Turkey neck and getting older

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I'm 49. I can visibly see signs of age appearing and it's so depressing 😞
My parents both have turkey neck and I can see mine just starting out on its sag-dom journey. I'm endlessly googling miracle products (which are expensive and realistically probably don't do very much in the way of reversing things)
I know I should be greatful to have the gift of life and getting older with wrinkles and sagging is part of life, but it's just so horrible looking in the mirror and realising my youthful days are well on their way out.
In our 20s and 30s we think we will look that way forever, just take our fresh face skin for granted (getting old will NEVER happen to us!)- then BOOM! One day you look in the mirror and see 'old you'.
I guess I need to just accept it and realise there's no stopping it and be grateful I have a good life and loving DH.
Anyone else feeling it??

Are you very slim? I am 54 and don't have turkey neck at all or many face wrinkles either, just a few faint ones around my eyes, but then I am chubby and on HRT! You need to fill out the skin😂

Focus on good fats diet and exercise.

I know everyone says creams don't help but I thought my neck looked a bit frazzled recently so used some marine collagen cream stuff and was very surprised at the difference it made.

SPF!

I'm nearly 43 and would say I look bloody good (broadly speaking) but have a very slim neck (no fat on it at all) and think it ages me far more quickly than my face.

I had Botox in my neck bands a couple of weeks ago and I have to say, the smoothing effect has been brilliant. May be worth looking at if it's really bothering you. But I can guarantee that no one else will have noticed, and ageing in such a privilege that I try and appreciate and enjoy it.

I'm 56 & managing to stave off wrinkles turkey neck with twice daily Waitrose baby butter & Nivea lotion for extra dry skin(its got almond oil in it). I only missed a day last week & the difference was shocking! Since I hit 50 it feels like I'm constantly maintaining a crumbling old building.

No, I'm not slim. My Mum is and she has dreadful turkey neck (but she is 80 😂)
I've never been one to turn down a cake so even the fat isn't filling out wrinkles and Sag 😂

Crumbling old building 😂 😂 this resonates!

I feel the same OP. I never thought about my neck, was only worried about what was happening/might happen to my face. I don't think I ever noticed anyone else's necks either but now I'm obsessed! Hope I can at least divert my thoughts back to more interesting topics once I get used to the new neck normal. I wish I'd started using sunscreen years ago. I hate that it bothers me so much.

It’s hereditary, I have it too and I had ultherapy which actually made it look stringier. I want a face lift but I’m afraid of the pain and the drains.

I’m mid 40s and have had some good results with Prai products. Don’t really rate the creams but I like the neck serum and the neck oil I find really good. Not massively expensive and available on Amazon.