Uneven Skin Tone May Make You Look 12 Years Older
January 30th, 2008
A 2006 study proved that women’s attractiveness and age appearance was judged less positively when skin tone was uneven. This proves that skin tone may make you look even more aged than wrinkles.
The study was published in the Evolution and Human Behavior journal and basically took the images of 170 Caucasian women between the ages of 10 and 70 to be examined. Using a computer, certain facial features were removed from the picture making certain to highlight the skin tone and luminosity of each woman’s face. Then taking only the image of the skin, each woman’s photo was placed over the same mold. This is so each face had the same shape and size.
From here 430 observers were asked about each woman’s health, age, and attractiveness. Those with blotchy, uneven skin were ranked as less attractive and guessed to be much older than they were. These results prove that melasma as a result of sun damage and hormones does make us look older. This is all the more reason to protect ourselves from the sun with a sunblock every day.
More studies are underway to look at the specific affects collagen, melanin, hemoglobin has on our appearance.
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