Looks in General (was Re: Changing your looks)

[Scott]

Angela wrote:
"I can very much relate to this. I started going grey
at 21, not unusual in my mother's family. She started
getting grey hair at 18, her sister at 16. At first it
was a novelty, then something to blame my daughter
for. At 30, however, it got boring - grey and brown."

--I don't find this hard to believe as I'm seventeen and already 
greying! It's not very noticable yet though.:-) My father and 
(paternal) grandmother both had grey/white hair early in life; so did 
my (maternal) great-grandmother so I'm not that suprised. Anyway...

Hermione's change for the Yule ball didn't bother me, but I don't see 
her as unattractive to begin with (to tell the truth I'm quite taken 
with her. She needs to be a year or two older but...). 

I may be a teenage boy and we aren't the group most known for keeping 
up our looks, but I'd like to pride myself that I do. I'm also not 
the most handsome person, but that doesn't mean that I don't want to 
look nice, and I'd be lying if I said I don't enjoy other people's 
compliments.

The most important thing is to be happy and comfortable about one's 
own appearance. I find that if I'm satisfied it doesn't matter 
whether I get compliments or not, and that's much more important.

Scott