When we're young we are pretty wrapped up in ourselves, there are so many other surface things to notice and pay attention to, other than the real 3 dimensional attractiveness of the opposite sex. When we are older and wiser, by nature, I believe that's when we really "see" eachother.
Outside of my philosophical opinion.. these days A LOT of Women are having Botox treatments, Face lifts and Peels, Injections galore! We can stay looking young and pretty right along with the young and pretty... so now what you're seeing is double!