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A Job for the Ages: See Just How Much Obama Has Aged in 4 Years With Cool Interactive Picture

Jan. 17, 2013 4:30pm Madeleine Morgenstern

How Much Barack Obama Has Aged in 4 Years as President

President Barack Obama: then and now (Image source: The Washington Post)

It’s common knowledge that 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue is one of the quickest routes to a lined face and grayed temples, and yet the transformation is nevertheless fascinating to watch.

The Washington Post pieced together 99 photos of President Barack Obama that chronicle how his time in the White House has aged him — the lines, the deeper creases, the salt-and-pepper hair (and how some of that color will sometimes mysteriously become more uniform).

There’s even a cool interactive tool that allows you to slide the years on or off (shown above).

2009

President Barack Obama on the night of his Inauguration, January 2009. (Image source: The Washington Post)

2010

President Barack Obama delivering his first State of the Union, January 2010. (Image source: The Washington Post)

2011

President Barack Obama after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, January 2011. (Image source: The Washington Post)

2012

President Barack Obama after the Benghazi, Libya attacks, September 2012. (Image source: The Washington Post)

The “why” part is easy: unending, unfathomable stress.

“You see it over a term,” Ronan Factora, a geriatric medicine specialist at the Cleveland Clinic told the Post. “It’s a good study of chronic stress on a person’s overall health.”

See the full progression at the Washington Post, including features on former Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush.

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Comments (187)

neocon1
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:55pm
I hope he smokes 200 cartons of camels and ages 100 years between now and his faux swear in.

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8YRSOFHELL
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:53pm
I didn’t know El Diablo aged?

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Wakeup Maggie
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:51pm
He blows rhino chunks

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Astalavistababy
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:46pm
If it’s so stressful, then why do ex presidents live so long? It could be that they live pampered carefree lives into their 90′s on the taxpayers dime.

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Thumper78
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:36pm
I heard telling lies, ages you due to the stress on always wondering if people will find out you’re lying

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ninja97
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:31pm
Now show me the four year progression of Welfare recipients…

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froggy19510
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:29pm
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marssnw
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:27pm
I think his aging is due to his sins. He is a evil and vile person. When I look at him, all i see is the devil’s pawn.

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spfoam1
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:24pm
So, that’s Obama. Like most Americans, I’ve only seen his nostrils and the bottom of his chin. Most foreigners have only seen the top of his head or the seat of his pants.

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h20sue
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:18pm
GOOD! Can’t wait to see how much worse he looks in four more years. Maybe it’s a good thing Mitt didn’t win, at least he’ll keep his good looks and excellent qualities. I’m not so certain he truly needed to take over “O’s” extreme problems and ruination of ‘our country’. Mitt deserved better, although we certainly didn’t vote the “O”. We work for a living, and don’t depend on the government to provide us a cellular, computer, child support, or rent. It’s a shame “O” can’t see how much fraud is involved in welfare and how disgusting it is. Maybe this is what’s aging him. He’s feeling guilty? Just kidding, we know he has no feelings, especially for the middle class. We fall in between the cracks and he could care less. He’s made it very clear with his wastefuly spending and no budget….

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1SFG
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:17pm
He can turn into Gollum for all I care!

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Sicialian Eyeball
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:16pm
Would someone please yank the tick off next to his nose. Burn it off with a cigarette,maybe? please. My eyes go right to it.

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bcope01
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:10pm
Obama is looking more and more like his “real” daddy, Frank Marshall Davis. Look at the skin markings, the eyes. He is no more a Kenyan than I am. Yes he is a US citizen, because the Kenyan is not his father. Compare photos of Obama with one of Davis children. They really look alike.

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- alinskythis
  Posted on January 17, 2013 at 6:24pm
  Those identical bowed upper lips cannot lie.
  
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neverending
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:09pm
Nothing about him is cool and who gives a rats rear if he aged or not. Drugs and alcohol make you age really rapidly!

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65Mustang
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:07pm
Sorry, he still has big ears and purple lips…can’t age fast enough for me.

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rbolt
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:07pm
The office takes it’s toll on everybody. My father told me back in the 1950s that the only thing being President would do would give you a heart attack. Of Course Ike was in office and his second term I think he was in the hospital more than he was in the oval office.

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Tickdog
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:04pm
he looks pretty much the same to me.. I guess because he has no worries at all… Just riding the free ride at the tax payers expense…

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fatsomann
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:01pm
Good old Progressive illness.

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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:00pm
the 2009 photo looks like he has make-up on and he was probably coloring his hair darker then too so he would look younger. Plus he wanted to cover up all the spots on his skin – he was very conscious of how much they were showing up and he was looking more like his REAL father.

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Axlallen
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 4:58pm
Far more interesting would be to compare Obama’s aging to that of past presidents who were actually stressed about the country’s wellbeing. Those men aged at a much more accelerated rate; but to be fair, Obama’s combated his stress with a billion golf games and an equal amount of vacations.

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Leonardoverse.com
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 4:56pm
Who cares.

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SaturdaysWarrior76
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 4:54pm
Sorry I can’t stand to look at him no matter what reason is given!

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- FISH_BONE
  Posted on January 17, 2013 at 5:16pm
  Having a barf bag or an old tupperware bucket within arm’s length is a good idea.
  
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am123
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 4:53pm
Attempting to take down the greatest nation on earth from within can take its toll on a person.

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huey6367
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 4:52pm
They say the eyes are the windows to the soul. When I look in his eyes, I don’t see anything. Does that mean he has no soul?

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JQCitizen
Posted on January 17, 2013 at 4:52pm
Well, I guess WE don’t matter; But since you’re asking, I’VE AGED 20 years since his “reign” began!!!

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