A new study seems to document the old saying that  "you're only as old as you feel"! That's right - a Danish report in the British Medical Journal found that perceived age was signficantly related to survival (how long you live).

The study looked at twins, over a period of 8 years. A comparison was made between the evaluated age (done by assessors of recent photos) and compared them to death records.

Surprisingly (or maybe not so!), even when corrections were made for age, sex, and the environment in which the twins lived, perceived age remained linked to a longer life.

Whether there's a genetic component to this remains under study. And what about turning back the clock with a face lift? A younger look after cosmetic surgery was apparently not a problem in examining the data, as it's quite uncommon in Denmark.

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