Do you look like a teenager?

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Depending on the combination of glasses on/off, state of the beard, clothes and occasion I can appear < 17 to 30.

Im 38 and get comments that I look in my mid 20's.. and its not from the way I dress just I have none of the worry lines of someone my age and that lifes concerns dont concern me enough to age with the stresses of everyday life.. Funny how this is a familiar theme of person on the spectrum or with AS, anyone have further thoughts on this?

I guess even counting the fake ones, we perform fewer facial expressions.

I'm actually almost 30 but got asked for ID for a cigar the other week which was very flattering ( you have to be 16 in uk) . But usually I get told I look around 22/23. It's really funny because my son is 12 and looks about 16, so nobody ever believes he's my son

I am 30 and have always looked quite young for my age. I can still pass for early 20's with a lot of people. I know little about others with AS. I've just discovered the concept myself. That does make sense about the lack of facial expression. I've always been criticized for not showing any expression and it seems that many of the wrinkles that etch ones face and give the appearance of age are caused by continual facial motion throughout ones life. The last laugh is on those overly expressive faces.

I am 30 and i look about 24-5.

if i hadnt been drinking and smokeing and running a stressful business i would look 20!

do girls like baby faced guys? i always found i attracted cute sweet girls who were really surprised hwo much sex drive i have as they thought i look so innocent... that got me trouble before... the bad/naughty girls i would suit often assumed i would be like a baby in bed!! annoying

I do look young for my 41 yrs. I look at least 10 yrs younger.

30, look like a kid.

When I was fourteen, people always guessed me older. I figured it was because I'm tall.


I think you're right about Aspies looking younger naturally. I also drink a lot of water, which gives me clear skin.

Yeah, I'm in my mid-thirties and no one ever believes me. Just recently had a group guess I was 20. When I'm in sweats and have my hair in a ponytail it's almost a certainty that people think I'm in college.


My husband says he thinks Aspies don't age as quickly because they are uncomplicated and don't stress in the ways NTs do.

I look mid-20s, tops. But when the grey hair kicks in, I might look my age. I stopped drinking and smoking 16 years ago and I stopped growing in 1980--I could still wear my old clothes. Still, maybe I just look like I just dropped out of the sky--I'm just as confused as I was at age 13. Same dopey/blank expression. Do you get wrinkes if you don't make facial expressions?

I am in my mid 30s but I still look about the same as I did when I got my BSc at the age of 21. Sadly I have started to get a few grey hairs, I suspect that if I get grey hair or male pattern baldness I will look much older.

i'm 26 but i look like 18. depending on clothes, i can look much younger. it's always funny to see people's expression when i tell them my age. last april, i was at the german embassy to get my visa and the guy ruffled through my papers and looked at me several times. and then finally he asked me the question i was waiting for: 'how old are you? so i said my age, to which he replied: 'you look so young.' and i gave him this i-can't-do-anything-about-it shrug.

i'm asian, and asian girls look younger than our western counterparts. (has anyone seen mtv's super sweet 16? my, those 16 yr olds look double their age! anyway.) personally, though, i dont wear makeup so i guess that helps me looking young.

I'm 21 but look a few years younger

Am I ok to post here? Hmm, I'm 23 but I look exactly the same as I did when I was 17. Maybe I even look 16, and my high school uniform still fits. But I behave like a 30 yo

I'm 30, and recently someone mistook me for 19. However, most people think I'm in my early to mid 20s

My kids come first so i wear a lot of hand me downs from a teenager anyways because i'm small built and i definately can pass for a teenager though i am 31.. and i hate it sometimes when i'm trying to make more "grown up" friends...