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FreddysFace wrote: »does this scare you?
being young enough, looking at the likes of say, Elizabeth Taylor, when she was young & then as she aged
yikes
if it don't work out too good for her, whats to become of us
Elizabeth Taylor was terribly ill for literally decades before she died. She did well to make it as long as she did looking as well as she did.
I have shamelessly lifted this from her Wikipedia page. That woman looked amazing given what she went through.Taylor was hospitalized more than 70 times and had at least 20 major operations. Many times newspaper headlines erroneously announced that Taylor was close to death; she herself only claimed to have almost died on four occasions. At 5'4", Taylor constantly gained and lost significant amounts of weight, reaching both 119 pounds and 180 pounds in the 1980s. She smoked cigarettes into her mid-fifties, and feared she had lung cancer in October 1975 after an X-ray showed spots on her lungs, but was later found not to have the disease. Taylor broke her back five times, had both her hips replaced, had a hysterectomy, suffered from dysentery and phlebitis, punctured her esophagus, survived a benign brain tumor operation in 1997 and skin cancer, and faced life-threatening bouts with pneumonia twice, one in 1961 requiring an emergency tracheotomy. In 1983 she admitted to having been addicted to sleeping pills and painkillers for 35 years. Taylor was treated for alcoholism and prescription drug addiction at the Betty Ford Clinic for seven weeks from December 1983 to January 1984, and again from the autumn of 1988 until early 1989. On May 30, 2006, Taylor appeared on Larry King Live to refute the claims that she had been ill, and denied the allegations that she was suffering from Alzheimer's disease and was close to death. Near the end of her life, however, she was reclusive and sometimes failed to make scheduled appearances due to illness or other personal reasons. She used a wheelchair and when asked about it stated that she had osteoporosis and was born with scoliosis.0 -
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In which case Dennis was a great advert for smoking like a chimney and drinking like a fish for most of his life.Bridgitte Bardot has to be the greatest offender for this, best anti-smoking advert ever, her face looked like you could make handbags out of it once she hit middle age.
Dennis Hopper on the other hand was smokin hot till the day he died.
Bridgitte Bardot really didn't age well at all. IMHO certain faces don't. Mainly round young looking baby faces. When the first flush of youth goes it doesn't do them any favours. More angular faces seem to do much better. People who look older than their years at 20 tend to look better at 40. It might be why men tend to age slightly better so long as they don't pork up? Of current faces like that I predict yer wan"Penny" from The big bang theory will not age well.Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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In which case Dennis was a great advert for smoking like a chimney and drinking like a fish for most of his life.Bridgitte Bardot has to be the greatest offender for this, best anti-smoking advert ever, her face looked like you could make handbags out of it once she hit middle age.
Dennis Hopper on the other hand was smokin hot till the day he died.
Bridgitte Bardot really didn't age well at all. IMHO certain faces don't. Mainly round young looking baby faces. When the first flush of youth goes it doesn't do them any favours. More angular faces seem to do much better. People who look older than their years at 20 tend to look better at 40. It might be why men tend to age slightly better so long as they don't pork up? Of current faces like that I predict yer wan"Penny" from The big bang theory will not age well.
Interesting theory, would the Malcolm in the middle actor fall into that category ( posted a pic on previous page). He was young and cute then it went downhill.0 -
"Getting older looking" or even "Not looking 23 any more when not 23 any more" appears to constitute "Ageing badly" here.
Frankie Muniz, Courtney Cox - wtf?! They look grand!
Clearly some very young children here.
Edward Furlong still looks pretty babyfaced too for mid 30s, he's just put on a good bit of weight.
Sun damage seems to be more pronounced than smoking damage, from what I've seen. I'm telling ya, if you want to avoid premature wrinkles, stay out of the sun - it's worked a charm in my experience!0 -
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"Getting older looking" or even "Not looking 23 any more" appears to constitute "Ageing badly" here.
Frankie Muniz, Courtney Cox - wtf?! They look grand!
Clearly some very young children here.
Edward Furlong still looks pretty babyfaced too for mid 30s, he's just put on a good bit of weight.
Sun damage seems to be more pronounced than smoking damage, from what I've seen. I'm telling ya, if you want to avoid premature wrinkles, stay out of the sun - it's worked a charm in my experience!
I actually think Courtney cox looks great for her age, as for Frankie Muniz, while he's not really ugly, I'd be fairly confident Malcolm in the middle will be the peak of his acting career. He just doesn't have the good/charming looks now and he's only in his mid twenties.
I think a strong jaw goes a long way to preserving looks.0 -
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