Recently watched The Seven Year Itch (1955) and the man claims to be 37. He looks like a young 50. Cigarettes.

yes the thing that changed was lead posioning from gas and chain smoking cigs starting at 12

The one in the left married at 23 and his 4 kids.*fix his=has

In addition to people not smoking anymore, direct Sun exposure has dropped dramatically too.

Lots of very important things, but mostly the smoking.

Great example of how stress ages you

Yep, It's not only cigarettes, but air pollution too.

It’s the micro plastics

Yes, but the hair loss is real.

I've heard it attributed to drinking more water.

I'm 40 and I look like the second picture

Pantera though

30 is the new 20

There was a real missed opportunity to have a picture of Jason Alexander (who was in his 30's during most of Seinfeld's production) instead of James Gandolfini.

Still true tho

pfff... they both look like high schoolers from the 1950's.

My wife and I were watching an episode of Frasier and he states that he’s 38 years old at one point. We were both like YEAH FUCKIN RIGHT. I’m 45 and look closer to the person on the right, but I also don’t give a shit about “dress your age” nonsense. I’m not going to willingly age myself up.

Wasn't Tony in his 40's?

Please say Tony was in his 40's!!!

We quirked too close to the chungus.

Guy on left can afford nice shirt.

true. i saw some people who were 80 and looked like 250. like walking corpses. incredible. probably waaay too many sunburns, etc.

From what I've heard it's largely from less smoking and more sunscreen

less people smoke and drink. drug use also peaked in the 90s, and has been steadily declining since.

When I was in my twenties people thought I looked older. Now I'm in my fifties, and people think I look much younger.