live in a poor area? I have noticed poor people age faster. So if everyone around you is really poor and you are not as bad off it might just seem like you aren't aging as fast.
We all age and die ... this is silly.
i thought it was just me who feels this way!
i'm 24 years old and people say i look like i should be in junior high! but have you seen junior high kids lately??? most of the 8th graders are giants!