do you look different than your peers

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Autism doesnt have a Physical characteristic but i have found that most autistics i know including myself have "racoon eyes' or just darker under the eyes, my dad, says he sees other kids with aspergers and autism and says i 'look' like them. you think its all in our heads?

My son has the 'raccoon eyes' but I always assumed it was due to disturbed sleep. I have noticed that little kids with asd tend to be super cute looking - really noticeably so. And friends who have girls I notice that they look different in that they don't tend to go with all the eyebrow plucking/make up wearing, following fashion silliness (in my opinion!) that NT girls usually do. But they are mostly environmental things rather than actually looking different.

Yes, it is all in our heads. The only physical characteristic in Autistics that I know of is maybe from facial expressions, hairstyles, posture, etc. (Not saying we're all like it). I probably wouldn't stand out from a crowd. I've met some NTs that have quite unique facial characteristics, but they weren't foreign or half-cast or deformed or had any other condition, it was just how they looked.

Jeez!

I've never noticed but that's not saying its not true. I probably wouldn't notice until it had been pointed out to me at least 5 times...

There's a study out there about this actually. I forget the authors or the year or anything like that, but I know there's a thread about it on WP somewhere. There are traits that are more common in autistic people than in others, things like wayward whorls of hair and a particular type of ear. It's interesting, but obviously none of these traits is shared by all so as to be a definitive signature or anything.

My mom told me once I has dark circles around my eyes as a little kid and that was why my doctor decided to remove all artificial sweeteners and flavors from my diet. Apparently it really helped with my behavior.
I can eat whatever I want know with no ill effect but I have noticed I have dark under eyes, I thought it was because I don't get a lot of sleep.

I have a little hyperpigmentation under the eyes but never knew it could be related to AS. I did not have it as a kid so I thought it was more toxins in the liver. I will see if that changes after some detoxing. I do look younger than people my age though and I hear that that is very common with people on the Spectrum.

As a child until about 40 years old, I had HUGE circles under my eyes, some people thought I had black eyes. I used to go through a tube of cover girl concealer every couple of weeks.

I do look distinctive, but I think it has more to do with my behavior than physical characteristics, and the fact that my facial expressions and vocal intonation are very muted compared to everyone else. I have to exaggerate them a lot to seem like everyone else, and I generally don't. But I've seen video and heard audio of myself, and I am noticeably different than the other people in the recordings.

I think I look like a more anxious version of a typical girl my age. I wear makeup and care about fashion. I enjoy putting outfits together and it's an easy way to make people treat me better.

I was thrilled last summer when I was talking to this college student and she thought I was a young twenty something! That is really exciting since I am in my 40's! I act, think and speak a lot younger than my physical age a lot too so people very rarely think I am the actual age that I am.

I heard we often have larger heads then most, also along time ago I once head something to the effect that we often have a certian curviture to the tips of some of our fingers. Nothing out of propertion though.