What age do you think your looks started to fade ?

[LardLizard]

I think I still look pretty great at forty, don’t think my skin looks forty at all
So I’m wondering when will I really notice it ? Know it’s different for everyone
I’m think maybe after 50 now ?

It's natural to not like looking older, surely. I only think it gets sad when you start having Botox and surgery to try and reverse nature.

I thought I was looking good in my mid 40s but now in my early 50s the grey hair and fine superficial veins on my lower legs are noticeable. My tendons also tear more easily and I'm getting osteoarthritis. That's despite deciding to go on HRT patches until I'm 55 and keeping very fit. Can't see me ever going for botox though, I really don't like the look. Smoking ages you so glad I've never really smoked.
I don't think I feel my worth is tied up with my looks but it's disappointing if expected. My husband also dislikes his greying, thinning hair and physical ailments.

It is not sad,so many people goes running or put themselves in useless diets and nobody complains about it.

Everybody is free to do as they please to look younger.

It is another stage of life for me I miss part of it but I also feel free

I come from a family that thought being good looking was a ticket to a better life and I got that message when I was very young being Pretty it is so damaging to your self esteem

What is sad is not accepting that you move on from being the sexy hot young women who gets constant attention. Doesn’t mean you are no longer attractive but you are not quite in the same way

I'm 31. About half way through 30 I looked at myself one day and thought wtf has happened to my face.

I'm 29, 30 in a few months and have noticed my face starting to age quite a bit. Deep lines on my forehead, eyes sagging and skin just looking old. Have a few grey hairs too, my parents were both fully grey by about 35 and I'm really hoping I don't follow

I shall soon be 62, and I have looked young for my age all my life, as does my mum, now 83 but looking mid-70s. Her mum looked youthful too. I don't think it has much to do with anything but genes. Good skin has obviously been part of it, as all my family enjoy a glass of wine, and many were lifelong smokers, including my GGpa (one of 12, all of whom made their late 80s) who smoked from 8 to 90. I am sure that careful skin care helps, as does a good diet, sensible amount of exercise. Beyond that, I'm really not sure.

I was never drop dead gorgeous, model material, but I'm wearing fairly well and can still leave the house without make up and not blind anyone. It perhaps helps that my DS is not yet 19, so I see young people and what they wear and sometimes like, and incorporate some of that. But the hair is grey, Pilates keyps my back supple and a young dog needs 5k walk daily, in all weathers. Tried Botox twice, and it relaxed the forehead lines, but apparently to delay ageing, it's most effective started in the late 30s (missed that boat).

42 here, looks really stared fading about 37, I have got very good skin no grey hairs, but the glow of youth has gone. I look in the mirror and can't put my finger on why I now look old, but I do.
Carrying a load of middle-age weight isn't helping, but at least it plumps out my face a bit.

I'm nearly 35 and feel like I look older in the last year...even though I often get told that I look a lot younger I just feel it slipping away.. It's not exactly wrinkles, don't really have them but skin just doesn't look as smooth anymore, feel like it's starting to sag slightly around the mouth, deeper smile lines. I'm a bit of a perfectionist and I notice every little thing I don't like and it's hard for me to accept!
Talking about weight, being bigger might be better for wrinkles on your face but at the same time it's making a person look older on the whole. Also when have seen people in real life that use botox and fillers I've noticed that yes it makes their skin smoother but it still doesn't really make them look younger. Plus there's a risk of starting to look weird. A little bit might be ok.

We should be grateful to reach 40. Many don't get the chance to moan about their wrinkles. It's a sobering, sad fact. Yet, we all, me included, moan that our looks fade. It is very true that real beauty is from within. Aging is an honour. Not a god given right. So embrace it. Recently saw Joana Lumley in mag, aged 71, wrinkles and laughter lines. Beautiful! I'm 48 by the way. Noticing changes all the time, but certainly not to do with having kids (now 12 & 17) It's just how it works! End of! Smile, that takes years off you.

I'm 48 and think I look great for my age. It's more about having self confidence and feeling good. I lost the 6.5 stone I put on after having my second DC and work out a lot these days, so am in better physical shape than I've ever been (despite having been a keen exerciser since my 20s). I actually love how I'm ageing, I feel sexier and more confident in my body as I get older. When I was younger I was plagued by body confidence issues and always comparing myself to others. I never do that anymore, and I wouldn't go back to my 20s or 30s for anything.

I think I look better at 38 than I did at 28. I've never been 'pretty' but have strong features and I think that's helped me age well. Do think genetics at play too - both my parents who are in their 60s look much younger. I have a friend the same age as me who is super fit, doesn't drink or smoke and has no kids but she is very, very lined already. One look at her mother and you can see why.

41 for me.

I was still told I looked late twenties right up until 37. So even if you think you still look fab at 36/37/38 it can all go downhill quite quickly. I thought I would always track about 7 years younger and then you hit early forties and it's as though it happens overnight. Ageing is not linear. Nobody looks shocked when I say I'm 41 anymore. It's harder in a way as you've gone from looking young for your age to your age (or worse).

Nobody is immune to ageing, we can still look good though. I think 40s are tough, I know many women (friends, celebrities) who are in their 40s and none look young for their age. (Despite Botox, fillers). They may look good but they all look their age. So enjoy your 30s!

I think once you hit 60 it all slows down again. My mum is 67 and she's looked the same for about 7 years. That's when maybe we can start looking young for our age again...

For me about 47... looked in mirror one morning and I had a saggy eyelid on one side :(... since then quite fast have aged . Menopause now just started at 51 and the night sweats aren't helpful! But I am grateful to be here when so many others don't make it to my age .

About 18 months for me :)

I think I noticed I was looking older when my oldest daughter got to an age that she became beautiful, rather than pretty.
As someone else said, it's not a 'fading' just a change, I've always looked young for my age (I looked about 10 when I was 16), but no longer look like I did as a teen! I'm mid forties, and the mother of 2 beautiful daughters and a handsome son, all of whom look younger than they are (much to their annoyance, and my pride!)

I think mid thirties, I really noticed a difference. I also saw it in my friends of the same age.

I'm now in my late thirties, and although people tell me that I look younger, I am nowhere near as pretty as I was in my early thirties. I used to get a lot of attention back then, and was very photogenic. I now look hideous in most photos and certainly don't turn any heads !

Menopause did it for me. Although, i look at my mum, who at 88 still looks pretty good and keep my fingers crossed.

Early forties for me. I started to notice aging more and I thought it would be devastating for me but I'm just about to turn 48 and I'm actually okay with it!! Other stuff in my life has become more important. I believe looking great for my age and being healthy is enough these days.

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