When did you realize "I'm looking older"?

When old pictures that I hated at the time they were made started looking really good to me - that was sometime in my mid to late 30ties....

The first time was at age 30 when I started to notice a slight naso-labial crease. It didn't other me so much but then when I started getting the verticle crease between my brows, that upset me. I started using serums every day under my moisturizer from that time on. Cellufirm Drops, Collaser 48, whatever I could get my hands on. I think it helped because 8 years later, they have not gotten any worse. Now thaht I'm almost 39, its round 2 of the changes. the gray hair is almost impossible to keep up with. Dye jobs every few weeks. Ugh! My body, a lot more working out and watching what I eat compared to 10years ago. As for my skin, pretty much the same and I think its from using serums and sunscreens every day!

Skin care is addicting...once I started seeing some results with a certain product I just thought to myself "I wonder if I can get better results with a different product?" This started my cycle of jumping from one skin care line to another in hopes of eternal youth...

seriously, some days are worse than others. A few months ago I would wake up everyday and just think UGGG! Finally I decided to do something about it and scheduled a facial. I felt a little better, but what really changed my life was what I took home. the facialist sold me on hydropeptide. I was kind of skeptical but also desperate. Now I feel so beautiful. I don't even wear foundation anymore. I never thought I'd be so addicted to my skin care.

At least you made it to 41 before thinking/realizing you were getting older (sigh). It seems to me that I could start seeing the beginning of lines in my early thirties. At that time I really didn't think there was much I could do about it. I only wish there were products back then that really worked that I could have used :(

i'm 28 currently ,and on last friday when i was back from my job..and went for bath.. just looked at mirror oh god i looked so old.. this might have been due to tiredness but i think i'm getting old..as there are wrinkle lines on my face..

There was no single moment when I thought "who is that old woman in the mirror?", but my tipping point (my "gotta get treatment" point") came when I was 46 and was going through menopause. My face seemed to shrivel and fall at the same time. I had my 25th university reunion, where all those Botoxed and face-lifted women made me feel like a freak. I'd always spent too much time in the sun, and I'd had some emotionally difficult years (a very stessful marriage) that took their toll. Intellectually, I knew it shouldn'y matter what I looked like, but it got to the point where I could not look in the mirror and -- this is crucial -- I found myself blaming my husband for much of the stress that caused my decay. I started Botox and line and lip fillers, and have been very happy with the results, almost three years later. I'm considering a skin resurfacing procedure now. I've lost the 10 pounds that menopause put on me. The mirror is not such an enemy anymore. You *can* move the clock back to some degree!

For as long as I can remember people have always thought I was much younger than I actually was. I was still getting carded at 40! I had grandchildren that people always thought were my own children. No one would believe when I told them my real age. It was fun to shock people. Then, in the last 5 years that has all changed. Suddenly gravity caught up with me. Understand that I was never a smoker or drinker or partier. I did gain about 80 pounds and then in the last year I lost 40 pounds and started to notice the loose skin around my eyes and in my lower face and neck. I asked someone how old they thought I was and they actually guessed my real age. That is when I knew I was old. It doesn't help that my husband is 8 years younger than me. Now it was more apparent and I just couldn't stand it. I turned 59 in March and that's when I decided to have the Fraxel repair. It has been only 9 days and I am already pleased with the result. I still have a way to go but if nothing else changes I will be happy. I just want to look the same age as my husband and I think I will actually look younger than him again!