If people regularly think you look a decade younger

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Size 8 is definitely not thin.

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Anonymous wrote:Where are all these women who look so young? I have never been surprised at someone’s age outside of a couple of really old women (80+).

They’re all on DCUM!

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Anonymous wrote:I work in an arts field and have lots of 20 something people coming in to our organization all the time. They regularly are shocked when they find out I'm 45 and thought I was mid-30s.

I am a healthy-thin weight (like a size 8, medium), have no gray hair and don't dye my hair - it's cut in a long bob, use sunscreen regularly and have very few wrinkles, get good sleep. I keep up with clothing trends but don't overdo that.

But I agree that it's mainly heredity and your perceived lifestyle.

Unless you are very tall, size 8 is not thin, ever, never, ever ever.

DP. At 5'9 a size 8 puts me in healthy/thin. When I'm a 6, people try to feed me.

Obnoxious. I’m also 5’9 and wear size 8 pants but smaller shirt sizes and dress sizes and I’m thin, like people comment I wish I were skinny like you thin. Like previous poster, if I slim down even more people think I’m sick or ask me to eat.

Size 8s look fine and healthy but it's not thin. I've been a 2 for the last 20 years -- I feel thin. People don't try to feed me, I just look fit. For the 6 months post partum with my second kid, I needed to buy pants that were more like a 6/size 27 waist and I did not feel thin.

You sound like you have BDD.

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Anonymous wrote:Having a spring in your step and talking in a soft girlish voice helps too.

Whoever wrote this sounds like an 80 year old man.

Maybe it’s the pantyhose weirdo who pops up on here occasionally

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Anonymous wrote:Be Asian.

+1. Or black. No one thinks white women look a decade younger.

Plenty of white women do. The only advantage other races have is melanin which blocks out UV rays. Hate to shatter your self serving fantasy but so long as a white person stays out of the sun they’ll age just as well if not better

Well duh, obviously melanin is a huge advantage other races have, which is why they age better. People can’t or won’t avoid the sun entirely so white people are never going to age as well, and certainly not “better”

I see women of color all the time who are wrinkle-free but are obviously in their 50s and older because of all the other changes that happen to your body and hair. I don’t think melanin is the cure-all that some on here think it is. You might not have wrinkles but that doesn’t mean you look 10 years younger than your age.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in an arts field and have lots of 20 something people coming in to our organization all the time. They regularly are shocked when they find out I'm 45 and thought I was mid-30s.

I am a healthy-thin weight (like a size 8, medium), have no gray hair and don't dye my hair - it's cut in a long bob, use sunscreen regularly and have very few wrinkles, get good sleep. I keep up with clothing trends but don't overdo that.

But I agree that it's mainly heredity and your perceived lifestyle.

Unless you are very tall, size 8 is not thin, ever, never, ever ever.

DP. At 5'9 a size 8 puts me in healthy/thin. When I'm a 6, people try to feed me.

Obnoxious. I’m also 5’9 and wear size 8 pants but smaller shirt sizes and dress sizes and I’m thin, like people comment I wish I were skinny like you thin. Like previous poster, if I slim down even more people think I’m sick or ask me to eat.

Same. I wear a size 8 in pants for the longer inseam and because I have athletic legs/butt, yet I'm also at the lowest end of a normal BMI.

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Anonymous wrote:Be Asian.

Until you're 45. Then you turn 80 overnight.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in an arts field and have lots of 20 something people coming in to our organization all the time. They regularly are shocked when they find out I'm 45 and thought I was mid-30s.

I am a healthy-thin weight (like a size 8, medium), have no gray hair and don't dye my hair - it's cut in a long bob, use sunscreen regularly and have very few wrinkles, get good sleep. I keep up with clothing trends but don't overdo that.

But I agree that it's mainly heredity and your perceived lifestyle.

Unless you are very tall, size 8 is not thin, ever, never, ever ever.

I think it's funny people are getting smug about 20 somethings recognizing that they are way older than they are, at least 10 years, but aren't hitting the nail on the head. They know PP is old they just don't know what all the tells are, but what difference does it make because you're way older than there are. Mid to late 30s is over the hill as far as they are concerned.

[Anonymous]

Botox/dysport since 30
Religious about SPF, tret and vitamin C
Grew up out of the sun in the PNW and then avoided sun exposure as an adult
Minimal alcohol, tons of water
Fairly clean diet
Prioritize sleep, exercise, stress reduction wherever possible (AKA UMC lifestyle privilege for most of my life)
Good genes and luck (mom only had a few greys by mid-60s, no family health problems)

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Anonymous wrote:I work in an arts field and have lots of 20 something people coming in to our organization all the time. They regularly are shocked when they find out I'm 45 and thought I was mid-30s.

I am a healthy-thin weight (like a size 8, medium), have no gray hair and don't dye my hair - it's cut in a long bob, use sunscreen regularly and have very few wrinkles, get good sleep. I keep up with clothing trends but don't overdo that.

But I agree that it's mainly heredity and your perceived lifestyle.

Unless you are very tall, size 8 is not thin, ever, never, ever ever.

DP. At 5'9 a size 8 puts me in healthy/thin. When I'm a 6, people try to feed me.

Obnoxious. I’m also 5’9 and wear size 8 pants but smaller shirt sizes and dress sizes and I’m thin, like people comment I wish I were skinny like you thin. Like previous poster, if I slim down even more people think I’m sick or ask me to eat.

Size 8s look fine and healthy but it's not thin. I've been a 2 for the last 20 years -- I feel thin. People don't try to feed me, I just look fit. For the 6 months post partum with my second kid, I needed to buy pants that were more like a 6/size 27 waist and I did not feel thin.

You sound like you have BDD.

+1

All of the people who post *solely* to insist that size 8 isn't thin are beyond words.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in an arts field and have lots of 20 something people coming in to our organization all the time. They regularly are shocked when they find out I'm 45 and thought I was mid-30s.

I am a healthy-thin weight (like a size 8, medium), have no gray hair and don't dye my hair - it's cut in a long bob, use sunscreen regularly and have very few wrinkles, get good sleep. I keep up with clothing trends but don't overdo that.

But I agree that it's mainly heredity and your perceived lifestyle.

Unless you are very tall, size 8 is not thin, ever, never, ever ever.

DP. At 5'9 a size 8 puts me in healthy/thin. When I'm a 6, people try to feed me.

Obnoxious. I’m also 5’9 and wear size 8 pants but smaller shirt sizes and dress sizes and I’m thin, like people comment I wish I were skinny like you thin. Like previous poster, if I slim down even more people think I’m sick or ask me to eat.

Size 8s look fine and healthy but it's not thin. I've been a 2 for the last 20 years -- I feel thin. People don't try to feed me, I just look fit. For the 6 months post partum with my second kid, I needed to buy pants that were more like a 6/size 27 waist and I did not feel thin.

Size 2s rarely look younger. That’s why all these WW look 10 years older than their real age. But good for you.

[Anonymous]

I try to avoid/correct some of the telltale signs of aging:
- uneven skin tone: I use tretinoin, sunscreen, a hat, and sunglasses
- thinning hair: I stopped using heat, get regular trims
- stained teeth: I use a whitening toothpaste
- too thin or too much weight gain: I exercise, try to maintain my weight, and wear flattering clothes

[Anonymous]

For reference I’m white and 50. I’ve used retin-A and sunscreen since my teens. I haven’t drank alcohol in 15 years. I started Botox about 8 years ago. I got lip filler to fill back to my natural lip fullness but not beyond it. I get peels and use peel pads at home. I have age spots and broken capillaries removed. I take multivitamins and drink collagen drinks. I make sure to take care of my health. I pay careful attention to my brows. Having brows as dark and full as I did when I was young really helps.

I try to look as nice as possible without makeup. But I do love bright colors, I wear some makeup everyday. Using a 10x magnifying glass and applying carefully really makes a difference.

My favorite YouTuber is Dominique Sasche.

[Anonymous]

Those of you who don’t think it’s possible have not had a doctor or nurse look up from the computer and say, well, you may not look 48…

Or say, you don’t look 49, you don’t even look 35.

I’m serious.

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Anonymous wrote:Be Asian.

+1. Or black. No one thinks white women look a decade younger.

Plenty of white women do. The only advantage other races have is melanin which blocks out UV rays. Hate to shatter your self serving fantasy but so long as a white person stays out of the sun they’ll age just as well if not better

Well duh, obviously melanin is a huge advantage other races have, which is why they age better. People can’t or won’t avoid the sun entirely so white people are never going to age as well, and certainly not “better”

I see women of color all the time who are wrinkle-free but are obviously in their 50s and older because of all the other changes that happen to your body and hair. I don’t think melanin is the cure-all that some on here think it is. You might not have wrinkles but that doesn’t mean you look 10 years younger than your age.

Exactly.