The advantage of looking old early

We all see pictures of folks we haven't seen for ages and we are shocked at how much they've aged. If we're mature adults, we all know this is a fact of life and there's nothing we can do about it, except perhaps age early.

That's right, if we accomplish that dreadful task of growing older earlier in life, it then becomes far less noticeable as we move into some high numbers. What makes me say this is that my hair left me prematurely and that I aged 20 years in the process. I guess this was already 20 years ago!
Now, I'm really nervous in finding out what my next stage of decrepitude is likely to be...