How old were you when you first noticed signs of aging?

[McSqueezy]

I'm in my late 20s now. I don't have any obvious wrinkles, but I have noticed my face looks more...mature, shall we say. I've been sort of noticing changes for the past year or so. Having young children and no sleep probably doesn't help!

[dyslexicdespot]

I was about 3. Couldn't resist- sorry! ;-)

[McSqueezy]

:( hehe. Oh dear!

[MaeMobley]

I am still pretty much wrinkle free at 45 BUT my face has started sagging (jowls, eye bags) & I have noticed a certain crepey quality in my neck (& DH's).

This is all in the last 3-4 years.

[Saurus72]

Yes, at 41 not really wrinkles but dullness, and the starting of crepeyness around my eyes.

[Saurus72]

Sorry, meant to add that I only really noticed this within the past couple of years. It seemed to happen quite suddenly.

[flanjabelle]

I'm 24 and since having dd I have started to look older. I have noticed slight lines around my eyes. I only noticed because it's more difficult to do an eyeliner flick as the skin isn't flat if that makes sense.

[mummypig14]

I'm 24 and feel like I've started to notice. I've nearly back to pre-baby weight so have been looking back at photos to compare and I look sooo much younger in comparison. I was 20 when I fell pregnant so not that long ago but I've got faint lines on my forehead I didn't used to have, my hands are wrinkley and I my teeth aren't so white

[museumum]

Not till 35/36 but that's when I had my ds - coincidence???

[MehsMum]

At 22 I noticed a couple of grey hairs.

Other than that, not a lot happened till I was about 35. Then my face started to sag and my always-crap skin began to look old. I console myself by telling myself that I have a good bone structure.

[mowglik]

Around 27 - just one slight mouth to nose wrinkle but I suspect it had more to do with losing baby fat in my face - skinnier face equals a more mature look

[rambunctious]

44 and in the last couple of years I've started to notice the odd grey hair. My skin is beginning to look old. Not wrinkly, as such, but, well, less glowing.

[Nervo]

My best age was 30.

I started aging at about 35. I'm almost 39 now and the rate at which I am aging is speeding up.

[noddyholder]

I am 49 and I would say I looked pretty much the same up until about 46/47. No grey hair yet but skin needs more effort and just a general knackered look that is harder to shift!

[Only1scoop]

About 37 badly....

[specialsubject]

did get a shock one day when I spotted the crinkles round the eyes but that's a few years back. Really can't remember when.

being tired really shows now (just off 50). But what the heck - better than the alternative!

nothing to be done anyway so not worth worrying about.

[nottheOP]

I'm 28 and have crows feet when I smile. It makes me sad!

[LumionaMoonsplash]

1st grey hair at 20. No wrinkles yet but that's down to my fat plumping up the skin.

[TwentiethCenturyGirl]

I'm early/mid 30s and have had my second DC within the last 12 months. Since having her, I've noticed signs of aging - the beginnings of fine lines around my eyes and smile lines.

I had my eldest at 30 and look positively youthful in photos after having her when compared to now!

[SoMuchForSubtlety]

I've had wrinkles since I was in my early 20s but then I grew up in a very sunny country with parents who weren't very sunscreen conscious. I prefer looking older - people take me more seriously.

[velourvoyageur]

When I was 17, under my eye, when I smiled.
Noticed it on nearly everyone else my age too.

I haven't seen anyone over the age of 18 with no wrinkles whatsoever. Maybe I have a different definition of wrinkles though.

[Girlsbrigadewashorrible]

38, soon after DC3 was born and we were in the midst of extending our house. I looked in the mirror and noticed my first really significant wrinkle. It's been a steady decline ever since.

[Upatree]

35 - I started getting my first grey hairs and the bottom half of my face started to "sag". Also, my hair, my lips and my eyebrows seemed to get thinner - I started using an eyebrow pencil for the first time ever.

[maybemyrtle]

First grey at 21, lots of it now but I dye it away. General skin dullness set in around 35, and I'm looking generally a bit "tired" but no real wrinkles yet (38). I'm told I don't look my age.

Of course my face crumples a bit when I smile/frown etc but it's always done that so I don't count it - should I?

[Yika]

I feel I looked good until about 44. Then suddenly a majorly knackered look set in. It may be because I had my DD at 43 and did in fact become majorly knackered once I went back to work. I think some grey hair appeared around 40 but I deluded myself they were just very light blonde hairs for some years. At some point the truth was undeniable. I cannot shake off the eye bags now, though a long relaxing holiday goes some way to help. I have a crepey neck, and my upper arms wrinkle in certain positions. I feel like a worn out old drudge. I am 48.

[jellybeans]

27 first grey hair, needed to dye from about 33

late 20s eye lines but they don't bother me
37 baggy jawline (weight loss didn't help)
always had eye bags anyway