At what age does being skinny start to look bad?

[Anonymous]

30

[Anonymous]

35

I have a few friends that just look...hard. Their skin is tough, they look hard and have aged much, much more. They would look so much better with 5 more pounds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am 26 and a friend of mine who has always been skinny is starting to get legit wrinkles in her forehead and a hint of crows feet. She has always been beautiful but the aging is starting, and if you look at pics of her from even a year ago it's amazing how much faster she has aged versus the rest of us.

She still looks good, but I am wondering how long that will last.

Does she have an eating disorder? Do coke?

She probably does coke, she likes to party and lives in LA. Might have an eating disorder- she drinks a lot but doesnt eat a whole lot. I think she also has skinny genetics.

I used to drink a lot at that age too and got wrinkles I could never fully get rid of without cosmetic procedures. The alcohol severely dehydrates you from within.

Alcohol ages you. Women who still drink alcohol in their 40's or 50's look bad.

[Anonymous]

I am 26 (same age as her) and while I don't party as much as her, I do party. The difference is I am a normal weight and so I usually get mistaken for a 16 year old. I would say she looks to be about 31 right now.... And a year ago she probably looked 27. It's happening really fast.

[Anonymous]

I think it depends a lot on whether it is a natural weight for you, as opposed to due to starvation or drugs. I've been skinny for most of my life, called Olive Oil, etc. I'm in my mid-30s now and just look my age with a BMI of around 18. If I get a cold or the stomach flu and lose even 5 pounds, I look at least 5 years older.

[Anonymous]

Totally depends on how skinny and how your excess weight is distributed. If you lose weight in your face first (like, say, me), then it will look bad earlier. I

[Anonymous]

35-40

[Anonymous]

Definitely by 40

[Anonymous]

28

[Anonymous]

Hasn't happened to me yet at 29 but I'm sure it will eventually once being skinny stops being effortless.

[Anonymous]

There are two phenomena at play here. Wrinkles (also laugh lines) affect women moreso who are skinny but also depends on your level of sun exposure. Can be as early as 20's but average 30's.

Second phenomenon is loss of fat in face which occurs as part of aging process around 40-50. Forehead, cheekbones and chin all lose fat and face starts to look more skull like, less youthful. Nicole Kidman is going through this right now. Skinny women of course are going to be more noticeably affected.

[Anonymous]

How skinny are we talking here? Celebrities and models are usually abnormally skinny, and look too skinny in real life. Most regular people don't. I think this happens to super skinny people or people who drop a bunch of weight when they are older.

[Anonymous]

Skinny has never been a particularly good look. It's certainly nothing to strive for as a beauty ideal.

Thin, yes. Skinny? No.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think late 20s. I always notice late 20s super skinny women look way older. A good example of this is Kate Middleton.

+1

Skinny ages me, definitely.

[Anonymous]

Depends on where the fat goes. Asian, Mediterranean, and black women tend to hold fat more in their cheeks and faces, so even if they are skinny, they still look more youthful than their Euro-white counterparts.