Urgh!! to ageing :(

[madmomma]

Jeez how vile is it when you notice yet another sign of wear + tear?!
Today I discovered that I can no longer carry off the full fringe that used to look great, because it now makes me look mumsy/old.

Anything; ANYTHING I put under my eyes now emphasises the crepiness, no matter how expensive/sheer/light reflecting/supposedly blurring etc etc etc

"Hello there" to wibbly, foldy middle aged spread :(

Anyone else feeling the cruel passage of time acutely right now?

Oh lord yes! My mum warned me when you remembered fashions the first time round it was scary enough, but when you tried them on again and realised that second time around it is not a good look on you anymore was the time to worry! Things that looked 'edgy' on a twenty something just look downright frumpy on me now.

Middle age spread cuts down on options for a start as getting the right fit around the tum usually means that the fit suffers elsewhere, or I just end up looking like a parsnip................ Hate the fact that have grey in my hair now too and have to keep on top of that. Everything takes so much more time and effort in terms of make up etc........as desperately dont want to look mutton.

It is truly vile. Can cope with wrinkles, even, but the declining eyelashes and horrible hands, that used to be good features,,even admired, I hate.

(The By Terry concealer is really good for the under eye area, if it helps... )

God yes, where to start? Though ironically I have just had a heavy fringe cut into my bob and think it makes me look younger (deluded) but yep, creppy eyes, facial hair, middle age spread, grey hair - I think I will have to give up my job just in order to keep my tache in check. And even worse when I put my glasses on!

It is the effort that really p,s me off especially as the reward is becoming less fr the effort put in!

I'm still radiant, but growing a beard.

lol@ ToastedTeacakes. I turn 30 next month - which might not be huge but I am definitely starting to see the first signs which is quite alarming. considering getting a jenser peel or whatever ti's called to just burn all those little signs away! :o|

I'm starting to look like my Mum, and bless her, but despite clean living she hasn't aged well.

This has been disturbing me lately! Since I've lost a bit of weight though i feel a bit better about my body. Actually i think it even makes my face look younger!

If you really want to know what you will look like and have an Iphone, download the 'Oldify' App (free), then you take a picture in the app and it ages you.

Utterly terrifying, I know exactly how I will look in 30 years - it magnifies all your age spots which are currently freckles plus all your wrinkles.

In fact if I'm having a bad wrinkly day I just look at that and it cheers me up as I'm not as bad as it yet

I have noticed the under eye thing...nothing looks much better.

I wear much less makeup now than I did when younger cos it's ageing..so less time spent.

I keep catching sight of myself in mirrors in shops and wondering who that haggard old cow is who looks like she hasn't had a decent night's sleep in 20 years. Note that I have no children and so can't even use that as an excuse

For me it's the way that the odd stray chin hair you could pluck in a second in your twenties turns into a fully fledged fucking beard which needs attention on a daily basis. The chin hair started increasing after first DD at 33 and sped up after second DD at 36. Another of the lovely side effects of pregnancy and birth they don't tell you about!!

I can cope with an awful lot of individual signs (especially since I refuse to wear my glasses for anything except telly watching, therefore can't see most of them) but what I can't cope with is catching my reflection in the corner of my eye and going "mum? in my house?"....then a split second later realising it's just me.

Stray eyebrows in the chin region are worthy of a special mention though. They make me want to just go hide under a duvet.

I am looking forward to my 45th brithday with the same enthusiam I look forward to somebody kicking me in he crotch.

laurie you have ruined my holiday :o

I downloaded the fatify and oldify apps. Well. It was awwwwful!!! Still, DH is still laughing soar least one of us is happy!!!!

I'm going to tachify him now, that'll shut him up!!!

I downloaded the fatify and oldify apps

Proof there are real sadists in the app creation field.

Don't mind wrinkles but can't bear jowls / general haggardness.

Oh and moustache, crepey eyes that used to be my best feature, now with one droopy eyelid. Age spots on hands.

And needing basic make up just to look not dead.

rogue old lady hairs sprouting from mole - check
brown spots - check
fat middle - check
old lady feet - check
deflated, given-up tits - check

Am approaching the idea of bleph-thingie surgery but not the idea of eating less cake

I am looking forward to my 45th brithday with the same enthusiam I look forward to somebody kicking me in he crotch.

How come I can only see my spelling mistakes typos when somebody else puts them in bold?

Can I blame that on ageing too ?

Maybe I should consider useing the (evil, sign of aging) glasses for more than gazing at Claudia Joy on Army Wives and wondering how come she does look like she could do with somebody giving her a good ironing and reinflating. Then maybe I could see the keypad.

The glasses piss me off. DH made me go to the optician cos so many people were coming and asking what they had done to make me blank them.

Where did my 20/20 go ?

And why does my hip suddenly hurt for no reason at all causing me to make make old lady random ache "ow!" noises and hobble ?

doesn't FFS, can't type anthing right, issue may be with aged brain dying cell by cell at a rapid rate.

Exterior is holding up ish, but it feels like my interiors have gone to pot - can't eat eggs without consequences, my back just went the other day picking socks off the floor and have to bathe my hands in cream after each washing up session.

I wear heels for interviews, and that is all

And what the heck do you do about rogue white eyelashes!!!

Ah, don't feel too bad. I didn't notice your typos till you pointed them out. .

Have started the menopause and my skin, which was always good, is now the most scaly, cracked and itchy skin. Horrible.

I also am starting to develop jowls.

In fact, my face looks just like this , although it isn't blue.

If ageing is supposed to be gradual why am I noticing it?
My DH has TERRIBLE eyesight and when he says I look beautiful I always chuckle and ask him if he's got his contacts in. Im lucky as in the morning and evening I go into soft focus for him!

I have something for the scaly, itchy, cracked skin and jawline !

Take a little bicarb, add something wet, a drop of oil, water or cleaner...depending on skin typs. Let it sit.

GENTLY massage on face. Rinse. Rinse again. Swear at the white residue in hairline. More rinsing. Get grumpy with stupid bicarb. Rinse. Mutter darkly about bicarb looking like mega dandruff like you needed any help to drag appearance down further. Rinse. Remember you have a headband somewhere. Go downstairs to look for headband. Forget what you came down for on last step. Go back up cursing clicky knee and random hip pain. Remember headband as soon as you walk in bathroom. Rinse. Rinse again. Look gormlessly at bathroom products trying to remember what you need. Spot mousturiser. Apply. Create bicarb plus grease attractive lumpy scum in hairline. Rinse again and do mousturiser again.

Do it for a week and suddenly skin looks and more importantly feels much better.

Decide if a little is good then lots must be better. So add more bicarb and rub HARD!

Remove most of upper dermis and look like somebody took a blowtorch to your face.

Remember that going over the top impusively has been a lifelong issue.

Wonder why rest of self is aging but self control still seems to be stuck in the toddler range.

Take comfort in something about self being youthful and resolve to throw a tantrum once a day blaming it on impending menopause and "helping" family adjust to the new mood swing reality just around the corner.

Walk into bathroom and try to understand how the hell the floor got covered in gritty stuff. Wander off to find broom. Three hours later remember you were looking for broom, but can't remember where you last left it. Repeat every time you go for a wee.

Thus oxygenation of skin improves the general quality of complexion thanks to all the exercise from the "not that far off senile" wanderings around the house. Jaw line muscle tone improved by dark muttering to accompany wandering and concerns about inexplicable greasey dandruff like scum in hairline.