Wrinkles. How do you cope?

Why on earth would anyone want to have stuff injected into them unless it is to relieve pain or to save their life?

I hope your DD has made a full recovery, Jillykins.
She deserves lovely pampering beauty treatments but it would worry about the long-term effects of Botox and fillers (as yet not fully researched).

I was thinking this as well, I am 65 and I cant bend over a mirror, my face almost falls out.

I just make sure I use moisturiser every day to protect from sun and wind. Remember to always rub the cream upwards.

Pudding123 I agree my lovely sister died 3 years ago, she wasn't much older than me.

I think we have to just live with them, embrace them as proof of a life lived, I am not ready for the alternative. I have too much more to do yet.

Thank you for your good wishes regarding my daughter Callistermon.... Just to reassure you Botox has been in use for many years before it was used cosmetically. Unless you are allergic to any of its ingredients it is very safe. The bad reports that we see in the media concern Permanent Fillers or bad products from China passed off as more expensive products. My daughter has done her own research regarding anything she has injected into her skin. There is plenty of scientific material on Google to support it's safe use . Naturally it is important make sure where you have any treatments .

I never was beautiful, nor even pretty. These were descriptions applied to my big sister, never me. BUT - I was always the one who could take my pick from potential boyfriends and now at 73 still get chatted up. I seem to have a certain 'Je ne sais qua' and still remember when a lovely friend, a younger, married man said 'Please don't look at me like that, with those eyes, or I might do something I'll regret."

I do think it is a shame that only men can grow beards, as they are a brilliant way to disguise jowls and gizzards.

Bless you Granny23....l love your post..XX

It`s better to have lines and be hear to moan about them.
And we all grow old and view each other in the same way then think ah it`s not just me then.

I use plaster/filler and remove glasses when looking in the mirror. It works a treat.
Seriously, eat well, use aqueous cream in place of soap and keep smiling.

I've been fighting my wrinkles for years now, and at 82 have almost given up.... they are part of me, - but I still use a decent moisturiser every day, one with SPF.

I am fat, and fat smooths out wrinkles

I can definitely recommend serums as a treatment for all kinds of skin issues - whatever your problem(s) is then there will be a serum to suit. They are my favourite skincare products as you can start seeing results within a week or two. Elizabeth Arden Ceramide range is fantastic, Kiehls is also great and I've recently been using Skin Doctors Vit A and Vit C ampules morning and night (a bit haphazardly I'll admit but have still got good results from them).

Well on the way to 76 I am lucky to have a clear skin with very few wrinkles and most people think I look younger than I am. But like
Pollyanna1962 I would be very happy to have wrinkles rather than have terminal cancer which I have. I am sure no one complaining about their wrinkles would want to do a swap. Wrinkles aren't important but life certainly is. Just keep rubbing in the moisturiser. It doesnt have to be expensive. I use the Q10 moisturiser from Lidl most of the time.

I can understand and share some of the distress about wrinkles because it's a visible sign that we're aging and won't be around forever, which is sadly true, and we have to come to terms with that.
Problem is, unless you've had a lot of sun exposure, the condition of skin is largely down to genes, and over the counter creams won't help, however expensive. All moisturiser does is trap moisture under the skin (look it up). Prescription strength retinol reduces signs of wrinkles but many are sensitive to this stuff and you need to get it privately anyway.
I think although first impressions of someone are obviously important, personality is what counts in the long run.

Am so sorry Daisyboots big hugs to you.

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I’m not too wrinkly but I always use re-gen oil under my makeup ( the stuff for stretch marks), especially on my neck because I don’t want turkey neck! I do get a lot of age spots on the back of my hands. Ghastly things. Yuck ?

Hey does anyone know how to get rid of those nasty brown splotches? Tried lemon juice but no go.

Big hugs to you Daisyboots xx

Those brown splotches are a pain, age spots accumulating. A nice cover-up should hide it. I have very uneven skin.

I genuinely think wrinkles have appeared because of being stuck indoors for so long.
Not enough fresh air etc.
But as has already been written,were here to grumble about them.

If I take my glasses off before I look in the mirror the wrinkles disappear as if by magic. I have to wear dark glasses when I go out, nice big frames hide a multitude of sins ?