While it’s true that youth is wasted on the young, many older people can waste their youth by engaging in routine behaviors that accelerate the aging process. Although you cannot modify your genetic make-up, you can control other things that will help you look younger.

There are many factors that can make you appear much older than you actually are. For example, alcohol has a number of immediate effects on the body, none of which are particularly attractive. You may experience facial flushing, edema, and broken capillaries as a result of the skin’s dehydration and inflammation, which together make you appear older than you actually are. In a 2019 international research of more than 3,200 women, those who had more than eight drinks per week had greater “upper facial wrinkles, under-eye puffiness, mouth commissures, midface volume loss, and blood vessels” than those who consumed moderate amounts or abstained from alcohol.

Speaking of appearing younger than your actual age, this takes me to a picture of two sisters. People couldn’t help but notice that the older sister looks much younger than the younger sister, which generated a lot of discussion on social media.