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Help! What age does my skin look..?

37 replies

lina38 · 06/02/2018 14:08

Hi. Had a close up slightly magnified (poss uv light?!) close up pic. I was horrified at the state of my skin. I had make up on and none of this was visible before light on it.

How old would you say I was...

OP posts:
wowfudge · 06/02/2018 14:10

In your thirties.

Original poster
lina38 · 06/02/2018 14:11
  1. But the dark patches?! It's scared me a bit
OP posts:
TheShaniaTwainExperience · 06/02/2018 14:11

36

Original poster
lina38 · 06/02/2018 14:12

This is exactly how I looked before that pic and just after

Help! What age does my skin look..?
OP posts:
TheShaniaTwainExperience · 06/02/2018 14:13

Younger in the second pic

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lina38 · 06/02/2018 14:14

Are the dark patches sinister?! Or simply bags?

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TheShaniaTwainExperience · 06/02/2018 14:16

Did someone take the pic with a special light or something?

TheShaniaTwainExperience · 06/02/2018 14:17

If it’s uv it always shows up weird stuff

Just ignore it and moisturise

😂

Mercurial123 · 06/02/2018 14:19

Early 40s

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lina38 · 06/02/2018 14:44

It looked like a uv light. I've just spent a fortune on la Roche posey potions in sheer panic. I'm 35 but look in my 50's from that pic 😩

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wowfudge · 06/02/2018 18:35

Only to you - no one else said you looked 50!

WowOoo · 06/02/2018 18:40

It just looks dirty and odd to me. I'd have said a very happy 40 year old. You have laughter lines...Be proud and keep smiling.

Waste your money on good shoes or perfume!

demirose87 · 06/02/2018 18:42

About 38 to 40 x

Teetotal2018 · 06/02/2018 18:45

You look lovely! Not old at all 😊 not there is anything wrong with being old 😊 I would say drink lots of water, eat your greens, wear little or no makeup as it’s very aging and bad for skin and use a natural facial oil x

Annabelle4 · 06/02/2018 18:46

No idea, but love your eyebrow shape OP!

CountFosco · 06/02/2018 19:16

DH (who is a wizard at guessing people's age) says you look mid 30s. So, nothing to worry about!

MiniCooperLover · 06/02/2018 20:45

The skin underneath looks like sun damage? Can you go to a good dermatologist and get it checked out?

Shen0102 · 06/02/2018 20:50

late 30s early 40s i'd say, but then it's too close..from afar you do look your age

AllPizzasGreatAndSmall · 06/02/2018 20:51

How are people making their guesses based on the tiny amount of skin shown in the photo?

Fosterdog123 · 06/02/2018 21:32

In the first pic, I've just gone off eyelids and crows feet, which is all you can see. Eyelid skin is still firm, which means she's under 45 and probably under 40. Crows feet are starting but not too pronounced, which puts her at mid to late 30s.

SwedishEdith · 06/02/2018 21:39

The skin underneath looks like sun damage? Can you go to a good dermatologist and get it checked out?

What would you get "checked out"? Surely everyone who has ever exposed their skin to sun has sun damage.

taytotayto111 · 06/02/2018 21:44

Mid 40 ish I’d say. You look like my sil and that’s her age

LemonysSnicket · 06/02/2018 21:54

40?

LemonysSnicket · 06/02/2018 21:54

Second pic mid 30s

Worieddd · 06/02/2018 21:56

40s

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