When did you first notice your face had aged?

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Until around 29/30 I was frequently asked if I was 'studying' and if I 'lived with my parents' that sort of thing. Once at 27 and once at 29 I was told "You look like you're still in high school."

Anyway now about to turn 32 and I've had nasolabial folds and smile lines appear what feels like overnight. It actually makes you question your face and whether they'd always been there and you just didn't notice them.
Also lost a lot of fat in my face despite not losing body weight. When I look at myself at 27/28 I had an incredibly round face and now just touching my face I can feel there's much less fat.

I still look 'young', it's just the first time I've noticed what feels like a definite shift in my face. I'm doing everything 'right' except for too much sugar which I really need to stop!

I hear you OP, I've always had the same. Previously I had a line free forehead, but I turned 30 a few months ago, and now multiple lines seemed to have appear overnight! I also have bunny lines on my nose.

I know we all age, and it was bound to happen soon, but the suddenness has shocked me! I've invested in some good skin care products now, and despite the lines, my skin looks much better and glowy.

Early 50s, when I started to get marionette lines.

I've been lucky though, I'm 67 and everyone says I look much younger. I've got very few lines around my eyes. I'd quite like a jowl lift though, they're starting to sag.

If only my knackered joints had held up as well as my face, I'd be delighted.

In the last couple of years, following the death of my parents. Sure I noticed wrinkles before then. But they didn't bother me. Now though they jump out of the mirror at me. I'm 57, and think bereavement has done it. Maybe also seeing my parents' faces reflected back.

I'm 33 and it hasn't happened yet. I don't have any lines really. My skin is very oily so that's probably why. I also don't drink.

I'm 40 and just started looking a lot older, I think it's because I've lost a lot of weight recently.

From this thread I have deduced that genetics, drinking water, facial fat and not being bereaved or stressed are the only things that affect aging faces.

I don’t mind my face looking “old” as I don’t really pay attention to it. I’m not in a relationship nor do I want to be so I don’t really worry about how young or old I look. However, nobody wants to look old before their time. And that time will depend on the factors I outlined in my first paragraph 😁

After my first pregnancy, my skin has definitely aged and I've developed grey hair. I was like you, always very fresh faced and mistaken for far younger

Two years ago, when I was 40-41. I noticed I looked a bit thinner in the face after I had DS (aged 37). But then in my 40s I have suddenly started to look haggard.

This isn’t weight loss, I’m about a stone heavier than I was pre-DC. And not menopause. Not really lines or wrinkles either - I have a few on my forehead but they were there before. Just seem to have lost fat from my cheeks and lost my jawline a bit, and look much older as a result.

I think staying out the sun is key. I burn easily so avoid it and 3 people thought I was DH's daughter last year. But the women I know who spent a lot of their younger years in the sun have very old and lined looking skin by late 40's.

Few wrinkles but the jowls are there.

I’ve just lost quite a lot of weight (at 52) and am really noticing the ageing face and neck now. It’s worth it, but definitely apparent.

Age about 40 but I don’t let it stress me out. Ageing is better than the alternative!

I got to nearly 40 looking like I was in my 20s…. Then Boom…. Gravity 😂

I’d say around now, 35. 2 kids. Lack of skincare routine. Lack of sleep. Eating crap. Drinking next to no water. Only in tea or coffee Really feeling older than my years.

I always looked much younger, got asked for ID on my 40th birthday. At 45, I look 45. I think a combination of stress, perimenopause and weight gain from lock down that I cannot shift is to blame. I still don't have any wrinkles but I look dehydrated and my face looks saggy despite the weight gain.

The pandemic aged me. I went into it as a 25 year old with a baby face, frequently mistaken for a teenager (started uni, repeated shock at being a mature student!) and ended it looking visibly older and with my first grey hairs.

Pandemic parenting as a single mother to an undiagnosed school age SEN kid. Omg. It was a lot. But I’m sad about how it aged me!

I seem to have inherited my grandma's bone structure - I very much hope so, anyway, as she maintained a lovely tight jawline till she died at 88.

This year at 57 my face seems to have completely dropped,
I’ve previously always looked young for my and am very lucky that I have hardly any noticeable lines, but as I said I’ve now got sagging in my jowls, neck and cheeks. I’m finding it so depressing as you can’t so much about sagging other than a face lift!

And whilst it used to annoy me with people constantly commenting on how young I look (it’s just boring!) I now very much look my age.

I noticed wrinkles on my cheeks when I smiled in my early 30s (after having DD - I reckon 18 months of not sleeping contributed). It's gone down hill from there.

I'm in my early-mid 30s and felt the same as you. I recently started getting a tiny amount of filler in my nasolabial folds and cheeks (I didn't originally request it in my cheeks but was advised by my injector that this combination would be the most effective way to reduce the appearance of the nl folds). I'm talking 1.5mls across my whole face. It's very subtle, I still look 100% like me but I just feel a bit happier in myself when I look in the mirror. I haven't touched Botox yet and don't feel the need to, I think we often focus on wrinkles and fine lines when actually loss of facial fat and changes in facial contours are far more ageing. I really recommend it and plan to continue with small top ups as and when I need them. My advice is to find a medically qualified practitioner (doctor or dentist) who promotes a conservative approach and can look at your individual facial anatomy and make recommendations based on that. Be prepared to pay!

I certainly didn't ever think about ageing in my 30's or even 40's. Not in a negative way anyway. I can't help thinking that those younger than me feel pressure from all the other younger women chasing youth by paying for injections. It must be exhausting!

I think I was about 36 when I noticed some subtle "dropping" of my face. I wasn't wrinkled at all (have always been strict about sunscreen on my face) but the flesh seemed to have slightly sagged. It wasn't too bad to be honest. I've got high cheekbones which I think help "scaffold" the face. Ironically they made me look older/more grown up in my teens and twenties, then seemed to help preserve my ageing, visually at least. After I had my last baby at 40 I never lost the last stone but was surprised to see it seemed to make my face look a bit better for being plumped out. (Also got a nice cleavage which I hadn't had before.) In my early 40s I felt very attractive and young looking for my age. Then came lockdown (age 44-46) I don't know if it was the stress/ overeating/drinking more or would have happened anyway but when I returned to the office I definitely looked as if my prime had ended. My skin seemed to lose all its firmness and no longer sit on the muscoskelature as it once had. I looked tired and a bit baggy. I joked that my "last fuckable day" had passed in lockdown without me realising (if you've seen that Any Schumer sketch!) Despite all that I actually look ok for my age, I think most people guessing would say younger, though it helps that I'm quite slim and groomed. Am thinking about a thread lift though. Anyone had one?

I was holding on ok until menopause, then everything (EVERYTHING) went dry and saggy.

I felt I looked older after my dad died (i was 41) but no one else commented.
I am sometimes mistaken for someone younger but I think that's mainly because I'm really short!

I am 37 and really noticing I have changed over the past couple of years. Might have something to do with having my second child who is now almost 4, but also might just be age!

I have started focussing more on skincare etc which helps somewhat but I definitely see huge changes.