AIBU to think HRT can help you look younger for longer?

I've always been pretty slim and I exercise quite a bit. I find now that if I drop much below 21 bmi, my face and skin don't look as good, so I'm conscious of wanting to stay at that or a bit above.

It feels almost like a crawling sensation sometimes.

My arms and scalp have been bad, but the worst is (sorry tmi) my labia. It's not like thrush but it's just so itchy, particularly in the evenings

I think I am too. Even if you’ve been slim all your life then you can’t afford to be super slim when you are 50+

I’m talking about people who have been slim all their lives

YABU to care. Or to consider that serious medical intervention should be taken for cosmetic reasons. Own your age. Live it. Stop trying to pretend to be something you’re not.

I have so much energy and am often happy and signing or dancing around while cooking

Are you taking anything else?😄

I agree that being too thin when you’re older can be ageing. Especially if that’s not natural for you. Fat does plump out your face.

It’s not arse or face for me but definitely flat stomach or face. I choose face, I’m not overweight but not as skinny as I was and that’s a specific choice.

Actually that’s not strictly true - being overweight can mean your skin is better.

I know plenty of women who have always been slim but by the time they get to 50, they have a face like a roadmap

I feel younger, I feel great actually like I did in my 20s which probably makes me look/act younger. I have so much energy and am often happy and signing or dancing around while cooking. My whole outlook improved after starting hrt and that shows I assume in even how I present myself. Its been magic for me tbh

Well it wasn’t a very nuanced answer, as no matter how much hrt you take, if your diet is unhealthy and you’re over weight you will not look younger, you will look older. So I am still not seeing it as a single driver.

I assume the female GPs have taken lifestyle and general health into account when they opined on whether HRT makes you look younger for longer

I don’t understand, did you quote the wrong person, I am clearly saying it’s not one thing or the other I am saying it is multi faceted, I am genuinely unsure how anyone can interpret that as one thing or the other, so assume you’ve quoted the wrong person.

I don't really understand why you seem determined that it's one or the other? I think most people have made it pretty clear that they understand it to be one factor alongside many others. And, yes, according to the research, it does seem to have some anti-ageing effect, not that I would advocate taking it solely for that reason.

But surely as gp;s they know it’s not that simple. Thay diet, weight, alcohol consumption, dress, hair , other health conditions etc all plays a part.

i really despair of the ignorance of some gp’s and this doesn’t help.

Husband is a GP and his medical mates were discussing this recently. All his female gp mates said it definitely did and advised me to start it early!

There might well be some correlation between wanting to get on HRT as soon as possible, to deal with issues such as energy levels and lifestyle and ‘cosmetic’ symptoms of peri, and being the sort of person who ‘looks after herself’, with diet, exercise, beauty treatments, etc.

I'm 71 and been on HRT for 20 years. I'm in good health, active and reasonably fit but doubt I look any younger than my contemporaries!

I'm hoping HRT is doing something good to my bones, joints and heart so that's all I can reasonably expect

I think it is very individual. For example many women find hrt makes them gain weight, which can be very ageing, if it’s tummy and boobs, others may feel a lot better and due to that have a healthier lifestyle, thus making them look better.

i also don’t think anyone necessarily looks younger or older, i think everyine looks within 5 years of their age, it is just how good you look for your age, and for me that’s about how healthy you look. So younger and older are likely the wrong words.

healthy looking hair, healthy glowy skin, a toned body, good clothes thay fit,are well laundered and fresh, are current and are of good quality all give a more youthful appearance,

where as dull hair needing a cut or a colour if coloured,, dull dry skin, a flabby body with a big belly and matronly bust, poor clothing choices, ie Ill fitting, poor quality, not well laundered and fresh looking, dated, can be very ageing when put all together.

so for me, it’s not one thing, its not take hrt and it knocks the years off, or be a healthy weight, it is a much wider set of criteria that dictates how good or less good we look as we age.

I have been on HRT for about 5 years, I don’t think it has particularly reduced aging. However, prior to HRT I had a lot of joint pain. I think if I had had to put up with that for 5 years it would have aged me.

I didn’t start HRT till 47 and I’ve always looked younger.barely any grey hair and good skin, I think I’ve just been lucky

Why would anyone be remotely upset by what you said? its silly nonsense- hence why people are challenging it 🤭

'Factual' = actually the case as in 'actually the case in my social circle'. Clearly hit a raw nerve with the MN 'desperate to look young' crowd today. 😂

Noticing it in your social circle isnt factual. I said upthread I have noticed HRT having a positive effect in my social circle and its true, but I also clarified that studies have confirmed this phenomenon.

Its not "factual" that people who dont work look better or younger 🤣

I know someone who smoked heavily and died at age 92- does that mean its "factual" that smoking doesnt harm you?

But Is eating healthy working out being hydrated using good skin care spending money on how you look?