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據媒體報導，東方女性愛「美白」出了名，卻容易忽略抗老。亞洲女性擁有全球最棒的膚質底子，西方人很難從亞洲女性的皮膚猜透真實年齡！因為西方女性多半35歲就老化嚴重，但東方女性肌膚老化慢，只要及早保養存『老』本，就不必等到50歲辛苦挽救……
Q：東西方女性先天膚質有何不同？為何東方女性老得較慢？
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A：東西方女性不論先天體質及文化都大不相同，可分以下五個方面來比較：
1.妳是否有過這樣的經驗；25歲的妳到歐美國家旅遊，竟被人誤會未成年？到夜店玩樂，還遭店家要求看護照是否已過18歲？沒錯，西方女性發育時間早，約14-16歲到達頂峰，18-20歲以後就開始緩慢老化；但東方女性大約18-20歲到達頂峰，25歲以後才開始緩慢老化。我們看到西方電視影集裡的國中女生，身材高大面目姣好，打扮起來像20歲的成熟女性；而亞洲女性則是『女大十八變』，要到18歲以後看起來才較為成熟。但發育得早，老化也早，西方女性30歲以後就明顯看出老態，東方女性至少到35歲，有些甚至40歲以後(如果妳個子嬌小又保養有術的話)，才明顯有老態。
2.白人女性皮膚白，黑色素少：黑色素是阻隔紫外線傷害的保護層。紫外線是皮膚老化的第一號殺手，西方人先天黑色素少，後天又喜歡曬太陽做日光浴，因此老化更快。
3.西方女性皮膚薄：真皮層的膠原蛋白少，再加上喜歡日曬，造成膠原蛋白容易斷裂。膠原蛋白是支撐皮膚彈力的重要元素，如果量少又斷裂，皮膚容易當然鬆垮。
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4.西方女性皮下脂肪層較薄：年紀愈大，脂肪會流失愈多。年輕時圓潤飽滿的雙頰、太陽穴、眼周及嘴角周圍，老化之後會因脂肪流失，而凹陷內縮。西方女性的皮下脂肪層較薄，因此老化現象較嚴重。
5.文化差異：西方女性情感不壓抑，講話表情豐富誇張，較易產生動態表情紋 (即做表情時才會產生的紋路，如抬頭紋、魚尾紋、皺眉紋、皺鼻紋)。加上白人女性不像亞洲女性一味追求美白，她們喜歡做日光浴，到海灘渡假曬出古銅色的肌膚，是西方人眼中的上流生活，臉上曬出雀斑也覺得健康自然。
長期做日光浴的結果，皮膚老化更快。
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Most of the people I know who are western foreigners are quite health-conscious and would like to reduce their disease risk. While movies and TV shows would lead us to believe that they all start wearing makeup at 14, spend their free time at the beach tanning, party every day, and eat lots of meat - especially hamburgers, it's not true. The foreigners I know are all health conscious. They eat lots of vegetables, one of my friends even likes bitter gourd. Moreover, many of them are vegetarians. The climate in Taiwan - especially the humidity aspect - is beneficial to everyone. Therefore, western people who live here for many years tend to "look young" compared to their counterparts still living in western countries. Finally, I'd say that fast aging and appearing older than one's 'real age' is more tied to lifestyle and genes inherited from one's parents - mother and father. Did they appear more mature at a younger age? Well in that case it's likely the kids will look older sooner. Just like Asians, they're not all the same. Some western people, just like Asians, appear markedly younger than their real age. When reporting this kind of information it's always important to leave room in the readers' minds for variables. Otherwise they'll come away misinformed and with an inaccurate perception. The authoritative tone which in which this piece is written seems to presume that these are all 100% true facts that never vary.