Thread about appearance and ageing for MNetters age 58 to 63 years old

[LindorDoubleChoc]

I'm in this group and I find myself really noticing ageing in the mirror and in my friends, most of whom are my age too. Today I was driving locally and drove past a friend (who is actually 9 years younger) and thought how old she suddenly looked.

How does it suddenly gallop up on you? I look at well known people who are younger than me and feel genuinely surprised (Jane Macdonald, Bill Bailey, Nigel Farage, Hugh Bonneville, Johnny Depp, Mike Myers, Helen Hunt) - I thought they were all older than me and look older than me.

I think this ageing thing is really painfully noticeable in this age bracket, do you agree?

For me specifically it is marionette lines and thinning hair. I don't have loads of deep wrinkles or grey hair.

Same here. Nivea, then later Ulay, then (and now) Simple with SPF.

Was it House of Games? I was shocked too, she's only 55. She's got the face of a heavy smoker.

I’m at the top of that age range. I’m quite slim and I still have thick, shiny ( and dyed) hair. But I have lost a lot of volume in my face and I look tired , wrinkly and jowly . So I’m ok from a distance but not great close up !
My ds got married last year and I was so worried about how bad I would look on the photos that I got fillers. It did make a small difference but I realised after getting them done that I would never do it again. Im just not bothered enough in my day to day life about how I look to risk having artificial substances injected into my face again . And despite the improvement I still looked old - I don’t really think you can disguise it.
At the actual wedding I had an amazing happy day and didn’t care what I looked like.