Helena Frith-Powell: Don't look in the rear-view mirror unless you're checking the traffic. Journalist and author Helena, 43, lives in Abu Dhabi with her husband Rupert and their five children. Maybe it was the glare of the midmorning sun, but as I caught sight of myself in the rear-view car mirror I recoiled in horror. Who was this old crone staring back at me?
Where had all those hideous crow's feet suddenly come from? Why did I have more wrinkles on my forehead in the mirror than on my actual forehead? And why was my hair streaked with grey? The truth was that, of course, none of it had happened overnight. But throughout my 30s I had been too busy nurturing babies to notice my own steady decline.
Then, at the ripe old age of 38, the last of my brood of five two step-children and three of my own , was old enough to spend a morning at school, so I started to look in the mirror again. I decided drastic action was needed.
I called my literary agent and mooted the idea of a book on how to stop the signs of ageing. I would travel the globe trying everything from green tea to Botox to facial exercises. During my research I learned several things: one, that exercise and eating well are the most important anti-ageing tools you have; two, that Botox done well is more effective at erasing wrinkles than just about anything else; and three, if you are going to use the rear-view mirror, then use it to for checking out the traffic, not counting your wrinkles.
Marcelle d'Argy Smith: By 40 and 50 she was so happy and busy she barely noticed her face. Former editor of Cosmopolitan, Marcelle, 73, is single and lives in London.
Most women feel that they lose their looks in their late 20s? That's shocking and sad, and proves that most women's self-esteem is terrible. As women are meant to live until at least 80, 50 years is a hell of a long time to feel past your prime. I wouldn't put up with such a feeling. I'd do something - that doesn't include buying creme de la mer face cream - to make you feel better.
Dyeing your hair, exercising, losing weight and having a few Botox shots seem like perfectly good ideas to me.
But I think it's not as simple as how you look. It's what you've achieved and what you're doing with your life. Mind you, my mother once said: 'I wanted a beautiful blonde daughter. I got you. No one will ever say "You should have seen her at I flinched at the time, because girls want to be beautiful. But later I understood why I was lucky. So, it took me until my late 20s to start to feel attractive , never mind past my prime.
By then I knew what to wear, how to apply make-up and could answer back to charming, difficult men. A friend once told me that the best time of a woman's life was between the ages of 27 and I saw exactly what she meant.
My few lines didn't detract. I was getting better. Between 40 and 50 I was as happy as I'd ever been. I was so busy working and having a good time, I barely noticed my face.
As my face wasn't my fortune, I never lost a fortune. But yes, by 50 I have to say I'd gone off, or maybe I became more aware of the many beautiful, younger women around me. No comments have so far been submitted.
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Getting older—it's inevitable. But when exactly does that notice-it-in-the-mirror, complain-about-it-to-friends type of skin aging start? And can anything be done to delay it? These questions were the focus of a new research study conducted by the skincare brand Olay in conjunction with personal genetics company 23andMe and Dr. Their goal was to discover what's happening below the surface level of the complexion in hopes of unlocking the golden secret of how to affect, delay, and perhaps even reverse those first signs of aging.
Frauke Neuser. In reality, different cell processes change at each decade, until you start seeing the cumulative effects all together. The best time to start using products with antioxidants such as stabilized vitamin C, vitamin E, green tea extract, and fruit acids is right around college graduation. After analyzing the genes of more than women of different ethnicities over the course of two years, the study was able to pinpoint five different cell processes that slow or decline at five different landmark ages.
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Then, in your 60s, all the aging processes mentioned here dramatically accelerate. Unersheep Xper 5. If you take care of yourself, you can be great looking well into your 40's. Of course not every guy makes it this far. But you at least have 10 good years. It totally depends on the man but I even find some men in their forties or fifties hot so I think it's often late in life.
Daddy issues detected, lol jk. Show All Show Less. I look a lot better in late 20's than in teens or early-mid twenties. Partly from health issues in HS that took a long time to get over, but I look a lot less gawky, more muscular and filled out, no more zits, more confidence - yeah, and I think I have a few more years of improvement, so I would say Sign Up Now!
Related Questions. Show All. I wish I was in a relationship. Should I relax or be worried that I'm single at my age? Maybe I just need to get laid? Sort Girls First Guys First. Octavius Guru. You still aren't even fully developed yet I feel that way sometimes and I'm 24, but fuck it. Hashtag, swag, yolo. Kenzy-Yinn opinions shared on Other topic. Xper 7. Haha feeling old already? I know a guy who's already an old man, but with the body of a 20 year old He swam everyday. KDA20 Master.
Hard to tell - Different for each man - Some are luck and can age gracefully to 60 or so. You're still young as shit so don't worry about it. Nothing will age your skin faster than the sun. AngryHorny Xper 7.
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