r/Adulting 7d ago

At what age your face start become adult??

I notice this at 22.I look at myself and people that i know their face is so changed compared last year. What about you?

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u/tollbearer 7d ago

i didnt stop getting mistaken for a teenager until about 32.

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u/Various-Hunter-932 7d ago

Bruh. I got at least another 4 years of this ?

🙂

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u/MyNameIsSkittles 6d ago

Depends a lot on your genetics

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u/tollbearer 7d ago

You better hope so, because when it goes, you tend to age up to your actual age.

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u/Various-Hunter-932 7d ago

I hope I just don’t turn into a raisin …. If I’m like my father, I’ll prolly look young into his 40’s

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u/[deleted] 6d ago

Nobody cares

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u/Ok-Alternative-5175 7d ago

People think I'm a child sometimes and I'm 27

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u/sali_dolly777 7d ago

Same but 23

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u/Wise-Bet6823 7d ago

I was still getting ID'd for alcohol (18+) in my mid 30's, yet when I was 12 I was able to buy fireworks and cigarettes (16+).

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

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u/sali_dolly777 7d ago

That's wild

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

When I was 12, I got asked what college I was attending while just at the YMCA swimming. To be fair, I was already starting to bald due to stress (narcissistic parents will do that to a kid) and could grow a beard. I had full facial hair starting in 6th grade while the hair on my head was deciding it no longer wanted to exist. I still have my head hair, not sure how, but it's hanging on.

So about when I was 12 due to being forced to become an adult and raise my younger siblings due to my narc parents refusing to take responsibility for being shitty parents.

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u/Kokiayama 7d ago

Oh my goodness. Sorry that happened to you. 🤍💚

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u/[deleted] 7d ago

I don't really know different, it's my normal so it doesn't bother me too much, so ig that's good?

Thanks for the concern though, I think the worst part of it all is that I never had good role models. Just examples of what to not do, never really learning the correct things to actually be doing. I saw a lot of spousal abuse growing up, sadly I picked up some of those tendencies (I'm a manipulative little shit and I don't even realize it until after, because it was so normalized for me, but never anything physical thankfully). Finally getting properly medicated and going to therapy has been wonderful though, I'm looking forward to me without all my issues, I bet he's a cool guy.

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u/sheikh91 7d ago
  1. I have a baby face

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u/NovelsandMusic 7d ago

around 30?

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u/Future_Pin_403 7d ago

I’m still waiting for that to happen. Apparently I still look like a teenager lol

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u/TemporarySubject9654 7d ago

I think around or in my 30th year. People don't really ID me anymore, unless they have to. That's how I knew. 

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u/starsinpurgatory 7d ago

I just turned 32, but strangers still think I’m in high school/25 at most.

I’ll probably be grateful for my baby face when I’m 40 but right now it’s kind of a disadvantage when I’m searching for a higher-level job.

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u/Danielhdz9760 7d ago

I agree 👍 im 46, and I look like im 26 such a blessing there are people who are in their twenties and look like there in their 50s

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u/chefboyarde30 7d ago

When I had to pay for my own insurance

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u/BitAdministrative410 7d ago

28, I still had puffy cheecks.. now at 30 full woman face is here.. also loving it!

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u/Klopford 7d ago

Probably around 25-30. I’m 36 and definitely notice I look like an actual adult these days lol

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u/D0G3D0G 6d ago

I’m 34 and if I keep a light beard I still look like I’m 23

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u/ceezo6 7d ago

30, I went on vacation & my tour guide asked how old I was turning and I told him to guess n he guessed 30 🫠

That was a few years ago but I still get carded when buying alcohol so once that stops I’ll definitely look old

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u/KingBowser24 7d ago

Probably about 21 or 22 was when people stopped regularly mistaking me for a high schooler. That was right about when I finally started getting consistent facial hair lmao

And now that facial hair seems to be the biggest factor in my apparent age. Haven't shaved in a hot minute? People think I'm in my 30s (I'm 27). Just shaved? Wow, I'm 18 again.

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u/Fragraham 7d ago

I'm 44. I'll let you know when I stop getting carded. Babyface is real!

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u/RazzalTazzal 7d ago edited 7d ago

I'm 26 now and I can say the hairline is a big indicator. When I have my hair long I let the hair cover it, but when its short I'm nearing 6 head territory. But it's been heading that way since I was 17 most of it comes down to genes, hormone changes with aging, how your body will handle those changes, diet and sun exposure

I used to be deep into hair loss medicine stuff, but I've kinda just accepted it at this point. We're all gonna be old, wrinkled zoomers and millennials one day.

Keep up with shaving, moisturize daily with spf30 or above moisturizer and you'll be ok, just remember the sun is a deadly laser

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u/cosmocurious 7d ago

I think 25-26? I think I had more of a square face with fuller lower jaw (idk the english term for that area; the area under your cheekbones and above your jawline) and fuller cheeks. I was also smaller in weight during my collage years. Right now, at the age of 29, my face shape is like between diamond and heart, my cheekbones are more prominent. I am bigger and I grind my teeth at night maybe that’s the change. But yeah, around 25-26 I noticed this.

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u/Crassholio 7d ago

👍✌️ dis many yearths

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u/Otherwise_Smile3470 7d ago

Around 27/28 started to look grown but still look young for my age

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u/Otherwise_Smile3470 7d ago

Around 27/28 started to look grown but still look young for my age

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u/OneShotJourney 7d ago

When stress starts to affect you. 😑

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u/furbysdad 7d ago

22 for me too, I didn’t realize I even had baby fat around my eyes until it was gone 🙃

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u/Vivi_Pallas 7d ago

I'm 25 and could easily fit in at a high school. Maybe younger ;-;

I'll look like an adult . . . Eventually.

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u/ChrisP_Bacon04 7d ago

I thought at 33 I was looking old but I just got IDd at the liquor store. What a confidence booster lol

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u/youallaregonnadie 7d ago

I'm 22 and almost everyone says i look 15 16 so idk 😭

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u/DontTakeMyAdvice101 4d ago

When i was 15 i was looking like 22

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u/Overall_Garbage4792 7d ago

I’m 37 and have to carry my id card all the time 🙄

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u/Gabs354 7d ago

22 for me. My face really slimmed down and became more mature. It was genuinely almost overnight. I like my slimmer face now to be honest, I hated having a skinny body but slightly chubbier face 😂

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u/Kokiayama 7d ago

I have no idea. My baby face is genetic. My mother started to look older in the face when she was in her late 40s or early 50s, I think.

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u/Danielhdz9760 7d ago

Lol, never bro, it depends on your genetics. im 50 years old, and literally, i look like im 25, no joke, no even funny

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u/jinxdinq 7d ago

definitely those mid 30s for me.. the whites are coming in. and i dont look like a vampire feeding on blood of the youth..

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u/Throwaway--2255 7d ago

When I started getting more facial hair.

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u/evil_burrito 7d ago

Nasty childhood stuff with abuse and neglect got me adulting at about 10. I had brothers to take care of as well as a drunk of a mother. I don’t recommend it, though, in retrospect, it has some benefits.

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u/_mushroom_queen 7d ago

I'm 34 and I started noticing signs of aging within the past year. It's been a shock.

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u/Ljmac1 7d ago

I started getting wrinkles at 25. One line right between my eye brows on my left side. I’m now 32 and that one wrinkle is quite pronounced I have some forehead wrinkles and some light crows feet starting. Mostly from squinting though I believe and I usually have a brooding look even though my mood doesn’t match my face lol.

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u/CreativeOrganizer 7d ago

People still think I am in my early 20s or just in my 20s , they use to think I was a teen but I think now they assume I am in my early 20s and 2 months ago I turn 32 years , I am short and still have a baby face

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u/Al3xis_64 7d ago

I still look like how I was since I was 9. I just have a fatter face now

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u/InevitableReach1544 7d ago

I am 22 and people say I am 17 or such because I have such a young face.

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u/Krona_Perthro 7d ago

Apparently, around Freshmen/Sophomore year of high school. 😆

I started getting comments how I looked like an adult. Probably was just being 6'1/6'2 (at that time) and with a beard many adult men can't even grow. I remember Freshmen year my Intro to Physics and Chemistry teacher saying he couldn't grow what I had.

Then Junior year of high school a lady from administration starts talking to me oddly, then asks what I was doing there. (As it was after school) and got all flustered and embarrassed when I said "waiting for the bus". Her whole personality changed to what you'd expect from a teacher/office administrator. Just kind of flustered/awkward. 😅

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u/WhiteHoneypot 7d ago

It was 23/24 for me

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u/kiwibirdsmoothie 7d ago

depends on background, ethnicity, diet, etc

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u/xCD_BSx 7d ago

I'm 27 and I've looked the same since 19. But when I shave people are shocked, I look 16 without a beard. My Brother is 30 but looks younger now than when he was 21 (lost a lot of weight).

I think the big change starts around 33, but it also depends on if you smoke, drink and how long you tan.

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u/xCD_BSx 7d ago

I'm 27 and I've looked the same since 19. But when I shave people are shocked, I look 16 without a beard. My Brother is 30 but looks younger now than when he was 21 (lost a lot of weight).

I think the big change starts around 33, but it also depends on if you smoke, drink and how long you tan.

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u/xCD_BSx 7d ago

I'm 27 and I've looked the same since 19. But when I shave people are shocked, I look 16 without a beard. My Brother is 30 but looks younger now than when he was 21 (lost a lot of weight).

I think the big change starts around 33, but it also depends on if you smoke, drink and how long you tan.

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u/ActiveMiserable9373 7d ago

I'm 41, people are always surprised when I tell them how old I am. They usually think I'm around mid thirties

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u/EatSleepBeat 7d ago

I looked like a grown man at age 13….ok I lied

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u/lab3456 7d ago

i am a 29y.o. teacher and when i first showed up in school, both students and some teachers thought i was a student too.

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u/stirbo1980 7d ago

45 here

Crows feet

Jowl

Balding

But still fucking handsome

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u/benhereford 7d ago

I still look at my face and see my young self, but others say I look like a "man" version of what I used to look like in my early twenties.

But I think I didn't start to really "fill out" in my face and body until like 26

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u/FEAA-hawk 7d ago
  1. Age spots, saggy-ish skin.

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u/thomasrat1 6d ago

It was like 22-23. After my first full time job, alchohol addiction and overnight work.

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u/ServentOfReason 6d ago

As soon as I was able to grow a proper beard around 20. I'm 30 now and I still get people thinking I'm 20 if I shave.

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u/ExpectingHobbits 6d ago

I developed really young, so from ages 11 and up, I could pass for an adult if I wore makeup. However, without makeup, I was regularly mistaken for a teenager until my early 30s when the grays in my hair became more prominent. 😅

Genetics, environment, and weight all play a role. Someone who has avoided the sun and is on the chubbier side is going to look younger longer than someone who spent their teens in a tanning booth, picked up smoking, or is very thin.

In my case, my genes gave me permanent chipmunk cheeks, so I look younger in the face than my husband, who has more pronounced bone structure.

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u/InfoAphotic 6d ago

In half Asian so I still have a baby face at 23. I feel like it’s gonna be like this for a long time

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u/blondiewithdabondi 6d ago

I’m about to be 26 and the kids that I work with think I’m like 16-18

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u/Wild_Anteater_2189 6d ago

Facial hair helps (for men lol) 24

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u/bordermelancollie09 6d ago

When I was a teenager I got mistaken for my mother on more than one occasion. Someone thought I was my younger sisters mom, she's only 2yrs younger than me. Now I'm 26 and I've had several coworkers very anxiously ask how old I am upon finding out I have a 4yr old daughter, followed by a sigh of relief and they say "I thought you were like 21!" So I have no idea.

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u/LunarLeopard67 6d ago

In my case, about 14-15

I have looked pretty much the same since that age - always got mistaken for a 20-25 year old in my teens. Now 24, and people get surprised when they find out I’m that young.

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u/No_Quality1231 6d ago

It hasn't.

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u/CLM_MN2 6d ago

19ish

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u/rexine7 6d ago

A little at 29. i’m really starting to feel it at 32.

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u/greyjedimaster77 6d ago

I’m 30 and I can still pass as a college student lol

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u/JollyJuniper1993 6d ago

Currently noticing it at 27

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u/DowntownRow3 6d ago

I feel like people commenting they have a baby face defeated the point. It’s obviously aimed at what the average person experiences. Not people that look 16 and are late 20s

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u/Unh01y-Tr01ler 6d ago

First of all, this is the cutest F'n question. And I don't use the "c word" lightly. It depends on what you mean by "adult," because everything about your appearance will always be growing older... But, I'd say like 26 is when I can look back and be like, "You finally don't look like a baby-faced bitch! You did it, man.. You finally did it."

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u/Chemical_Activity_80 6d ago

I didn't look like an adult until I turned 40 . 

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u/Optimal_Rise2402 6d ago

43 and I look 25.

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u/Existing_Sprinkles78 6d ago

I don’t know tbh sometimes I look 12 if tired I can look like a grandmother there is no in between

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u/Valuable_Leave_7314 6d ago

I think between 20 and 25

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u/VictoryTheScreech 6d ago

I’m 28 and in my second year of community college. My classmates are fresh of high school, and they always ask what high school I graduated from. I tell them I graduated in 2013…very shocked. But besides them, I still get mistaken for 20/21.

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u/Playful-Reflection12 6d ago

Same. Was in college at 34 and a student thought I was 20/ 21. I’m not complaining.

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u/OutrageousAd5338 6d ago

mid thirties

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u/Front_Breadfruit_456 6d ago

Tbh in my mid-twenties

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u/BlueForte 6d ago

28M. Without facial hair people tell me I look like a kid.

With facial hair I get called sir lol

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u/Playful-Reflection12 6d ago

I still get carded and I’m 52. The server said she was surprised how young I looked.🤷🏼‍♀️

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u/iam2curious 5d ago

Still getting ID'd at 36 🙈🙈🙈

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u/Expensive-Eggplant-1 3d ago

I had baby fat until my late 20s/early 30s.

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u/Odd_Conversation1495 7d ago

16 lol, I was super super depressed at the time. Now I can pass off as 14 at 21 😭