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Use these visual clues and questions to guess how old anyone is—you can guess when you think about the details.  Being an expert when you guess their age is easy.

Guess the Age Using the Eyes
Clue no. 1: Barely-there brows.

Where did those luscious lashes and brows go? Chalk it up to the age-related drop in hormones that slows hair growth, and all those years of follicle-destroying tweezing.

Get primed. A lash primer like Lancôme Cils Booster Mascara Base ($19; lancome-usa.com) conditions and thickens what you’ve got.

Switch mascaras. Swap your lengthening formula for a thickening product like Maybelline’s new Volume Express Turbo Boost Mascara ($7.19; drugstores nationwide). Apply the first coat by placing the wand at the base of your lashes and swishing from side to side. Let it set for 15 seconds, then sweep on a second coat.

Guess the Age Using the Mouth
Clue no. 2: The incredible shrinking smile.

Years of gabbing, eating, grinning—basically living your life—can leave your front teeth shorter, as friction wears them down. Plus, tooth enamel erodes with age, letting the under-lying darker dentin show through, making your smile fade.

What you can do
Cover up. Brighten teeth and add length with veneers, suggests William J. Cohen, DDS, a cosmetic dentist in New York. The thin, custom-made shells cover the front of the tooth and last “indefinitely,” he says. But they’re pricey, about $775 per tooth. Bonding, where tooth-colored materials are applied to the tooth’s surface, is half the price and lasts about four years.

Lighten up. Try a chairside bleaching, offered in most dentists’ offices. Or invest in one of the many home whitening systems.

Use a lip primer. Try Neutrogena Advanced Solutions Lip Rejuvenating Treatment SPF 20 ($15.99; drugstores nationwide) to create a smooth base and even out fine lines. Line the the outside of the lips with lip pencil for a fuller-looking mouth. Top with a light-colored lipstick. “Stay away from vampy lipsticks in dark plum, wine, or brown,” recommends makeup artist Laura Geller. “Brighter or lighter colors make your smile more youthful.”

Guess the Age Using the Neck
Clue no. 3: Paper-thin neck skin.

Your smooth, sexy neck develops vertical ridges when muscular bands—the platysma—separate as skin loses elasticity and the fatty tissue that softens the neck diminishes. These bands tend to stand out more when you speak. A face-lift would help tighten the skin in the neck (among other things!). But some docs use Botox to relax the muscles so they?re less prominent, Brandt says.

Guess the Age Using the Ears
Clue no. 4: Wobbly ear lobes.

Those chandelier earrings and over-size hoops haven’t done you any favors: Years of wearing heavy earrings can cause earlobes to thin and stretch. Even if you’ve stuck to studs—or nothing at all—the elastic skin fibers in the earlobes weaken and give in to gravity.

Go jewelry shopping. Lose those heavy chandeliers from seasons past: Earlobe-friendly drop pendants and dangling small stones are the hot items this summer, says Clinton Kelly, fashion stylist and star of The Learning Channel’s (TLC’s) What Not To Wear. Or, for added coverage, invest in clip-on earrings made of lighter materials like shells or mother of pearl.

Guess the Age Using the Navel
Clue no. 5: Pregnancy has changed the shape of your belly button.

We call it the hoodie. Plastic surgeon Andrew Mark Klapper, MD, of New York calls it the “umbilical wink.” Whatever the lingo, a change in belly button shape is most often brought on by pregnancy: As your uterus expands, the umbilical stalk stretches, reconfiguring the navel postdelivery. But thanks to sagging, less-than-taut skin, any woman can end up with a hoodie.

Guess the Age Using the Breasts
Clue no. 6: "The girls" have lost their perkiness.

Hormonal changes and the loss of skin elasticity cause once-perky breasts to become pendulous and slowly drop, so your bustline ends up several inches lower. Breastfeeding, weight loss, and sun damage (which further weakens the skin above the breasts) can make things worse.

Guess the Age Using the Elbows
Clue no. 7: Superdry elbows.

A number of factors conspire to turn your smooth, supple elbows into concentric circle-like wrinkles around a patch of ashy, flaky skin. As its elasticity drops over time, the skin around your elbows bunches up, and the tips of your elbows can become darker as layers of dead, dry skin start to accumulate.

Guess the Age Using the Knees
Clue no. 8: Saggy knees.

The same thing that happens to elbows afflicts the knees: As the laxity of your skin increases, wrinkles and sagging begin to appear around the joint. Plus, you may develop a fold of skin just along the inside of the knee, which some women seek liposuction to remove. But there are faster (and cheaper!) solutions.

What you can do
Firm up. This isometric leg exercise can help improve the look of your legs, Pfeffer says—and you can do it at your desk! Sitting in a chair, extend your right leg and rest your heel on the floor, foot flexed with toes toward the ceiling. Tighten the muscles in your thigh, and try to move your knee cap upward. Hold for one to two seconds; repeat 15 to 20 times with each leg. Do this exercise once a day.

Reassess your wardrobe. Save the knee-baring shorts and skirts for the gym, tennis court, or supercasual occasions. Skirts and dresses that hit just below the knee are the most flattering length for all body types, stylist Clinton Kelly says. Capri pants are another good option. “Choose a capri that hits just below the widest part of your calf,” Kelly says. “And make sure they’re straight-leg capris—tapered legs can over-emphasize the hips, and flared legs can make the leg line appear to be shorter.”

This is a good start to knowing how to guess the age of those you know, and or may want to date.