Weird things that happen to your body as you age.

Just_Mel_
Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
I may regret posting this topic, but I really have no shame, so... :D
So I recently discovered not just grey, but snow frickin white hairs. There. Down there. :#
Why did no one tell me this happens as you get older?!?!
I turned 40 and everything just went crazy!

Is there anything else I need to know about???
This is obviously a humorous post, but for real, what else changes with age?
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  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    This should be entertaining/enlightening since I'm only 35, but have had grey hairs since I was 28. :neutral:

    I hear that more "age spots", moles and varicose veins show up as you age. Any validity to this?
    Also, excess body hair in places you don't want it is a thing, apparently. More of these hairs appear as you get older. :neutral:
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    My parents both have pigment changes or discoloration/spots, especially on the skin of their hands. I know this is also my fate.
  • cowsfan12
    cowsfan12 Posts: 6,170 Member
    You guys ever find a solitary 2 inch hair growing out of your back?

    Yup and my ears - and my eyebrows be like bushes - gots to have my barber run the clippers move them when I get my hair cut 😂
  • KosmosKitten
    KosmosKitten Posts: 10,476 Member
    ythannah wrote: »
    Just wait.... you're in for a treat... menopause is yet to come.

    When I was younger all the older women in the office used to say that, "Just wait..." and I've turned into one of them. Take everything you thought you knew about your body and turn it upside down, that's menopause.

    I miss being able to sleep. I miss being able to relax. I miss my vocabulary, which suddenly deserts me in the middle of a sentence.

    But I already can't do two of those things, does that mean I'll end up with the reverse? :lol: I probably won't be that lucky.
  • LoveyChar
    LoveyChar Posts: 4,336 Member
    Y'all are making me laugh but it's all true...
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Just_Mel_ wrote: »
    So I recently discovered not just grey, but snow frickin white hairs. There. Down there. :#

    @Just_Mel_

    Have a Field Day.


    gillette-razor_grande.jpg?v=1489781551

  • Ikeeptrying2
    Ikeeptrying2 Posts: 156 Member
    Just_Mel_ wrote: »
    ....Is there anything else I need to know about???

    Yes.. They change again in your 50's. Lol.... For real....

  • Antiopelle
    Antiopelle Posts: 1,184 Member
    At 50, I'm turning into a tee-totaler. Drinking more than one large or two small glasses of wind and I won't be able to sleep due to heart palpitations.
    I'm already completely gray and no-one ever knew until Covid shut down the hairdressers at my place. Even when dyed, the texture of my hair changed: it is more rigid and harder.
  • GymGoddessGoals
    GymGoddessGoals Posts: 2,146 Member
    The day you turn 50, you notice one, single, very white, very long hair growing down your chin.

    If it were only limited to your chin, no problem. WTF knew you would need an entire selection of tweezers!
  • Just_Mel_
    Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
    Bluetail6 wrote: »
    I so hope this thread is meant to be humorous..... No offense to anyone, but.... I'm laughing so hard I can hardly type :D:D:D:#

    Yes. Yes it is. Most my posts are. Gotta laugh at ourselves, right?
  • Just_Mel_
    Just_Mel_ Posts: 3,992 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Just_Mel_ wrote: »
    So I recently discovered not just grey, but snow frickin white hairs. There. Down there. :#

    @Just_Mel_

    Have a Field Day.


    gillette-razor_grande.jpg?v=1489781551

    Oh, it's happening.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Just_Mel_ wrote: »
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Just_Mel_ wrote: »
    So I recently discovered not just grey, but snow frickin white hairs. There. Down there. :#

    @Just_Mel_

    Have a Field Day.


    gillette-razor_grande.jpg?v=1489781551

    Oh, it's happening.

    @Just_Mel_


    So, Mel.... ya know, like... do you need a ride home after this thread is done & over ??
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    edited November 2020
    Yoshiboobs wrote: »
    Well I’m 31 and for the past few years I can’t really handle booze anymore or a lot of irritating food.
    Used to be able to go to the club, leave at 2am out of my mind and go to work at 8am hungover but able to get through the day. I call out now. Ain’t no way.🙅🏻‍♀️
    34 here. Kinda this, turning point was about 28-29.

    I can still function the next day but, back in my 20s, I barely even got hangovers... Nowadays, even just a bottle of wine will have me feeling off the next day and the last time I got drunk I couldn't think straight the whole day after...

    ETA: also, muscle soreness takes longer to go away.