Growing old gracefully? ????⌛

VeganLexi
VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
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I'm watching a programme called "How Not to Get Old" at the moment, the usual crap about wanting to look younger.
I was wondering, am I the only one that doesn't care? I'm 33 next and all of my friends are obsessed with creams/potions/lotions and they spend a fortune!!
Then we have the poor sods who feel so bad about themselves or feel some kind of pressure that they are having god knows what injected in to their faces...it makes me wince!

What are your opinions on the inevitability of getting/looking old?

Personally, I'm just going to stick to eating a plant based diet and only using natural ingrediants on my skin, I don't have wrinkles yet but when I do get them, I won't give a fudge!

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  • _Krys10_
    _Krys10_ Posts: 1,234 Member
    I am 34, it is what it is. I do moisturize and all that jazz.
  • zumbalinda22
    zumbalinda22 Posts: 182 Member
    The only alternative to getting old is being six feet under, so I'll take old any day!! :laugh:
  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    I totally just posted this on my wall 54 minutes ago. - Thought for the day: When I get old, I DON'T want people saying "what a sweet old man he is".....I want them to say "Oh crap, What's he up to now?"
  • Ivey05131980
    Ivey05131980 Posts: 1,118 Member
    I am 34, it is what it is. I do moisturize and all that jazz.

    This.
  • DashDeV
    DashDeV Posts: 545 Member
    I can't wait to see what my lady parts look like when I'm 80.
  • DrMAvDPhD
    DrMAvDPhD Posts: 2,097 Member
    Personally, I'm just going to stick to eating a plant based diet and only using natural ingrediants on my skin....

    I'd rather rub lab created and tested on my face then do this. To each their own.

    I call it better living through chemistry, and as a research chemist I also call it job security :wink:
  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    ok, so I'm really starting to see a little crows feet when I smile. What'sa guy to do about that? I wanna stay babyfaced forever!!!
  • herblackwings39
    herblackwings39 Posts: 3,930 Member
    I'm 41 and, while I don't want to look older than my age, I don't mind growing older. After 30 turning 40 was no biggie. Now I use a moisturizer and occasional eye cream when I remember.
  • TheEffort
    TheEffort Posts: 1,028 Member
    I turned 45 and I'm doing what I can to take care of my body and mind naturally. The key (in my opinion) to growing old gracefully is not spending time trying to stop the inevitable. :smile:
  • pawnstarNate
    pawnstarNate Posts: 1,728 Member
    I can't wait to see what my lady parts look like when I'm 80.

    I think there is an APP for that
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    Doing: dermatological consensus skin care (chemical exfoliant, sunscreen)

    Would do: temporary fillers

    Wouldn't do: surgery (not that I think anything's wrong with it, it just goes wrong so often even for people who can afford the best)

    Otherwise, yeah taking prevention seriously for general physical & cognitive health, that is def part of my fitness equation. I would really like to be able to hike and carry on conversations and stuff later on.

    Don't see any problem with wanting to look attractive.. I am pretty sure Sophia Loren and Helen Mirren have done stuff.
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
    I turned 45 and I'm doing what I can to take care of my body and mind naturally. The key (in my opinion) to growing old gracefully is not spending time trying to stop the inevitable. :smile:

    Exactly!
  • Camera_BagintheUK
    Camera_BagintheUK Posts: 707 Member
    I didn't care when I was 33 either.

    :cry:
  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    I will stick with weight training. It seems to have frozen me in time while everyone around me is whithering.
  • Warchortle
    Warchortle Posts: 2,197 Member
    I get "I'm too old for you."

    For me it's just a number.
  • VeganLexi
    VeganLexi Posts: 960 Member
    I didn't care when I was 33 either.

    :cry:

    This is my point, my friends are all pretty much my age and they are obsessed with it...

    Life is too short for this crap.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Don't care. I know too many women who are in their 40's or 50's and try so hard to look younger, it makes me feel bad for them.. They wear clothes from stores that target young adults, go out to bars full of college age kids. My mom is pre-occupied with covering her gray hair, being skinny, putting creams on age spots and wrinkles.

    I find it incredibly sad.
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    Nothing I can do about the way I look, so I don't.

    If I'm judged on my looks and judged critically, that's the breaks. I've come to accept my looks. If I were a gal, I'd do me.
  • themommie
    themommie Posts: 5,033 Member
    I am 50, I think I look pretty good for my age though I have noticed in the last few yrs I sm starting to age (show my age). I do what I can to take care of myself eatingright, exercising, moisturizers, massages, but I dont do surgery, botox or anything like that, but to each his own
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Nothing I can do about the way I look, so I don't.

    If I'm judged on my looks and judged critically, that's the breaks. I've come to accept my looks. If I were a gal, I'd do me.

    That's what makes me sad about those who obsess over it. To have lived 40-50 years and still be concerned with how 'good' you look to others.

    To think if the time that could be spent thinking about your family or friends and enjoying life.
  • anemoneprose
    anemoneprose Posts: 1,805 Member
    Don't care. I know too many women who are in their 40's or 50's and try so hard to look younger, it makes me feel bad for them.. They wear clothes from stores that target young adults, go out to bars full of college age kids. My mom is pre-occupied with covering her gray hair, being skinny, putting creams on age spots and wrinkles.

    I find it incredibly sad.

    Idk about the bars and that, but nothing changes in terms of wanting to feel attractive. Screw 'graceful', I'm fighting.

    I bet you'll change your tune when you get older.
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    The number itself doesn't mean anything.
    Taking care of your health so you can enjoy life, family, etc.
    That's what's important.
  • LaurenEileen74
    LaurenEileen74 Posts: 142 Member
    If I had the money I'd jack my whole face up with Botox faster than you could say wrinkle cream
  • madworld1
    madworld1 Posts: 524
    I'm 33. I've got major bags under my eyes. I'm self-conscious of them. I had the opportunity to get restylane or juviderm injected. But, I thought about it long and hard. I'm not going to do it because, at some point, you have to accept that you are going to get wrinkles and bags.

    I look forward to aging gracefully without injections or surgeries. I still use lotions/creams, but that's because they make my skin feel good. :)
  • HarrietSmeltzer1
    HarrietSmeltzer1 Posts: 101 Member
    I an 70. Never had a face lift. Take good care of my skin. If make up on remove than further wash than tone than a daytime moisturizer. At bight wash tone than a nighttime moisture. I dont lay out in the sun. I the sun often. I also exfokiate to take off dead skin cells once a week. I work for a Japanese skincare company. I love skincare.
  • twinketta
    twinketta Posts: 2,130 Member
    I didn't care when I was 33 either.

    :cry:

    This is my point, my friends are all pretty much my age and they are obsessed with it...

    Life is too short for this crap.

    If you want to have your body in shape why not want to have your skin reflect it?

    I am not advocating botox and fillers..but why not use moisturisers and such?

    Do you use nail polish?
  • madworld1
    madworld1 Posts: 524
    I turned 45 and I'm doing what I can to take care of my body and mind naturally. The key (in my opinion) to growing old gracefully is not spending time trying to stop the inevitable. :smile:

    Yes! :-)
  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Be Helen Mirren?

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  • YaGigi
    YaGigi Posts: 817 Member
    I'm 32 and have been taking care of my skin since I'm 14 or so, body and face.

    Haven't had any injections yet but I might consider it later.
    I'm not against p,attic surgery either. Might get it when I need it.
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    Don't care. I know too many women who are in their 40's or 50's and try so hard to look younger, it makes me feel bad for them.. They wear clothes from stores that target young adults, go out to bars full of college age kids. My mom is pre-occupied with covering her gray hair, being skinny, putting creams on age spots and wrinkles.

    I find it incredibly sad.

    LOL. I'm 42. I shop mostly at Old Navy and whatever other stores are in the mall. I live in a college town with lots of bars that always have a mixed-age crowd, so I don't have too much of a choice there if I want to go out at night. I've been dyeing the gray out of my hair for years. And I keep myself in shape. Is there an age at which I should let myself go? I don't think so.

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