To wonder where the fuck my face went????

[PeapodBurgundy]

Had the first opportunity/occasion to put on a proper face of make up since I had DS. Had a leisurely shower, a face mask, sat down with a small amount of actual time to myself, excited to feel like Peapod again rather than a washed out Mammy. I applied my usual evening 'face', which used to look nice I think yet I somehow looked like a clown. I've aged soooo badly!! My face has sagged and is certainly not where I left it last time I paid it proper attention. What the hell gravity? I didn't sign up for this shit!

Anyone else care to share the point they realised they were no longer youthful? Or more importantly, tips to give the illusion that my face is still on the front of my head rather than dangling below my jaw?

At 36, I remember looking in a shop mirror and thinking I suddenly looked old.

However, many years later I have considerably less lines and wrinkles than many workmates of a similar age.

Everybody's different.

I’m heading towards 50 and whilst I don’t have any wrinkles/lines and my best mate hates my smooth forehead, oh my lord, my jawline 🙈🙈I’ve suddenly developed jowls like a bloodhound 😫. I’m not a vain person but between my saggy jawline and the suddenly heavy eyelids that I’ve sprouted I’m pretty gutted.

I am starting to get a soft jawline.
My eye makeup now ends up near my eyebrows because of my saggy eye lids.

Whatever you do, do not buy a super magnifying mirror to do eyebrows or eye makeup stuff. I bought one and I was utterly distraught the first time I used it. I thought I was wearing quite well up until then.

I avoid cameras like crazy.

Since I turned 58 its all melted around my mouth and jawline. I try to sleep on my back in the hope that all the excess looseness with slip behind my ears overnight. I'm sure I didn't look this bad at 57. It kind of happened overnight on my 58th birthday.

I'm glad it's not just me! The last year or two I've been just sort of..dropping in the face. I now understand why facelifts are called facelifts. My face is still there, it just sort of looks like it's inside someone else's face

I do think that reading MN on a laptop on my lap all evening doesn't help. It sort of makes you point your chin downwards so the flesh folds under it and creases.

I think I look bloody good for 47 but I keep expecting to wake up one morning with a face like a melted welly, I've been lucky so far....

Peapod did you lose some weight?

I lost some weight after an infection last year and my cheeks were sagging below my jaw and same on my knees trying to put it back on will that work?

I am 30s though surprised it's happened to you at 29.

Delatron mine is the Rio sixty second do dah... I do recommend it. You have to be patient though, it takes time and persistence; I do it most days. I don’t bother with all the areas though; the cheeks and jawline are my biggest concerns. The eye area doesn’t seem to have changed —and I have Botox on my frown lines—so I only do eight areas.

Mine is awful. Terrible terrible jowls and no muscle tone at all. Everything just hanging down.

Having obsessive thoughts about fillers and Botox but sadly well out of my budget 😫

I might get me some Facelift Tape

Waste of money! What you need is a staple gun - pull back the excess, staple to skull, shake hair over it.

Simples!

(Make sure your anti-tetanus jabs are up-to-date)

Turned 44 today. Look 55. Wtf happened my face? Around 41 I noticed the change. Would look after my skin but looks like wine is my enemy after all

Wry upside of being ugly I think, not much to lose as the years march on. I don't have that many wrinkles at 36, but I have noticed a more furry texture to my face and have been going grey since 12. Such joy.

Vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
Seriously?
Wait until you’ve gone through bc and lost all your hair (+ eyebrows and lashes) Then you won’t actually give a flying fuck what you look like!
However I’m holding up pretty well for 52. My students thought I was mid-30’s lol

I have a 4month old and I swear to god these 4 months have put 10years on me!
My makeup looks shit, skins horrible and i have 2 massive deep lines between eyebrows from frowning constantly. I have works Xmas party in 7weeks, I’m on maternity leave so haven’t seen much of colleagues since June and I was really excited at first as I use to love getting dressed up but I think I’m going to feel like shit!

I've aged about 10 years in the last 18 months or so since my Dad died. My face looks like it's melting . My sister's hair has gone completely white in that time too. Awful. I'm getting botox/fillers done soon to try and doing something about my resting bitch face - I look like a bulldog.

Thanks TealStar that's the one! I did start to think I was getting results then didn't use it for a while so need to get back on it and use it regularly.

I found the same, didn't bother with forehead and my lips are quite full anyway so focused on cheeks, jowels and jaw line to cut down the time.

Realised dying my hair dark brown makes me look too witch-like, especially since it's long. So I stopped dying it in preparation for blonde highlights. I can't afford highlights at the moment. So I just have a shit ton of white (I don't do grey apparently) bits.
Plus eye bags.
Constantly saying must drink more water and go to bed early. I'm sure that would reverse SOMETHING?

I put my make up on last week.
Felt very normal and quite jolly until I looked in the mirror.
I felt like I was auditioning for Bette Davis Role in ' Whatever happened to Baby Jane'
I cried.
Then I put a huge pair of sunglasses and a hat on, went out and didn't take either off.

And wondered if I actually needed to convert to Muslim to wear a burka............

When i go out with my son I sit and watch all the skinny yummy mummys and feel quite depressed. My selfies are shocking, sagging neckline and wrinkles aplenty... delete delete delete. Wish i could turn back the clock but sadly this is my grim reality and its hideous even with make up these days.. sob 😢

I'm not bothered by wrinkles at all, poss as I don't have many, but at the age of 45, my neck has a saggy life of its own. Now that does bother me quite a bit sobs I have lost a fair amount of weight so I think that is why. Any suggestions on how to do something with it? Or is that it, the beginning of my old lady wobbly neck?

Go to Space NK, ask their advice, invest a minor fortune, look and feel amazing.

Works for me every time.

I think my face was starting to go south around age 38 when I had DS2 but I totally lost it around age 41.
Prior to having DS1 at age 36 I was still being told I looked in my late 20s. Then it all started to steadily go down hill with sleepless nights, stress, erratic diet, no down time... you get the picture.
Now at 44 all I can see are dark circles, crepey skin and wrinkles under my eyes, jowls and a massive spare tyre around my once slender waist

I hear ya! After DC3, plus sleep deprivation, plus a diet of sugar, plus a little more sleep deprivation, throw in another sleepless night, a background of white noise, a skin care regime of baby wipes, an evening bust treatment of attached baby and voila! your reflection is unrecognisable.
This will give you acne, dark circles, grey and greasy hair, saggy jawline, jowels, tits to your knees, freckles (ahem age spots) and a gut that could give Homer Simpson a run for his money!
A good 10 year advance on your fellow females I reckon!