Now it's about wrinkles

[Biciclista]

I live in Seattle where we rarely get enough sun to damage our skin and I have plenty of wrinkles. i can't imagine doing anything about them either. It's the way I am. too bad if you dont like it... look at someone else.

[PamNY]

It's the way I am. too bad if you dont like it... look at someone else.

Ah, this is great. I think I have a new motto.

[GLC1968]

My oily skin is good for something! I'm not very wrinkly for my age despite years of sun on my face, but unfortunately, I did inherit eyes that tend to bag pretty badly. I think it's what ages me the most, actually. There is absolutely NOTHING I can do about it though, so I try not to let it bother me.

The rest of my skin focus is still on not breaking out into a teenage-looking zitty mess...so I don't much think about wrinkles.

[SheFly]

GLC - me too! I would have thought that by mid-40s, the acne would have disappeared, but no dice.

My doctor once asked me what I used on my skin. My reply - soap. She was shocked, and insisted that there must be something else. But nope - just soap, once a day. Still.

And Biciclista/Tulip - I love your sentiments! They're ones I wholly embrace - basically, if you don't like the way I look/am, too bad for you.

SheFly

[Chile Pepper]

I live in a really dry climate, so my skin gets that papery look to it if I'm not careful (and I'm only 46!). I also have rosacea, which is fun (not). I hate the feeling of sunscreen on my face, but I do try to use it if I'm going to be out and about. I use Clinique moisturizers now that they have a redness line, but otherwise I don't do anything special. Except bangs. I used to wear my hair pulled back, which was not especially flattering on my aging face. I cut my hair about a year ago, and I love it. Better than Botox!

[Crankin]

This + the gray thread= too much .
I have horrible laugh lines. I feel like that's all you can see on my face, especially when I put my helmet on. I have to say, I've had them for awhile, so not totally age related. Both parents had them, too. Can you say dermal filler?
I really don't have a lot of other wrinkles and no saggy chin skin, etc. I use #70 sun block on my face and started using # 30 almost 30 years ago. Living in the Sun Belt made me more aware of skin cancer. I use Clinique "Deep Wrinkle" moisturizer, both day and night versions. Started using Cetaphil 26 years ago, just recently switched to Purpose, as the I found out Cetaphil has parabens. I still get zits, at age 57!

[emily_in_nc]

I have horrible laugh lines. I feel like that's all you can see on my face, especially when I put my helmet on. I have to say, I've had them for awhile, so not totally age related. Both parents had them, too.

I'll trade you a saggy chin & jowls for your laugh lines. My mother and both her parents have/had terrible "turkey necks". They were all overweight, which made matters much worse, but I'm starting to get one too despite being quite slender. Boy, do I hate the sagging skin, and if money were no object and my DH weren't vehemently opposed, I'd probably get a lower face lift and just be done with it. But, that's not going to happen so I'll just have to deal. I have lines around my eyes/mouth too, but the saggy skin is much more of an issue for me. I haven't done any kinds of fillers, botox, chemical peels, or laser treatments. I'm pretty much an au naturel kinda gal, but I have two close friends who have had facial plastic surgery, and they look really good, not fake at all.

This part of aging does suck! The wiseness part helps, though.