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[[File:LaurenHanley.jpg|thumb|Woman with a highly neotenous face despite having well-developed breasts]]'''Neoteny''', or ''pedomorphism'', is when a person has facial features that are similar to those of a baby. Among females, neoteny is a highly desirable trait. Even though 18 year old females and 25 year old females both have low levels of wrinkles, 18 year old females are more attractive than 25 year old females because they have a much more neotenous facial fat distribution. It can also be caused by [[pubefantilism]] (delayed puberty). | [[File:LaurenHanley.jpg|thumb|Woman with a highly neotenous face despite having well-developed breasts]]'''Neoteny''', or ''pedomorphism'', is when a person has facial features that are similar to those of a baby. Among females, neoteny is a highly desirable trait. Even though 18 year old females and 25 year old females both have low levels of wrinkles, 18 year old females are more attractive than 25 year old females because they have a much more neotenous facial fat distribution. It can also be caused by [[pubefantilism]] (delayed puberty). | ||
==Nonnatural== | |||
Nonnatural attempts at achieving the neotenous look is called adolescentilism, wherein they people (especially women) attempt to look like adolescents, even though they are actually [[vicenarian]] or [[tricenarian]] ... or maybe even older. | |||
== Asian men == | == Asian men == | ||