What age did your looks start to fade?

[SalJ90]

Do we really become less desirable as we get older? Why is this?

For me, it wasn’t ‘age’ that aged me, I had always looked 10 years younger than my real age.

It was the end of one relationship, and then again following the end of a marriage.

If I had had hindsight and known that both men were so unworthy, I would have dumped them before the grief from those relationships changed my face forever.

I'm 47 and am happier with my looks now than ever. My skin is better, I have more idea about what suits me and I sleep and exercise more. At the same time I give less fucks about what I look like and whether or not people like me based on how I look.

50 before that I didn't really age but in my 50s everything sagged.

For me, late 30's.

When I had kids (early 30's)

I'm getting botox and I think I look good now at 45. But when I look at the younger me, the 'bloom' was radiant and I just didn't know it!
Do you really not know the answer to your second question?

In my mid 30s, I had an ‘annus horribilis’. I’d had a pretty charmed life up to that point to be honest and that year changed everything. The stress and grief of it all combined with natural ageing made my face go to shit quite suddenly. I’m 44 now and look older (and knackered). I’ve got a good physique but I hate my face

I still look good in my early 60s. Managed to attract 2nd dh in my 50s 😃
Being happy and positive helps a lot.

I might be deluded, but I don’t think they have (yet). I’m 51. I work in a predominantly men’s world (construction) and I’m definitely not invisible yet. This is a double-edged sword.

I have a bit of Botox yearly, have a really good facial monthly, look after my skin and hair.

I am 40 and can see lines and tiredness for the first time. I am also very overweight and feel tired a lot so think I look my age whereas I used to look younger. I don't really care about the lines but I do care about the weight but just finding it hard to motivate myself to sort it.

I don't look like I'm 20 anymore at very nearly 50 but I think I look good amongst my peers. As far as being attractive goes, I think that is appropriate. I think I look friendly and approachable enough. I actually think I look better than a decade ago as I try harder with regards to eating healthily and fitness so I'm in better shape in that respect.

Early 30s. That’s when my waist started to thicken and that makes you look old. Then I had kids which ruined my stomach completely, made my ribcage permanently bigger and my breasts two different sizes. That was when I became totally invisible.

@Gowithme

I'm 47 and am happier with my looks now than ever. My skin is better, I have more idea about what suits me and I sleep and exercise more. At the same time I give less fucks about what I look like and whether or not people like me based on how I look.

Yep same as @Gowithme.

I also know how to wear make up properly now and have a monthly facial. I also drink and smoke less than I used to and try to drink loads of water, I also take lots of vitamins and a collagen supplement every day.

I also smile and laugh alot, am a very positive person, and have lots of energy and enthusiasm, I think that goes a very long way with regards to how attractive you are to others. Not that that is why I do/have those things, it's just a byproduct, IMVHO.

When I had my kids really. Mid 30s. Could have been coincidence with the kids, because I also started getting perimenopause symptoms and was having a pretty shit time where I didn't look after myself.

That being said, I'm still enjoying a pretty active sex life which I enjoy a hell of a lot more than I ever did in my 20s so I'm not sure I'm any less desirable. I guess it all depends on who is doing the desiring.

26 when I started seriously gaining weight and then again in my mid 40s when the colour and life started draining out of everything and my 'look' from my 30s no longer worked. But it's ok. I look my age, definitely, and a bit better than that when I manage to get fit.

43/44 when the perimenopause really kicked in and the oestrogen started disappearing....

Probably my late 40s. My hair texture changed and the chin line started to get a bit saggy. Overall I'm happy with how I look and most people assume I'm younger than I am, but that's when I started to look middle aged.

I’m still attractive to some but of course not as attractive that’s life

Who cares. We have no need to be it’s nature. When I’m not sure I think I peaked at 30-34ish

42-43

After a lifetime of looking far younger than my age!

It's not so bad tho.

42

Trad style looks went after pregnancies. Never 'got my body back' as they say.

I was quite a hottie in the body.

BUT SO THE FUCK WHAT?!

I've been poorly over the pandemic and my body isn't working as well as I'd like it to, but I'm so glad it works at all, and so glad I'm done with 20s & 30s.

I look at people in their 20s and I'm happy for them and love how beautiful they are, but they look like children to me. I don't want that back. I'm more than happy to be a grown woman in a grown woman's body.

Mine start to fade every day at 2-3pm.

I’m not sure. My skin is finally clear after a life of adult acne and I am 41. I don’t really know how old I look or if I look aged in the face. Body is a wreck 🤣