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How old do I look

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addicteetopawpatrol · 08/08/2023 07:42

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How old do I look
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CherryMaDeara · 08/08/2023 13:05

I was going to say late thirties.

Siouxiesiouxiesioux · 08/08/2023 13:05

Just seen the update. I wasn't too far off. I said 35, but thought between 35-37. People don't look deeply enough intto people's faces when they are guessing ages. they just go on the superficial. I knew you weren't too old.

canina · 08/08/2023 13:07

34

Charlize43 · 08/08/2023 13:09

I always find these threads a bit cringe and delusional.

It reminds me of a woman I used to work with who used to use heavy pancake makeup and powder claiming it was the correct way to put makeup on, but at the end of the day it had formed noticeable furrows with her facial expressions and her face always looked shiny and sweaty.

I suppose she thought it looked natural...

hinnym · 08/08/2023 13:09

ISpyNoPlumPie · 08/08/2023 12:33

I thought mid-40's before I checked. You have resting lines on your forehead and between your eyebrows, mild-moderate naso-labial folds, sun damage on your forehead, crepey skin around your eyes (particularly in the inner corners), and grey hair at your roots. Why do you want people appraise your appearance? As I tell my kids, how you look on the outside of your body is the least important thing about you. If everyone had said "not a day over 21" - would that really make you feel good about yourself?

That's the sort of thing I look at too when trying to work out age. I'm used to looking at aesthetics (I have an interest but I'm not a clinician!)
The lower face (pre jowls, not actual jowls yet) shows unlikely to be early 30s. The rest places you at at least late 30s - late 40s, but your skin is too good to likely be 50+ (I know plenty of 50 year olds with great skin just to cover myself).

carrotsfortea · 08/08/2023 13:13

These threads are not a great idea for so many reasons.

Firstly, what is the OP looking for? You probably won't get whatever it is on an anonymous forum where some people are trying to be mean and others are trying to be supportive. If you, at your relatively young age, are worrying about looking too old or wanting to look much younger, perhaps that's something to think about because it's an awful waste of time, and inevitably a losing battle across life as we all get older.

But more than that, there are horrible comments on here which immediately hitch up tired, knackered or unflattering to getting older. This is just cementing so many women's obsession with looking younger than their years by associating not being really young with unattractive adjectives and ideas. Being in your forties! The horror! Your fifties? My goodness how knackered and dreadful must that be? Sixties? (Immediately faints.)

Sparkletastic · 08/08/2023 13:13

I read an interview with Joan Collins years ago and her beauty secret was always wearing a full face of makeup as it protected her from the elements.

AppleTurnover1000Degrees · 08/08/2023 13:17

I saw a clip the other day with lots of older women smiling and saying I'm __ years of age and I look it. They all looked lovely and very natural and were embracing their ages. It was so nice to see.

adriftabroad · 08/08/2023 13:20

I always worry we are critiquing some random enemy/ndn/ex friend of the OP.

Charlize43 · 08/08/2023 13:21

says 51.

I wasn't far out as I said late 40s / early 50s. She could probably pass for 45 though.

RisingSunn · 08/08/2023 13:23

I’m guessing 43?

OnedayIwillfeelfree · 08/08/2023 13:23

Late forties,early fifties?

FarEast · 08/08/2023 13:24

45-50

MacarenaMacarena · 08/08/2023 13:24

27
Tired for this pic, but lovely skin and lovely face!

Bonfire23 · 08/08/2023 13:25

Borborygmus · 08/08/2023 13:17

That says I look 30, I'll take that Grin

RashOfBees · 08/08/2023 13:27

@IClaudine - I can’t quote you for some reason, but I completely agree with your post about ageing being viewed as a moral failing. I don’t look younger than my age. Probably look older than it. As such, it really is very unpleasant to read advice about what the op should be doing (she asked how old she looked, not how she could look younger, if we’re sticking to the story that people are merely factually answering her query) and that one poster’s daughter looks WAY younger while having three AD kids. Subtext being: what’s your excuse for ageing so badly, then?

Lovely to see how many women see the signs of ageing on others and the go-to thought is that they need to have some justification for it.

I also do not believe that many of the guesses on here are genuine. Most people roughly look their age, even if they have developed white hair or lines or sun damage earlier or later than average. I knew a woman in her late 20s who had extensive wrinkling. I would have guessed she was older than she was, but not by several decades. She looked like what she was: a young woman with an unusually lined face for her age.

TheShellBeach · 08/08/2023 13:27

I thought 46 when I first saw the picture, then 55 when I saw the smiling picture.

I was surprised when I saw that the OP is 39.

OP if you had your hair cut and styled you'd shave years off your age. IMO of course.........

Missingmyusername · 08/08/2023 13:27

I would say early thirties I think, you look a little bit tired. However, I don’t see any silver foxes in the hair 😉 you have lovely skin and it looks very unlined, fresh and clear. I don’t see any Botox or fillers.

People are always mean on these threads! Average age 60 I bet, may be 70? Lol 🤣🤣🤣so hope you have a thick skin!

TheShellBeach · 08/08/2023 13:28

I wasn't far out as I said late 40s / early 50s. She could probably pass for 45 though

That's not very encouraging as the OP has said she's 39!

M4J4 · 08/08/2023 13:29

//howolddoyoulook.com/

says 51.

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Wowsers, I came up as 19! (I'm 43!) . I definitely don't look 19! I think it likes very bright pics, the brighter the pic, the younger the age.

IClaudine · 08/08/2023 13:34

I thought 46 when I first saw the picture, then 55 when I saw the smiling picture

Oh for god's sake. OP doesn't look fifty bloody five. I am a wee bit older than that and there is no way she looks nearly my age or the age of my friends, even the ones who have filler and botox.

WimbyAce · 08/08/2023 13:34

I would have said 40 so q pleased with that.

MadKittenWoman · 08/08/2023 13:35

Very unflattering photo. Mid to late 40s

Missingmyusername · 08/08/2023 13:38
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Wow miaow @viques post a photo of your face, you must be breathtakingly gorgeous… 🤣 lol then get yourself a large saucer of milk.

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