How attractive do you consider yourself to be

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For your age, have you aged well, given up, had help, feel inner beauty, always felt ugly, means a lot to you, means nothing to you? Do you have good days, bad days?
Also any tips and advice to share.

In my prime I might have scraped a five now and then. Now (40s) only a 1 or 2 at most (a 0 with unbrushed hair and no make up).

Would like to lose weight now size 12 and have blotches on my face I never used to have. Im nearly 52 so not too bothered. I dress well. Look after myself. Some pics I think I look ok and other pics not so. Strange men keep following me on Twitter so I guess they must like something!

I think slightly more attractive than average. Lucky with my bone structure. People tell me I look considerably younger than I am but I can't see that because I've always lived with my face.

I don't really think about how attractive or not I am really and I don't really care what other people thing about my physical appearance

I got to my 30s and seemed to to blossom almost over night.

Still pondering.... With age, and at which age did you feel either better or worse about yourself?
Are your looks important to you?
And why do those who say they feel 'ugly' feel this way. Is it comparison?

Same as a pp. I have day s I think I look great and would think I am a 7/8 then other days I can't stand to look at myself. I blame hormones - am nearly 48

I'm very overweight, but still brush up ok- I have a shape, IYSWIM.
I've no idea if men find me attractive- I don't look.
Some days my face looks like a scary criminal, other days I'm fine- I assume this is some kind of dysphoria, as it's the same face everyday!
I feel uncomfortable in a swim suit. Very self conscious. Dressed, I'm ok. Good enough for 50.

I’m very over weight at the moment. 4.5 stone heavier than I was pre child. Actually 4 stone heavier than I was full term pregnant. This overrides everything. So I’m scraping at a 3/10 at the moment because I’m clean, have good skin and have really nice teeth (even if I do say so myself!). People are often surprised to hear my age but I think that’s because I’ve got a big chubby baby face. I’d much rather be beautiful and look my age.

I’m very disappointed in myself for letting my weight get this bad (I had severe PND and the medication was to blame for increasing my appetite and reducing my energy levels.) But I’m finally off the meds and there is no way on Earth I’m staying at this weight.

I need to be quite skinny before anyone can see my cheekbones. (I would kill for cheekbones!) Basically I’m not beautiful and that’s that. At my best, thin self with full make up on and long hair i probably get to a 6/10 through beer goggles.

My daughter is absolutely beautiful though and thankfully looks nothing like me. She just has the most perfect face. I know it’s a very superficial thing, but I’m pleased that she will probably have a slightly easier life because of it.

Well am currently needing to get off 1.5 stone which I've gained in the last year
I'm normally a petite frame and 5ft 2 and the last time I weighed anywhere near this was when I was oregano my 9 years ago

With this in mind and the fact I'm turning 40 this year and am noticing things appearing (think sun spots,age marks eye bags and hooding) and that I can't slip into ANY of my jeans I love ive decided on a Botox brow lift and start the 16:8 on Monday.

I moisturise my skin twice a day and wear make up and do my hair every day so always make an effort as it makes me feel good but I'm now needing some extra help

On a good day I feel about a 5 and on a shit day about a 3.

I’m early 20s and tall (5 foot9) but have short legs and a long back so I just look badly proportioned. I have quite clear skin and love my eyes but other than that I am hideous. One eye brow is higher than the other which my eyebrow lady mentioned so it’s not just me, my neck is long, my hair is thin and I don’t know how to style it, I have knock knees and a size 12 flabby belly although I’m not over weight. I have 32GG boobs which look saggy without a bra. Whenever I catch a glimpse of myself I look gormless and deformed and I have white spots on my teeth which are otherwise straight only because of braces. I think I am a 3 or 4, that’s only because other people tell me I’m pretty (but friends have to, don’t they?)

Thankfully, I’m funny.

I think age has no bearing on beauty at all. Looking healthy does, but visible signs of aging to not play a part in beauty as far as I’m concerned.

I really hate adverts for beauty creams etc. So condescending.

about a 5 average I think. I used to have very low self esteem and became a bit obsessive with my appearance I wore lots of make up and fake tan, hair and nails done I wore very little clothing I got lots of attention and was told I was pretty ECT lots of it was not nice attention but i think i craved it in a way but once I had my child I just stopped thinking about my appreance so much i dont know why i still wear make up but am mostly in jeans and converse casual style and we love to be outdoors. I do get some attention but not lots and I don't miss it in fact sometimes it makes me feel awkward.

I feel I am pretty average looking. I am the most attractive I have ever been following facial surgery but I can't take people seriously when they say I look beautiful, I don't have great self esteem.

I'm 50 and am probably objectively at best a 2, but because I've lost weight this year and done a lot of exercise, I feel fantastic at the mo and I notice men noticing me more because of that. I probably felt shit at the same weight when I was 24 because I'd just gained weight to that level, IYSWIM and also because I thought being in my 20s was awful. I'm a lot happier in my skin now.

I feel I have always been (and still am at 41) attractive but not pretty, i have a good figure and style but my face is average. I'm fine with it and have a husband who feels i'm a 10 so i'm happy

Do you feel insignificant in the presence of so called confident, in your opinion beautiful people?
Actually do you think we see in the mirror what other people see?
I think some people I know think terrible things about themselves, I simply don't see this in them, whether it's weight, appearance, etc. I just don't see in them what they see in themselves, and I'm sure that is probably the same for me and what I'm thinking about myself, do others believe that about me or not, probably not or are they just too polite to say so lol?

Well I know I’m not ugly if that counts 😂😂ima size 8 but no t as toned as I’d like to be 😭 my DH says he thinks I’m gorgeous so I’m happy if he’s happy 😃

I recently caught site of myself and realised I looked like my grandfather.

I am really ugly and get treated with total disdain in shops. So I rarely buy anything when I go out.

Could do with losing about 7 stone, put on after pregnancy with Ds and various health issues. Otherwise short of reconstructive surgery I am never going to look good

Ugly unfortunately, (and not just being humble there, genuinely not good looking, my face is really lopsided, plus I'm overweight at the moment). Though like other posters on here I wish I knew when I was young how much youth lends automatic prettiness to anyone regardless of your natural looks.

I suppose the only good thing is that I'm at ease with my lack of looks and it doesn't bother me particularly. Stephen Hawking wasn't good looking and I admired him terribly.

I am very confident. I look good mainly I think because I am very friendly and outgoing and generally quite smiley. I’d give myself a 10/10

I recently caught site of myself and realised I looked like my grandfather.

I had a similar experience - my husband took a photo of the cat in a cute position on the sofa - I was slumped in the background, late at night, hair pulled back, no make up ... looked exactly like my paternal grandfather .

If I really make an effort and wear make-up, and get lots of sleep, a 7.5, most days a 5/6. Face only.

Body is a 4/5, at most, have let myself go in the last year. Need to get back into the running!

I care less now, will leave the house without make-up most days.

I'm 50 but look like late 30s as I don't have any wrinkles due to sun allergy in my 20s and 30s meant I never went in it. Skin thanks me now.

Partner never notices me or compliments me.

8/10. I've got a decent figure (not what it was when I was 20 but I tend to put weight on quite evenly so still an hourglass) and scrub up well. I have good skin and hair. There are bits I like less but overall in adult life those flaws have never been noticed by anyone but me.
And my little boys think I'm beautiful (but tell me to wear my hair down as it's nicer than my usual pony!!!)

I feel better than I have ever felt (44) but possibly don't look it by society's standards so who knows what I would be rated as!

I have the body of a 20 year old but face....well it's got all the signs of a 44 year old but I am refusing to succumb to the injections...that 'look' is a worse alternative than actually looking 44.

Oh and my hair has been in the same style since I was 20.

Thinking about it....that advice about a good haircut in your 40's.....that's what I need to do.

I am 72 now so well past it. In my youth I never felt confident about how I looked but I can see looking back I was probably an 8. As I got into my thirties and forties I had more confidence and could see that men found me attractive. They also thought I was sexy, apparently I gave off that vibe. Trust me I'm not. Actually tending towards fridgid.

I felt at my best in my early forties.