Wonder when you first noticed you were aging quickly

I'm fast approaching 80, when I quit skiing I'll be old.

About a year after cancer, I suddenly aged about 10 years. Immediately after, when my hair came back, I looked great. A good 5 or 6 years younger than my age. Then BOOM! Middle aged. I get it, it was stressful. But I didn't really want that reflected on my face!

Aged 70 to now just 72 because last year and a few months was getting out of abusive marriage and was awful and it shows on my face now the strain. Body wise my body is still younger as I've done yoga nigh on 45 years. so make the most of that!

I thought I did when I cracked my pelvis last year but having just had my lenses cleaned, I’m shocked by all the wrinkles I can see. Even worse I can see all the dust too.

It's since I've had problems with my knees.
People keep asking me if I'm ok and do I need help as I hobble along instead of walking properly.
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I too lost 3 stone, through illness, and every bit of me looks older unless it's covered up.

I am same sort of age as op.
I aged 3 years in about 3 months, late 40s.
Since then, ok again for the time being.

GranEd

When I looked in the mirror and saw my mum looking at me!!

I agree with you Gran Ed until then I had always been told I looked like my dad. Mum appeared late 60's. Wrinkles ultra sensitive skin and age spots on my face and hands. During lock down my hair started to go grey.
Personally, I don't think you can keep age at bay. If it isn't your face It's moles where you never had them or bad veins in your legs. Not me but others I know. I just moisturise and hope for the best.

SorryMaw you may be luckier though.

I bought some stronger reading glasses to help with a particular task- and started to notice how thin and wrinkled the skin on my hands look! I'm in my mid/late 60s..I think I just couldn't see the wrinkles - or silver streaks in my hair before the new glasses!
I had to go for an op a year ago and they made a mistake with my date of birth - making me a whole decade older - and no-one noticed ( until I did!)-gosh did I really look almost 80??

I must be lucky. I am constantly told I don’t look 76 and I was even propositioned recently! Needless to say I told him I was very happily married!

My dark hair went grey in my sixties but I rather liked it and I didn’t look old as my face was fine. After Covid I realised I had far more wrinkles on my face, so I feel older now.

I have always looked younger than my age and was quite smug about it.

That is until recently. I have been very unwell and had a spell in hospital. I looked in the mirror the other day and saw an elderly, tired looking old lady. 😭

Getting a passport photo at age 55. Tears were definitely shed. I had an update photo 10 years later but I took than one more in my stride for some reason.

At 50 I started a new job where I was the oldest employee. They treated me kindly but I was seen as a “mum” figure to many.
The wrinkles appeared, my back started giving me pain, and by early 60’s I was tired by the end of each week - could not wait for Friday to come around.
Now I have given up my job and life is more leisurely and although I don’t look younger my energy levels are better.

Do you really think it is being vain or perhaps you are just caring about yourself as you should?! My hair started to thin in my mid sixties and I needed 8 hours sleep now going to be at 10. Can't stuff my face or be off my head anymore as the indulgence is not worth the after suffering. My tolerance levels flew out the window and are now narrowed down to a few select individuals and places. I can't watch a lot of programmes on main stream telly anymore as they irritate me and really need to watch what I eat to remain 'comfortable'. I have cataracts and find it hard to recall certain words at times. I am in my mid sixties but I am still a bright and breezy free spirited individual (or so I think but there again I don't care what other people think!)

I've never gone along with this 'people say I look 10 years younger' business - they're hardly going to say yes you look your age!

Last week at my dance class we were discussing leg warmers - remember those, Jane Fonda in the 80s? The person I was talking to was 58 and I said, oh at 68 I'm 10 years older than you - she replied 'I'd never think of you as being near 70'.

Well, it hit me like a sledgehammer!

What I look like and how old I look is irrelevant, what threw me was that up until then I'd never thought of myself as 'someone being nearly 70'

But of course at 68, I am!!

Looks wise - late 40’s.
Aches & pains. - late 50’s.

I used to look young for my age, could always get away with being 10 years younger. But at 59 I now look every year of it.
Oh well.
I’m still alive & that’s all that matters.

sodapop

For both my husband and me it was 75 until then we were both fit and in reasonable health. After 75 we had several illnesses and look much older. We both agree 75 was a turning point and not in a good way

Oh no Sodapop - I am 75 next month 😱😱😱😱😱

I would say around 60-62 when I looked at some pictures of a family day out and wondered who the fat old Babuschka in the corner was.
Then I realised .
And it’s been downhill ever since

For both my husband and me it was 75 until then we were both fit and in reasonable health. After 75 we had several illnesses and look much older. We both agree 75 was a turning point and not in a good way

When men stopped giving me their phone numbers😂- no, not on the street, but in the over50s club I attend 🤣🤣🤣

GranEd

When I looked in the mirror and saw my mum looking at me!!

When I looked in the mirror and my GRAN looking back at me 😫

Weight not wait!

Op thank you, I almost started a thread last week.
During covid 20/21, I lost over 3 stone in weight,.
I have put a stone back on , so now a healthy (for me) size 12.
But as they say if you lose wait after certain age (64 this year,) it shows in your face and that is exactly what has happened to me.
Last july I suffered Minoca heart attack and had covid at same time.

I now feel fit and heathly go to the gym twice a week.

But next wekend have a big family wedding and feeling quite upset and unsure of myself.
Want to chicken out.

Family that will be at the wedding , I have not seen since 2016.
I know that they will be shocked when they first set eyes on lines and wrinkles me and I dread their reaction.

A reaction that I have already experienced from an accidental meeting at the gym of some one hadn't seen for over 10 years.