How do I look?

Are you curious about the reasons why you look the way you do? Or have you ever imagined what you are going to look like in five years or 20 years? You didn’t look the same when you were born years ago. In fact, you were born nearly the same with other babies: small, no hair, no teeth and with little chubby arms and legs. As we get older, we change and grow to look different even if we started out just like other babies. While some people see clearly, others need glasses. Some people have smooth skin while others have freckles or wrinkles. Some people have muscles while the others don’t. Our appearances are all different. The reasons of our differences include both what we were born with and what happens to us after we are born.

Before we are born some things are set about us. When parents have a child, they give thingslike hair colour and eye colour to their child. Traits, which are the part of us and all living things that we take from our parents, form the way we look. Eye colour, hair colour and height are examples of traits. Imagine a mother and a father with red hair. Their child will most probably have red hair too. When you see the baby with no hair at first, you can make a good guess that the hair will be red, because his or her hair colour is already decided. It’s a trait, which is passed along from the parents to their child.

However, many things about us are shaped after we are born. Imagine twin boys who are born with the same traits like the same hair, the same eyes and the same size. While they are growing together, it’s so probable that they will look alike. Now think about what would happen if those boys spent their childhood living in two different homes. The homes might be in different environments or even climates. Then, these boys would most likely wear different clothes or eat different food. When they become adults, even if they were born with the same traits, the way they grow up will change them in some ways. For example, the difference in food could make one taller, or one fatter. Environmental influences change the way we grow. Even if two kids start out nearly the same, like twins, where and how they live changes their appearances while they are growing up.