lines on face- very worried

sarasull

Hey,
I'm a 26 yr old girl. I would call myself attractive and am happy with how i look. i would not be in the slightest bit cocky, in fact i lack a lot of confidence. however, i have a deep fear of growing old and losing my looks. i just get a lot of happiness by dressing up and looking my best and can't imagine being very happy when im old and wrinkly.

anyway to get to the point, i had babysoft skin and a wrinkle free face for as long as i can remember. ive noticed in the past few weeks alot of lines appearing on my face. i put them down to tiredness but they just wont disappear. like my forehead is so lined and i have lines on my cheeks even.
i thought 26 was young?? im freaking out and have become very depressed over it. help me please. whats causing these lines??
i wasnt expecting them until i was 40 or 50..

Cold weather making your skin dry.

Maggie.23

Along with the above it could also be dehydration. Try using a moisturiser for dry skin and drinking 8 glasses of water per day.

herya

Moonbaby wrote: »

Cold weather making your skin dry.

This, and also the heating.

Blackpitts

hey OP,
do u use a lot of make up? if so, maybe you need to buy better ones or try to use less (girls are beautiful even without it and I'm sure you are)
You might want to see also a dermatologist, just for your peace of mind.

cch

Do you smoke?

sarasull wrote: »

i wasnt expecting them until i was 40 or 50..

Not going to happen, even with huge amounts of care on your part lines will start gradually appearing. Going by my own experience first under the eyes then forehead and either side of mouth (and that's as far as I've got at 33!)

auerillo

cch wrote: »

Do you smoke?



Not going to happen, even with huge amounts of care on your part lines will start gradually appearing. Going by my own experience first under the eyes then forehead and either side of mouth (and that's as far as I've got at 33!)

It's well known that cateract operations also give you lines around your eyes.

cch

auerillo wrote: »

It's well known that cateract operations also give you lines around your eyes.

How is that going to help the OP and her issues regarding appearance and self-confidence?

LegacyUser

I have been getting botox for 10 years and I look in my late 20's but I am now hitting 40. Those are not my claims by the way and i am not one of those sad drunk late 30's types that populate pubs demanding from people 'how old do you tink I look' etc Fishing for compliments.

I have dry skin and it began to age early as dry skin always does, but there was no way in hell I was letting myself get wrinkly before time.

Eliminate any medical reason and ensure lifestyle is good, plenty of water, stay out of sun and sunbeds, eat well.

You can hold back the hands of time with a good DOCTOR. Don't go to a non professional and risk frozenface or troutpout, get it done professionally. My doc is an artist with the needle. The objective is to look as though nothing was done. Less is more. Just preserve yourself nothing more.

Creams are not worth wasting your time with, snake oil the whole lot of them so dont waste your money.

There is always a contingent that will call you vain for caring about your looks but horses for courses. If its important to you, never apologise for your choices. Its your money and money well spent it is.

I was flabberghasted recently looking at schoolfriends on Facebook, they look like my mother I am 100% serious. It is scary. Loads of people get work done, the earlier you start the more damage you can prevent and keep gorgeous for as long as possible.

99% of ageing is voluntary, You have a choice. Now is the time to act.

panda100

I would have to disagree with the above poster.

Op,I can see where your coming from.Ageing also terrifys me. They say its womens world up to the age of 26 and then a mans world after that? The majority of succesful women in the public eye our young.Women over 30 seem to be pretty much non existent in the media. It is scary to be an older women in our culture.
I was in Easons last week and saw Heat magazine had a feature on 'Supermodels losing their looks'. It was a horrific vile piece dissecting how tired,haggard,droopy all these beautiful women looked. The media makes it unacceptable for women to age naturally.

I looked at a website listing some pros and cons to consider before getting botox as the previous poster suggested. The benefits of such a procedure include increased confidence, being able to apply make-up easier and being able to wear clothes with lower necklines as well as looking younger. The risks? Bleeding, infection, scarring and nerve damage.

I dont want this to sound harsh or mean in any way,but so you are getting older and have lines on your face?Its part of life and as long as you have your health,friends and family,so what If yu have a few lines?
I think we have two options.We can do what the above poster says and spend lots of money botoxing ourselves so the next generation of young girls grow up feeling as insecure and terrified of ageing as we do. Or we can stop this maddness now and realise that there is nothing wrong with having lines on our face

Your a healthy attractive, young women, isn't it depressing that growing older naturally and gracefully is something that needs to be 'corrected'. We should look forward to our older faces with anticipation not dread!


“You could see the signs of female ageing as diseased… Or you could see that if a woman is healthy she lives to grow old; as she thrives, she reacts and speaks and shows emotion, and grows into her face. Lines trace her thought and radiate from the corners of her eyes after decades of laughter, closing together like fans as she smiles. You could call the lines a network of ‘serious lesions,’ or you could see that in a precise calligraphy, thought has etched marks of concentration between her brows, and drawn across her forehead the horizontal creases of surprise, delight, compassion and good talk. A lifetime of kissing, of speaking and weeping, shows expressively around a mouth scored like a leaf in motion. The skin loosens on her face and throat, giving her features a setting of sensual dignity; her features grow stronger as she does. She has looked around in her life, and it shows. When grey and white reflect in her hair, you could call it a dirty secret or you could call it silver or moonlight. Her body fills into itself, taking on gravity like a bather breasting water, growing generous with the rest of her. The darkening under her eyes, the weight of her lids, their minute cross-hatching, reveal that what she has been part of has left in her its complexity and richness. She is darker, stronger, looser, tougher, sexier. The maturing of a woman who has continued to grow is a beautiful thing to behold. Or, if your ad revenue… depend on it, it is an operable condition.”

Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth

bangersandmash

panda100 wrote: »

Your a healthy attractive, young women, isn't it depressing that growing older naturally and gracefully is something that needs to be 'corrected'. We should look forward to our older faces with anticipation not dread!

Agreed. It really is a pity that visible ageing is something that terrifies people as if it were something unnatural.

As for Doreen (sic) Gray, are you trying to be ironic by choosing the name of a fictional character who maintained his youthful appearance at the expense of his soul? :rolleyes:

LegacyUser

bangersandmash wrote: »

Agreed. It really is a pity that visible ageing is something that terrifies people as if it were something unnatural.

Who cares if its 'natural' -what has that got to do with anything? Its irrelevant. Be happy OP and do what makes you happy. Ignore the handwringing worthies!

bangersandmash wrote: »

As for Doreen (sic) Gray, are you trying to be ironic by choosing the name of a fictional character who maintained his youthful appearance at the expense of his soul? :rolleyes:

I know exactly who Dorian Gray is and yes I was being ironic. Im a woman so Doreen is more appropriate than Dorian obviously.

As fir Naomi Wolf, she is nothing more than a neurotic 'feminazi' harpy. I wouldn't listen to a word of the drivel that spills out of her.

herya

Doreen Gray wrote: »

Who cares if its 'natural' -what has that got to do with anything? Its irrelevant. Be happy OP and do what makes you happy. Ignore the handwringing worthies!

No matter how much botox you use you will start aging one day, what are you're going to do then? Accept it or move on to knife and filler injections?

LegacyUser

herya wrote: »

No matter how much botox you use you will start aging one day, what are you're going to do then? Accept it or move on to knife and filler injections?

Yes. Of course.

herya

Yes to which option?...

LegacyUser

herya wrote: »

Yes to which option?...

Knife, looking forward to the first facelift I must say.

Filler injections have been a feature for 10 years. Ho hum.

The Recliner

If the OP wants to ressurect this thread then PM any Mod

We have gone way off here, general discussion about surgery belong in a different forum