When Age Matches but the Era Doesn’t Actress Pairs Compared.

1 # Same Age, Different Time: J.Lo Today vs. Betty White in the 70s.

At 55, Jennifer Lopez reflects today’s idea of staying youthful, shaped by strict fitness routines, careful diets, and advanced skincare. She has often said she hasn’t had cosmetic surgery, crediting her look to discipline and self care. Decades earlier, Betty White faced a different kind of pressure. In her memoir If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t), she spoke openly about choosing eyelid surgery in the 1970s. She admitted feeling uneasy about it at first, then later accepting it as a personal choice. Together, their stories show how expectations around aging and beauty have shifted with time.