Isn't it conceptually just like a counter which effectively turns off the cell copying after enough copies are being made? Before the limit is reached, the length of telomerase doesn't influence the quality of the copying. I don't see how it has anything to do with 8 year old looking as one year old. That has to do with gene expression, not with the limit of cell copies. But the limit of the cell copies will limit the length of her life, if I understand? And that's only one of probably many built-in expiration dates we have.