Anyone noticed that their skin seems ‘thinner’ ?

It’s a fact that the older you get the thinner your skin gets…
I work in a care home and the people in their 80s and 90s, their skin really is so delicate..

Well that cheered me up ( not) I’m not anywhere near 80!! ☹️

That’s sadly because it is! And we lose collagen as we age. Hands can be a dead giveaway no matter how many “tweakments” some people have.
I have heard of celebs having collagen implants to make their hands look younger (!) although personally regular use of hand cream usually sorts it for me.
It also helps if, like me, you have an adequate layer of fat under your skin - at least that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it.

I am 67 and have noticed this, I just keep slapping on moisturiser to keep my skin as supple and smooth as possible!

Definitely. And I bruise so easily! Moisturiser etc., don’t help; I’ve been using some for some 40 years

Afraid it’s a fact of life your skin gets thinner as you age. I’m only 67 and always catching myself on things. And it takes longer to heal too.

My rheumatologist suggested using any excess Prai neck and decolletage cream on the backs of my hands at night - just a random conversation during hand examination - and I have noticed a huge improvement!

Didn't you ever notice that your grandparents' skin became almost transparent as they aged? This used to intrigue me about my granny whom I saw almost daily as a child. One day, some years ago, my DGS, then about 10, asked me, 'Why are your hands like that, Granny?' I just said, 'Because I'm old.' which seemed to satisfy him. I was only in my 70s at the time.

Yes! I’m only 65 and my skin has really changed, much dryer, much thinner and I always bruised easily anyhow!

I've always been able to see blood vessels in the backs of my hands through the skin. Also in my lower arms and upper chest and on my feet. Might it be hand tendons rather than bones you're seeing, Oops?

My skin has definitely lost its elasticity on my arms and chest and I do seem to bruise at the slightest knock. I've started to use small weights to exercise my arms and strengthen my upper body. I've only been doing it for 3 weeks. Hopefully I will see and feel an improvement in a while.

My hands look really old, liver spots and thinner skin, is not nice, but hey ho, am glad to have lived this long, neither of my parents did.
I also get bruised more easily and chunks taken out of me if I bang into something.
And my hair which used to be so thick and wavy is now so much thinner.

Yes me. I am 69 and the veins in my hands are dark blue/green and easily spotted, like a map of roads! The skin on my forearms is thinning with age spots and every few days, I get a new 'eruption' of burst blood vessels like a large bruise showing up! One fades, and another one appears! I also bruise very easily and my skin breaks if knocked. Ah the joys!

Yes, thin skin is the future. Losing weight as you age is also a mixed blessing. It may have health benefits but skin loses is elasticity too, it won't shrink with the rest of you but hang in saggy wrinkles.

The Bain of my life skin wise is spider veins on my legs. They look so ugly. I used to have nice legs when younger!

Baggs

I've always been able to see blood vessels in the backs of my hands through the skin. Also in my lower arms and upper chest and on my feet. Might it be hand tendons rather than bones you're seeing, Oops?

Oh! I do hope so!

I shall now think of my skin as ‘Delicate’ rather than thin, thank you Shinamae

My freckles are turning into age spots as well…….

Age is the gift that keeps on giving, however, it’s better than the alternative

The skin on my hands has definitely thinned but I am pleased to report, my décolletage is like that of a teenager. So, I like to show it off, by wearing as low a neckline as is decently possible 😂

Btw I am ‘small’ on top

I always have a bruise somewhere on my arms and hands. The least little knock and a bruise arrives. I'd like to have plump hands but mine are skinny and I can see the tendons.
I suffer with eczema so have to moisturise with a thick cream twice a day.

I'm the same AGAA4! Any tiny knock and I get a bruise. When they took the needle out of my hand after an op, the back of my hand was purple. My granddaughter once told me my hands looked like chicken skin

Certain medications can cause thinning of the skin and it also comes with advancing age too.
I bruise as soon as the phlebotomist puts her gloves on; a slight knock against a firm surface and I look like I've been beaten.

Yep, me too! Bruises appear at random, with no idea how they occurred, and thin skin which tears very easily (gardening is the main culprit for that). I’m 77.

Me too, I am rarely without a bruise or broken skin somewhere, usually on my arms. I moisturise but tbh it makes little difference, gardening usually results in some injury and my terrier seems to have very sharp claws so frequently catches my skin. It's a pain isn't it?

Awful isn't it? I have bruises if I brush against something, and they take three weeks to disappear.