Childhood aside, which decade do you think you age fastest in?

[TableNiner]

I swear everything has accelerated since I turned 40, five years ago.

Is this par for the course and does it just carry on at this pace?!

40s for me!
I sailed through 30s
Now 56 and don’t look much different from 50
But 40-50 noticed most changes

Well it does what it does.

It all depends when you go through certain stages that aren't always fixed with age.

In my family, we all started going grey in our late 20s/early 30s. I stared having peri menopausal symptoms from 35. I also went through a lot of life shit in my 30s (made redundant etc) and had two kids in two years. I know for a lot of other women, they might not experience the menopause until ten years later than I did.

I'm 40 now and feel like I can't get away with the low maintenance routine I once had anymore. I think I still scrub up OK when I put the effort in though.

I think I look ace.

You and your family are inspirational ShrikeAttack - you look fantastic!

I’m early 30’s and I’m starting to get some fine lines on my forehead, I think I may book in to get some injectable help when I’m out of tier 4.

Definitely 50's. I looked fairly good for my age until I hit 50 and then wham - it all turned to shit. I don't like it one bit.

Whenever menopause hits.

The difference is quite shocking. I've aged more in the last 2 years that I did in the previous 10, even with HRT.

The 50s.

I don't recognise myself any more. The weight gain has been especially difficult after a lifetime of being skinny and never having to even think about what I was eating.
The only slight positive is I suddenly have a good bust but I'd trade it in for a facelift.

Yeah hair after the menopause!!

Mine went from straight, glossy and silky to wavey and frizzy.

50s. It’s terrifying.

I think it's going to be my 40s. I looked younger than my age through my 20s and 30s (was still regularly being asked for ID in the supermarket when I was in my mid 30s) but I'm 40 now and I look it.

Definitely 50s. Until 50 people would be surprised at the age of my children. Not any more! But I’m reasonably healthy so try not to worry too much about it.

Mine went from straight, glossy and silky to wavey and frizzy

Same here. And thinning. So cruel

I went into early peri menopause at 40 and eventually went on the pill to sort mood swings.

I hadn’t realised how much my face was losing colour and going paper thin, until the new oestrogen kicked in and my face went back in time! (also boobs filled out a bit)

I think I’ll go from the pill onto hrt at some point, basically taking oestrogen forever

I mean my skin was going paper thin, not that my face went 2D

50-60 judging from people around me. I’m 50 so poised to fall apart 🤣

I swear I aged more between 40 and 46 than I did between 20 and 40. Have been peri menopausal for a couple of years. Seems to be a common theme.

It is my belief that you have to accept ageing gracefully, because it happens automatically as time passes, unless you are very unlucky and die young. And after that, the objective is simple: you want to be "good for your age". To achieve that, eat well and exercise regularly. AND to be totally honest, have enough money. Poverty ages a person, any person, faster than anything else.

xingming I totally agree.

I try and focus on looking good rather than worry about looking young. And most of this is down to lifestyle.

45 I think you start to notice change.

There's such an enormous gap between what I spend on having my eyebrows dyed and threaded (every 2 months), my hair cut (every three months) and my exercise classes (twice weekly Pilates) and what anyone constantly in the public eye will be spending in time and money that the two are not even comparable. But it's not my job to look good in Grazia or Hello, whereas a celebrity beauty or actress, even one my age, depends on looking right for her next job. And in that world, it's all about your next job. (Just, for the record, I scrub up okay for an old biddy, but I'm not auditioning next week to be the sexy older woman for Bond's next excursion).

I am only 46 so I don't yet know about what's next. However, so far I'd say from 45 onwards? But I might change my mind!
I have always looked WAY younger, to the point of being annoyed as people used to think I was the daughter of ..well, myself. Really difficult to establish myself in my profession.
Then I had a baby at 44 and looking at the pictures when he was just born I looked AMAZING. Fast forward a year, back to full time high demanding job with sleepless nights...well I think I suddenly aged 15 years! Now that he's a toddler and sleep is back I think I am bouncing back as well.

40’s, definitely for me. I thought that as I looked knackered for the best part of my 30’s due to kids that would be the most accelerated decade, but oh no that was nothing, in fact, looking back I looked great.

However, peri-menopause and all the shit that goes with it means I went from ‘still got it on a good day’ to ‘saggy, haggard and invisible’ between 43 and 48....utterly fucking depressing...but of course, the only thing worse than getting old is not getting old, so all things considered I know need to remember how lucky I am (when the haggard, jowly, crumpled woman looks back at me in the mornings..)