Do you think you've become more or less critical of your appearance as you've got older?

I am like Nanny I have never been too bothered, always liked to do my hair neatly, still do, but it is as fine and unruly as it ever was, so that has been a life long struggle. Don't wear make-up, a little bit of lippy, wouldn't know how to apply blusher, had a go with mascara, etc., bit scary. I don't think any of my friends would recognise me any other way. I always remember my uncle writing in my Autograph book. "A little bit of lipstick, a little bit of paint, makes our little dodo, look just what she ain't"

Well I'm off to a party tonight and I'm going to look great. Shiny, sleek hair (not my own), lovely straight teeth (not my own), smooth skin (when plastered with every cover up known to woman, a slim fitting dress (hideous spanx type things underneath), sparkly modern shoes (with bunion pads and plasters galore) - I hope I don't have an accident and have to go to hospital - it will take them hours to unpack me.

Less, simply don't care and have no-one who does !!!!!

I went to pot after I got married, up until then I wore Saville Row suits, dress shirts, ties etc. Couldn't afford them after we got engaged (saving for a house, as you did in those days). My wedding suit was my last bespoke one, off the peg after they wore out. Now I am a slob.

Much more critical about how I look. I have to be and then it offsets the bad bits

Definitely more. I was a teenager in the '60s and I was just the right shape for the fashions, mini skirts etc - tall, slim, long legs (not bragging, just saying). I loved all the clothes and thought I was the bees knees., Now I am not really slim, my hair has disappeared, my skin is blotchy and red, I have jowls. I hate buying clothes as nothing seems to look right and I can't wear lovely shoes as I have bunions. Nannylovesshopping - take it from someone who knows, hair loss is not trivial. It's all very well saying others have so much more to deal with, they do, but hair loss in women is soul destroying. Sorry to hijack the thread.

Never been that bothered either, silk purse/sows ear and all that. As long as I am clean though I would like to get my teeth sorted. The gap I have always had in my front teeth seems wider every year!

Never been too bothered what I look like, reasonably turned out most of the time, but my hair has always been my "thing" it gets thinner by the day, am now completely paranoid and almost counting each hair lost everyday, so am now telling myself to get a grip, as feel I could go over the edge, others have so much more to deal with!

Less for me I'm now comfortable in the skin I'm in and no longer worry about a bit of tire or wrinkle here and there I earned those wrinkles and I love my silver/grey hair . Life is too short to worry what others think I've decided.