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A gene that helps you stay looking young has been identified – and it’s the same that produces red hair and a fair skin.
Those with the variant of the gene look on average two years younger than they actually are.
Dutch scientists found a variation of MC1R also related to differences in how old people look to other people – their perceived age.
It explains why some people appear more youthful than others.
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/lifestyle/wellbeing/ginger-genes-help-look-two-years-younger/
Those with the variant of the gene look on average two years younger than they actually are.
Dutch scientists found a variation of MC1R also related to differences in how old people look to other people – their perceived age.
It explains why some people appear more youthful than others.
https://inews.co.uk/essentials/lifestyle/wellbeing/ginger-genes-help-look-two-years-younger/
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My Dad was ginger. I'm reliably informed I look 10 years or so younger than I am, but it's a two-edged sword - when I was 30 people tended to ask me what school I went to, and found it difficult to take me seriously as an adult ...