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AROUNDagainCrazy · 2024-05-17T08:38:11+00:00

I've noticed some changes, so please be honest!

KnittedCardi · 17/05/2024 12:52

58...... Hate mine. It's annoying because my face is pretty smooth. Very few lines. Some of mine is genetic, some is face shape, the rest is sun damage, as I always had a really reactive neck and sun creams in the 70/80's were really rubbish for sensitive skin, so often didn't use them.

Bub1765 · 17/05/2024 12:51

AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:35

Why do men not age much? I don't get it!!

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Er, hello, baldness! I think we age just as much as women, it's just we're not expected by society to still look like we're 25 when we hit 40.

2dogsandabudgie · 17/05/2024 12:48

AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:35

Why do men not age much? I don't get it!!

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They do but they just don't give a shit because they aren't under the same pressure as women about their looks.

RuthW · 17/05/2024 12:19

30's?

DappledThings · 17/05/2024 11:58

AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:41

It is a thin piece of skin pulling down from middle of my jaw towards neck, straight on, it looks like 3 lines if that makes sense. It appeared quickly. Can it be reversed? I don't know if weight makes a difference.

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Yeah, this is really not noticeable. That's just what necks look like.

OneFrenchEgg · 17/05/2024 11:56

Thank you op, I can tell you are struggling. Do take heart from the nice and accurate comments on here and ignore the ridiculous suggestions.
I met someone recently who looked amazing and said it was no alcohol, good sleep and water - she honestly looked half her age. She was adamant though that she worked at it.

SpookySpoon22 · 17/05/2024 11:56

I may be wrong but I think you may be feeling bad because you think that it may not have happened if it wasn't for the stress you'd been under. Like maybe it could have been prevented? I also feel that I have aged considerably after several very difficult years. I also used to look young for my age but don't any more. Of course there's no way of knowing for sure as I'm older now than before those stressful years so will have aged naturally in that time. But it does feel like stress sped up the process. I'm trying to see it as part of my story. The stressful events weren't my fault and I couldn't help how I reacted to them at the time. Life isn't easy and none of us are going to make it out alive! So let's not give ourselves and our bodies a hard time about how we fare in the circumstances that come our way. We're all pretty amazing creations to be here in the first place. Just my two cents anyway. And, by the way, I think your neck looks fine!

Lipolio · 17/05/2024 11:55

I get the concern, OP!
I'm 26 and had always looked young for my age. Been through intense stress for a couple of years and started look mid thirties in my mid twenties.

From your neck I'd have said late twenties/early thirties.

Do you have any history of body dysmorphia or eating disorders?

If you are worried I read that sunscreen on your face and neck helps make your skin look young longer

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:41

DappledThings · 17/05/2024 11:39

I have no idea what you think you are seeing, even when you describe it.

It is a thin piece of skin pulling down from middle of my jaw towards neck, straight on, it looks like 3 lines if that makes sense. It appeared quickly. Can it be reversed? I don't know if weight makes a difference.

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:39

Dweetfidilove · 17/05/2024 11:38

I’d say early 40s.

It's not bad, but if you’re bothered by it , there’s a lovely Japanese lady on YT that teaches some really good techniques for keeping it ‘firm’.

I'm 39, thank you for your honesty, it's just this one part pulling down from the middle of my chin, it is really annoying, it wasn't there a few months ago
I will check it out, I appreciate the tip!

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DappledThings · 17/05/2024 11:39

I have no idea what you think you are seeing, even when you describe it.

Dweetfidilove · 17/05/2024 11:38

I’d say early 40s.

It's not bad, but if you’re bothered by it , there’s a lovely Japanese lady on YT that teaches some really good techniques for keeping it ‘firm’.

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:35

Why do men not age much? I don't get it!!

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:32

EmilyTjP · 17/05/2024 11:30

Hmm, 15? No creases

😂 just a sagging bit of skin pulling down from the centre of my chin. Honestly I cannot believe how unappreciating of my skin I was when I was younger!

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EmilyTjP · 17/05/2024 11:30

Hmm, 15? No creases

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:29

OneFrenchEgg · 17/05/2024 11:22

This is mine and I'm 51 if that helps? Yours looks great, mine looks objectively terrible but subjectively I'm not dead which is a lot better than some friends and family managed by now. Don't fear ageing, welcome it. It means it's not over yet.

For 51 your neck looks good! I know, what makes my vanity even worse is that this aging of my neck has occurred quickly after a bereavement. You would think this would have put a perspective on things, but I am evidently a hopeless case!

Why do men's necks not age much?? Does anybody know? Or do their beards disguise it?

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 11:26

tiredandbaggy · 17/05/2024 09:40

I really can’t tell. Younger than mine I think (I’m 43). I originally put 30 but I’m going to say 35. If this is the part of your body you are most worried about I think you must be in pretty good shape.

I'm a healthy weight. My dm tells me too thin, which I don't agree with, but that's a whole new thread. I'm a UK size 8-10. My lower stomach is flat, but has a million stretch marks, dc1 wasn't kind and ripped it apart, it looks awful. I have other things I definately hate about myself too. Dh thinks my standards are far too high. I think like a lot of women I'm struggling with getting older.
I have looked young for my age most of my life, got id-ed at 32 for a bottle of bucks fizz in Asda (true story). Now at 39 I'm definately looking my age, probably looking 40s. I blame stress!

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OneFrenchEgg · 17/05/2024 11:22

This is mine and I'm 51 if that helps? Yours looks great, mine looks objectively terrible but subjectively I'm not dead which is a lot better than some friends and family managed by now. Don't fear ageing, welcome it. It means it's not over yet.

HaystackHair · 17/05/2024 11:04

30-40

Loveablockheel · 17/05/2024 11:04

Yours looks absolutely smooth and lovely OP, enjoy!

Loveablockheel · 17/05/2024 11:03

I’m mid fifties now and my neck upsets me, it’s ok if I don’t move but soon as I do turkey neck appears, I hate it, I’m thinking when I hit 60 I’m going for a lower face and neck lift.

Toomuch44 · 17/05/2024 11:01

Seriously your neck does not look that old, I was going to say in your 20s! Just taken a selfie of mine and had a bit of a shock, but I'm late 50s and happy.

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 10:54

@JamieJ93 your neck look great, the skin is so smooth and young, you have no pulling under the chin as I do. The scar isn't aging, that is a sign of your strength!

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JamieJ93 · 17/05/2024 10:52

Well -
I'm 30 and this is my neck - it's awful - so many surgeries.
Your neck looks fine and looks much younger than mine.
Definitely understand your neck anxiety though

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AROUNDagainCrazy · 17/05/2024 10:48

I'm 39, I have two little dcs, and feel about 100 at the moment!

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