If you try to look younger than you are – cut that out!

If you’d like to look younger – act your age...

A recent study found that adults who tried to dress or act younger than they really were actually came across as older. Participants in the study who portrayed themselves as younger were also rated as less likable and more deceitful by the younger panel of judges. Psychologist Alexander M. Schoemann explains: Young adults generally dislike older adults who try to invade their age group. 

There is one simple trick to appear more youthful without coming across as a wanna-be. Smile! The panel consistently estimated photographs of people with happy faces as younger than their actual age.