Over 40 ? Good skin ?

[Elasticatedwaist]

As in not many lines or wrinkles . What has been your routine and products used ?

Just being nosy really and it’s something I’m interested in at the moment . I’m 44 and have always looked after my skin in a minimal way but feel like I am getting more lines every day !

[onemouseplace]

I'm 42 and I have very few lines/ wrinkles compared to some of my peers. I put it down to a combination of being a bit overweight (I'm noticing that as my slimmer friends get further into their 40s they are noticeably ageing relatively faster), avoiding the sun for much of my life as I am naturally pasty and just not that fond of sitting out in it.

I have been using prescription retinoids for the last couple of years which have noticeably improved the condition of my skin, plus SPF50 everyday. I don't think this will necessarily reverse any signs of ageing, but I think it will slow them down.

Other than that I have a fairly basic skincare routine. I don't eat particularly well, hate exercise and don't drink enough water so I don't think that has anything to do with it!

[GrumpyHoonMain]

It won’t reverse it but wearing sunscreen (spf 50) everyday should allow you to keep what you have for longer. Also keeping your BMI steady around 22-24 helps with body wrinkles too - lift weights

[LilyJade]

I'm 43 & get compliments on my skin. Hardly any lines.
Basically since my teens I wore a moisturiser with at least spf 15 every day then in the summer if I was out for more than about half an hour I would apply facial sun lotion.

I've never smoked, but I used to binge drink regularly so I have a few thread veins that I cover up. I've now given up alcohol.

I have quite a round face which makes me look younger but I'm in the process of losing 3 stone from 13 stone to 10 stone, I wonder if I will have more lines etc after I've lost the weight but for health reasons I need to be slimmer.

My Mum looks young for her age so does my sister.

[abstractprojection]

My skin has suddenly become tight and dry

It sounds dehydrated. Up your intake of water, fruit and veg. And reconsider your skincare routine. Products fro dry and dehydrated skin are different, the first adds oil, the second water.

I would certainly recommend adding Superdrug Simply Pure serum, to your routine, before your moistriser. And maybe swapping your cleanser out for the CeraVe Hydrating face wash, if it feels tight or tingly after washing, and make sure that water is luke warm no sticking your face under a hot shower.

[AuntieMarys]

60 here with very few lines. I avoid sun due to an allergy, and use facial spf 50 all year round.
Never smoked and have a good diet.
I have regular Dermalogica peel facials...have had facials since my early 40s and always use their Age Smart products.

[PrincessHoneysuckle]

I've always taken my eye make up off with baby lotion.I use micellar water to take my face make up off then use night cream then bio oil.I regularly use face masks and exfoliate,usually nip and fab products.

[Buggedandconfused]

Also I use an oil instead of moisturiser twice a week. Balance Me do a good one.

[Buggedandconfused]

*frown

[Buggedandconfused]

I’m over 50 and have found that retinol helps a lot. I eat a lot of salmon and avocado and drink green tea. I use a hydrating serum before my spf moisturiser every day. I use balm cleanser and use the retinol at night with a simple night moisturiser at night (Superdrug B range is fantastic). I have Botox for grown lines. My skin looks 10 years younger than my age.

[MoiraRose]

I'm 50 in a few days and for me it's definitely hereditary. I've never really been obsessed with my skin care (or even removing my makeup at night...) but I do think it helps that I have olive greasy skin. I have no wrinkles and just a few faint crows feet.

Saying that, I think I'm going to be more of a sagger. I'm starting to get a bit jowly

[CeeceeBloomingdale]

I have the laziest skincare routine, washing is mainly water. I use miscellar water to remove make up although I only wear it 2 or 3 days a week. Cheap Aldi moisturiser applied every few days when I remember. I suspect genetics are the reason I'm wrinkle free although drinking a lot of water definitely helps.

[Girlintheframe]

I'm late 40s and have always taken care of my skin. People regularly think I look younger than I am but tbh I think it's genetics. My line of work means I regularly meet older women, some with barely a wrinkle. Some have always used skincare some none bar soap/water and some nivea.
I personally use AM/ HA, Vit C, moisterizer, SPF. PM/ Cleanse, VIT C, moisterizer, occ oil. Once weekly glycolic mask

[goose1964]

I'm mid 50s but have very few lines, both my grandmothers looked young for their age sinK agree with pp. I don't really have a facial routine but use moisturiser when my skin feels dry.

[Thecurtainsofdestiny]

Soap & water.

And lucky genetics I think!

[Titsywoo]

Yes agreed @FlappingTurtle. Im embracing the boat and turtle neck more and more! Helps stop even more sun getting to the area.

[mynameiswah]

48 and no wrinkles yet. I think it's partly hereditary as my Dad always looked 20 years younger than he actually was. But I have always moisturised a lot, because when I was young I had terrible skin, very dry with hateful eczema, constant skin infections, pussing, scarring and allergic reactions. I found that moisturising super duper-religiously every day keeps the eczema at bay, with the upside now that people think I'm in my 20s. I even get carded still! Much to the embarrassment of my boyfriend who's my age and looks it, hahaha

[FlappingTurtle]

Yes, my upper chest (the area exposed by years of V-neck tops) also looks a lot older than my face Titsywoo . I didn't wake up to the need to put daily sunscreen on it for ages, for some reason; I just stopped at the bottom of my neck.

I don't think it necessarily got sunburned as such - just exposed to daily sunlight for a lot more years than my face did. And now the difference really is noticeable. That's one of the reasons why I think daily spf is really key.

[Titsywoo]

I really think genetics and sun-exposure make the most difference. I have good skin (early 40's) on my face. Have no real skincare regime - I use Simple moisturiser with SPF a few days a week. That's it. I do drink a lot of water but not sure that makes much difference. I do stay out of the sun most of the time and use a high SPF. I have been sunburned on my chest area quite a few times though and that area looks older than my years - very lined and crepey (doesn't help that I sleep with my boobs squashed together!). Nothing I can do now unfortunately!

[NiteFlights]

Mine is okay though I do have number 11s. From observing my family I think genetics plays a huge part, but then sun & smoking & stress/pain/illness. I’m less wrinkly than my younger sis, who’s had more sun exposure. My mum’s skin is v good in her mid-70s but her older sister’s was better - my mum smokes (very little, but it’s had an effect). Skincare seems to have had less impact, if any. My gran had v good skin into her 90s. She only used oil of ulay and washed with water, but also never went abroad and probably wore a hat throughout her youth - and never smoked.

[BookMeOnTheSudExpress]

I am 54 and told I look early-mid 40s.
That's fine, but every line and gravity obeying sag came after about 45. I teach, and up until about 45 the kids had me down as late 20s. So I'm ageing pdq and by the time I'm 60 they'll have me down as about 94
I think the menopause just sent everything to hell in a handcart but I'm still fairly happy with my skin.
I do a lot of skincare though, have good genes, never had spots as a teen, don't drink or smoke and eat my greens.
Double cleanse with whatever I've got
Acid Tone
Vit C serum
Any old moisturiser
Facial oil
Factor 50 sunscreen always

[FlappingTurtle]

Clinique 3-step for many years, although I used to use their sunscreen moisturisers rather than the yellow one.

Now I still use Clinique soap and clarifying lotion, but I've been substituting Boots No 7 Protect and Perfect sunscreen moisturisers instead of Clinique ones (cheaper) . Plus Eucerin eye cream which has an spf (very hard to find this in an eye cream for some reason).

I think spf and avoiding sunbathing is key, personally. I'm one of those people who read the spf advice in magazines when I was a reenager and actually followed it religiously. I am very unwrinkly for my age now (46). Also a bit plump, which probably helps to smooth the skin out!

[Whatevah]

I'm 45 and am often told I look 30 yo, and that I have good skin. I don't have any wrinkles, but I can tell they are coming, around my eyes. I have an insane unwrinkly forehead. Even if I frown/raise eyebrows, there is not a single wrinkle.
That's just the way I'm made.
I hated the sun until I was about 40 yo, was always in the shade. Smoked 20-30 a day for 20 years .
Have never slept in my make up, ever. Don't use toner. A cream make up remover. No wipes near my face.
I had dry skin until I was 40, then it went super oily. I now use NipFab range which works really well for me.
It's genes I suspect OP.

[swingchandelier]

I’m 42 and have absolutely no wrinkles - people often comment on it.

I’ve never taken my make-up off in evening despite wearing it every day I use a moisturiser after shower and that’s it.....also drink too much/ stayed out all night/lived the life of Riley for years!

It’s mostly genetic

[Bananabixfloof]

I apparently have good skin, I dont know what decides good from bad so I only go by what others have told me.
I wash with simple soap and water.
I also drink, not lots but I'm not teetotal, i smoke and I'm in the sun a lot as my job is outside.
I do eat pretty well. My mum was the same and fairly sure her skin was like mine.
I suspect its genetic, but who knows.

[Elasticatedwaist]

My skin has suddenly become tight and dry , a cream cleanser and a moisturiser , any have been my usual routine and an spf . I don’t smoke or drink and I’m a normal weight . I’m thinking maybe I’m peri menopausal or it’s wLking the dog in harsh weather that’s caused it .