What age were you when you really started to notice aging looks wise?

[bcla]

When I was 52 and the gray hair showed up in pictures.

I had gray hair in my 20s. Knew a lot people with early gray. Doesn’t really make anyone look that old as long as the rest of the body looks young enough.

 

[tvguy]

I had gray hair in my 20s. Knew a lot people with early gray. Doesn’t really make anyone look that old as long as the rest of the body looks young enough.

I have spent way too much time in the past year in Doctor's offices and the staff always comment at how little gray hair I have for my age. Of course, my mom was only half gray at age 90.

 

[5kidsmommy]

I just turned 49, last year I finally started getting some grey, well I'm a redhead so its more like blonde streaks. I've got a few wrinkles around my eyes. I still look young for my age but the last year I seemed to have aged more quickly.

 

[bcla]

I have spent way too much time in the past year in Doctor's offices and the staff always comment at how little gray hair I have for my age. Of course, my mom was only half gray at age 90.

My dad said his first gray popped up in high school.

I personally liked the Kathleen Sullivan look. She had salt and pepper hair in her 20s and didn't try to color it.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

I see nothing wrong with women dying their hair. For some reason it just looks stupidly obvious on men. That's the same as wigs. Women can use a wig and look terrific, but a man always looks like he glued a rodent to his head. So the moral of the story is... if it makes you feel good do it. My youngest daughter dyes her hair, she's 47 and looks great. My other daughter just a little older, doesn't and I am amazed at how much older she looks. If I had hair and could pull it off like women can, I would be first in line. But alas it is quite unattractive to just color your scalp.

Lol, men look better and better as they age so they don't need to fight it like us women do!

 

[mrodgers]

Now, I'm about 8 months past 50.

When I started to look like my old man.

It was funny, I was a late user of FB. When my buddy posted his pictures of his first bike ride Pitt to DC I had to join. Then I'm wondering why I have all these suggestions for people I may know and it's all the people I know's dads (I don't know how to write that with proper grammar, LOL.) Then I realized, I haven't seen these people since their dads were my age now and it was them and not their dads.

 

[goofyernmost]

Lol, men look better and better as they age so they don't need to fight it like us women do!

I think that is somewhat true, but, in reality isn't true. We basically age the same way, however, men seem to be far more shallow about the looks of women and more so with youth. I have aged fairly well as far as how my external body is concerned, and if I shave my beard off, I know I look younger than I am, but I'm too old to give a damn. I strive to be comfortable and no longer make any attempt to impress others. I am a strong advocate of relax and "just be you"! That doesn't mean just let yourself go.

My dad retired and decided that retirement meant sit and look out the window. He died when he was my age of a heart attack. My mom fought aging tooth and nail and lived to 87. She remained active, watched her diet, socialized a lot (meaning bus trips to casinos) and dyed the hell out of her hair which was amusing but to be truthful after someone is in their mid-80's you aren't kidding anyone. It ranks right up there with the comb over. I recently have been plagued by back issues which have clearly diminish my mobility. It is tempting to just give up and accept the condition, (somewhat connected with aging) but I have no intention of giving up yet. One surgery down, one more to go and hope to be close to my old self again, but whatever I do, I do to make myself feel better and I do not even a little care what others might think of how I look.

 

[1420Elexismc]

Stopped dying my hair about 12 years ago and realized how grey I actually am. I am 43 and about 50% grey now. Doesn't bother me though

 

[disneydreamer781]

Growing old is not for sissies - Bette Davis Ain't that the truth! Everything started going downhill after menopause.

 

[TikiRob]

I had gray hair in my 20s. Knew a lot people with early gray. Doesn’t really make anyone look that old as long as the rest of the body looks young enough.

I'm 42 and grey hairs are the least of my problems! Mine's turning white already!

 

[bcla]

I'm 42 and grey hairs are the least of my problems! Mine's turning white already!

Well - hair doesn't really turn gray. They just individually turn white. I've seen some of mine that were dark and then it just turned white. As in, one strand fell out and I could see it started dark and then turned white with a really sharp transition. And other hair turns white too, like nose hair.

I'm thinking it doesn't seem so apparently with natural blonde hair.

 

[MrsCobraBubbles]

I think that is somewhat true, but, in reality isn't true. We basically age the same way, however, men seem to be far more shallow about the looks of women and more so with youth. I have aged fairly well as far as how my external body is concerned, and if I shave my beard off, I know I look younger than I am, but I'm too old to give a damn. I strive to be comfortable and no longer make any attempt to impress others. I am a strong advocate of relax and "just be you"! That doesn't mean just let yourself go.

My dad retired and decided that retirement meant sit and look out the window. He died when he was my age of a heart attack. My mom fought aging tooth and nail and lived to 87. She remained active, watched her diet, socialized a lot (meaning bus trips to casinos) and dyed the hell out of her hair which was amusing but to be truthful after someone is in their mid-80's you aren't kidding anyone. It ranks right up there with the comb over. I recently have been plagued by back issues which have clearly diminish my mobility. It is tempting to just give up and accept the condition, (somewhat connected with aging) but I have no intention of giving up yet. One surgery down, one more to go and hope to be close to my old self again, but whatever I do, I do to make myself feel better and I do not even a little care what others might think of how I look.

That's a good philosophy to have and I for sure need to adopt all of that--not giving a crap what others think and staying active. I used to have a very active job (I walked miles every day at work and daily climbed up and down 30+ flights of stairs) that I traded for a desk job so I can work from home and I am now out of shape and gaining weight from sitting on my butt all day. I'm not as young as I used to be and I find myself appreciating that old joke a lot more now: "if I'd known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself". I'm noticing now in my 40s that I'm starting to pay for all the stupid stuff I did to my body in my 20s and 30s and I know it's only going to get worse. I'm definitely wishing now that I would have taken better care of my skin because now all I can do is try to fight the wrinkles, my kids are so sick of me harping on them about using sunscreen but boy I wish I had used more sunscreen in my younger years!

 

[prairie_girl]

Within the past six months (just turned 47), I have noticed I have some wrinkles around my eyes when I smile. Not just crows feet, some going closer to the bottom part of my eyes.

I do have a fair amount of grey hair, but it blends in really well so it’s not really noticeable. I don’t colour my hair at all.

 

[Magical2017]

50. I am 54. It's harder to bounce around on the step and in Zumba class, but I still do it at a lower level. I also have gray hair that has been coming in and I dye it. I am not ready to go all gray yet. My metabolism has slowed. I had early menopause in my 40s and still get hot flashes. Overall, it's not that bad. I have a lot of energy and good health, so I am thankful for every day I get on this earth.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

The amount of grey hair I started seeing in my mid-late 20's.

 

[goofyernmost]

That's a good philosophy to have and I for sure need to adopt all of that--not giving a crap what others think and staying active. I used to have a very active job (I walked miles every day at work and daily climbed up and down 30+ flights of stairs) that I traded for a desk job so I can work from home and I am now out of shape and gaining weight from sitting on my butt all day. I'm not as young as I used to be and I find myself appreciating that old joke a lot more now: "if I'd known I was going to live this long I would have taken better care of myself". I'm noticing now in my 40s that I'm starting to pay for all the stupid stuff I did to my body in my 20s and 30s and I know it's only going to get worse. I'm definitely wishing now that I would have taken better care of my skin because now all I can do is try to fight the wrinkles, my kids are so sick of me harping on them about using sunscreen but boy I wish I had used more sunscreen in my younger years!

Just think about the how much the price is for me after, at least 65 years of stupid stuff, but you know what. We may have a few aches and pains and we may feel like crap and can't remember anything but... I forgot what my point was!
Oh yeah, we still experienced life, good and bad and have memories (older memories seem to be the easiest to remember), much to the chagrin of my daughters, especially when I happen to remember the things that they did when they were the age of their children. Oh, they don't like that. However, it is only part of the limited things we can have fun with as we age.