Anyone turning their back on ‘anti - aging’?

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I’d always used organic/simple products... my skin is fine ( l’m in my mid 40’s)
Anyway, l got sucked into watching blogs/ YouTube tutorials etc... l wanted to try everything to delay the inevitable. I’d previously been sensible and realised there was nothing, bar botox/fillers that might make a difference.
Yes, there are the retinols etc... but *they need careful monitoring and can just set your skin off - whenever!
I’ve been trying one Ordinary product after the next, on ( what l think now) is a journey on to nothing!
Seeing as only the retinols can penetrate the skin - maybe everything else is just not worth it?
Emotionally or financially?
Has anyone thought they’d try to ‘fix it’ and then thought “bugger it!”
If you did, what is your skincare routine now, and what did you do previously?
I’m leaning toward a nice simple moisturiser and a good SPF.

Perhaps I am alone in being shocked by how many people on here are using Botox, and some at such a young age.

I think we are getting used to celebrities not looking their age because of Botox, fillers and other interventions, so when we look in the mirror we see what is normal aging, but our screens say otherwise!

Obvious celebs are Madonna, Kylie Minogue and Lulu.

I just use ordinary face wash and moisturiser. Don’t dye my hair because of the cost and health risks.

Botox is actual poison: not doing that either. Can also tell when people do it and find it too obvious.

I was watching an American vlogger who was getting up my nose - but strangely addictive
The last episode was a visit ( with her) to see her dermatologist for Botox!
I think the penny dropped and l
realised l had been a bit of fool...
l will never be able to look like those celebrities - not would l want to.

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Botox terrifies me,how can anyone be ok with injecting a paralysing poison into their FACE?! I don’t want to offend anyone but it makes people look so odd. Yes they might have fewer wrinkles but they look weird and frozen or permanently startled. They seem oblivious to it though. Same goes for fillers-it looks so damn strange.

I think a good moisturiser,spf, try and eat well,but if exercise. That’s it really.

yup I've made a conscious decision to let nature takes its course.
I use a good SPF and moisturise .

I can usually tell when someone uses botox , even though they think it's natural -eventually it starts to look odd. There are exceptions to that though ..some look very natural.

I react strongly to medicines and would be too scared I'd react to botox and end up with drooping eyes.

BOTOX is meant to be used at a young age..the point of it is to make you look that age for a longer period. e.g if you start at age 40 you'll look probably 40 at 50 and if you start at 20 you'll look 20 at 30..

My skin care is a quick wash with plain soap a.m and p.m, then a basic pot of coconut oil cream into which I add my own mix of essential oils applied to my face as and when needed through the day, and also morning and evening. ....I don't wear make up - never have, as I don't like it.

At nearly 60 yes, I have some crows feet around my eyes, but I do have very smooth, blemish free skin.....and I look like myself, not a parody.

I've just had Botox.

It's bloody marvellous. I don't look paralysed, startled or anything else. I just don't look knackered.

Like anything, moderation is key. I'm a convert, though.

When I first found Style and Beauty a few years ago there were regular threads discussing/arguing about Botox. It's a while since I've seen anything on here other than 'Can anyone recommend a clinic?' It does seem to have become normalised.

Anyway to answer your question, my routine is cleanse with almond oil and a flannel and moisturise with more almond oil or wheatgerm oil, plus sunscreen. The end.

It's partly because I have sensitive skin which I am convinced was triggered by experimenting with too many products, and partly because I believe the whole anti ageing industry is a scam and despise it with a passion.

It does make people look less tired / wrinkled, but the health risks are not minor.

I'm not too bothered by the whole wrinkles thing. I use moisturiser every now and then if my skin feels very dry but that's as far as skincare goes for me (I don't wear makeup though so don't need to remove every night). I've always stayed out of the sun and stopped smoking over a year ago so think that's the most I can do bar eating healthily. I don't have many wrinkles yet at 39 but lots of my friends do and some are talking about botox. You'd never catch me doing that. I'm just going to let nature take its course.

Thank you for your the replies.
I’m cross with myself for even ( temporarily) thinking l needed to do something drastic. Knowing full well nothing ( bar the obvious) works.
I have a feeling if l don’t nip it in the bud now - it’ll be a dreadful mess for me emotionally and ££!

The vlogger l watched was having some in her neck!

Botox that is. Can you imagine wha could happen if *that went wrong!

I’m told I look quite young for my age but don’t cultivate it. No specific lotions and potions. No facials or Botox.
The real key to looking young is no smoking, plenty of sleep, plenty of water, decent moisturiser and high factor sunscreen. Add in exercise that maintains core strength and flexibility and an avoidance of Mutton dress.
Nice white teeth (but not plastic over white teeth in good repair, well cut hair help.

I've made a conscious decision not to start trying lots of different serums and things. I like Estée Lauder night repair, so if I'm going to use anything in addition to my moisturiser then that will be it.

I think that anti-aging creams have been around long enough now that some sort of long-term studies/ experiments should have been conducted by the likes of L'Oreal, e.g. people using a product on only one side of their face for 10 years or something like that, so that you could see the difference. But afaia aware there's nothing like that out there. That makes me think that long term effects are probably negligible.

Which is handy for my wallet!

I agree with you Banana
A good haircut/style and good clean teeth go a long way.
I look younger than l am, and recently started a job where l now meet lots of people. I kept being tolid l look younger - and then l decided l’d try even harder to look even younger
What on earth is all that about.
I think my vanity was taking over... and lm cross with myself.

My mum had Botox on the NHS for an eye problem, and it didn’t go well, so that has put me off.

I am often told I look younger than my 42 years, but I don’t sunbathe or smoke, and when younger had oily skin.

I also don’t have any wrinkle between my eyes, though I do have lines by my outer corners. I need to make more of an effort with sunglasses.

I wear an spf of 50 every day, and a sunhat in the Summer.

I agree with you OP. I have started looking after my skin in the sense that I am using the correct products for my skin type but no I will not be going down the route of injections. I was at an event before Christmas and the person there who was speaking about skincare was saying she wouldn't even recommend eye creams for most people as they have little or no effect and we are all so used to seeing airbrushed pictures so what people are hoping to achieve is just not possible without surgery.

I don’t need to turn away from “anti ageing” as I’ve never wasted any time on it.

Sunscreen is the only thing that makes significant difference.

So I moisturise, wear sunscreen every day, don’t sunbathe and get enough sleep. But I’ve been doing all that since I was 14.

Botox is poison, sticking in your face is madness.

An old friend did a phd in medical uses of botox - there are loads - and also worked in the NHS explaining, getting informed consent and administering it to people.

He advised against it for cosmetic use. Reckon he was pretty well qualified!

Have come to the conclusion that expensive creams are a waste of money. As long as you cleanse properly, use sunscreen and some moisturiser (Lidl, Aldi, whatever) then I think that's fine. Facial exercises can help but too lazy to do every day. Booze, fags, sun all do a lot of damage.

Interesting stuff but at almost 62, the anti-ageing ship may have sailed without me. But thanks to a great draw in the gene lottery, I come from families that have always had excellent skin and long life, (even those who enjoyed the sun and smoked looking at you mum).

I do look after my skin carefully, but sunscreen is not a year-round requirement. People tell me I don't look my age, but I am never sure whether they are just being kind/polite.

My exh's cousins, 5 women, all started using notice and fillers in their mud to late 30's. They are very glamorous and appearance conscious women and always look very well turned out. However, they all now look like they've 'had work done', attractive but not quite themselves IYSWIM.

I have consciously been trying to stop equating young with attractive and old with unattractive. I'm 36 with salt and pepper hair and a mallen streak that I have been dyeing forever to the detriment of my very sensitive scalp, and I work outdoors and get wind burn so I probably have a little more crepe than other women my age.
6 months ago I decided to stop dyeing my hair because it bothers me that our culture only seems to celebrate one kind of beauty, and women are expected to jump through hoops in order to attain it. The countless times I've reacted badly to a product in a bid to remain youthful is ridiculous.

Instead of aspiring to something that realistically costs more and more time and money than I am prepared to give, I've decided to celebrate and nurture my aging body, hair and face. I love the silver in my hair now and a scalp that doesn't burn anymore, and my skin is happier for not being over cleansed, peeled and retinoled. And to top it all off, my dp still fancies me something rotten! No more anti aging for me!