Why did people used to look older?
NO SUCH THING
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4.6 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
It’s not just nostalgia or low-res photos—there may actually be biological and cultural reasons why people in the past looked so old. To get to the bottom of it, I spoke with Dr. Caroline Hudson, a facial plastic surgeon based in Chicago and co-author of Analysis and Assessment of Facial Aging.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, before we get today's episode started, we are working on a advice column mailbag episode. |
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| 0:34.8 | All right. |
| 0:35.9 | Let's start the show. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Mani. |
| 0:39.8 | I'm Noah. |
| 0:40.4 | And this is Devin. |
| 0:41.4 | And this is no such thing. |
| 0:42.7 | The show will we settle our dumb arguments and yours by actually doing the research. |
| 0:47.2 | On today's episode, why did teenagers back in the day look so damn old? |
| 0:54.8 | There's no such thing. |
| 0:56.5 | No such thing. |
| 0:59.5 | No such thing. |
| 1:02.5 | No such thing. |
| 1:04.8 | No such thing. |
| 1:05.5 | No such thing. |
| 1:08.9 | All right, fellas. |
| 1:10.2 | I feel like this happens every other year at this point, but people are once again circulating |
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