Asian American women, what age did you start to look older?

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Anonymous wrote:I am 51 and Korean American. No wrinkles, fine lines or sagging. My face still looks pretty much like it always has but I never tanned, wear sunscreen religiously and try to stay out of the sun my whole life. I like being pale and milky white.

Also, I am the same weight I was in my twenties even after kids which helps. I am a runner and workout/crossfit.

Op - yea i haven't done much re sunscreen and was hoping being darker would help. My weight is fine though.

Korean woman here, mid 40's... I regret not using sunscreen. Now, I have age spots, and the skin around my eyes are saggy. I noticed this around mid 30's, especially after having kids. In this one instance, I wish I had listened to my 76 yr old mother who still has very smooth, flawless skin. But, she was not an outdoorsy person like I was.

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Has anyone had success treating/removing age spots?

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Also Korean mid-40s. Started getting wrinkly forehead mid-30s. Started getting wrinkly neck early 40s. Not a lot widows peak or crows feet yet - but it started to happen around late 30s

Was just asked if I wanted filler for my laugh lines. They're definitely getting worse, but I still have chubby cheeks even though I'm slim but not toned.

I think early 40s was the big turning point, in my 30s people would guess anywhere from 5-10 years younger and were sometimes shocked at my true age. Now, people say I look young, but nobody is actually surprised by my age anymore.

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I think I stopped looking timeless in my early 50's but still good approaching 60 and menopause is way behind me. Loved that cartoon series.

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Oh, good, another thread about race and the aging process.

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Anonymous wrote:This may be instructive.

Lol! I'm half-Asian. My mom has said that Asian women don't really age until very late, but when they do, it's pretty rapid. Hoping this is not true!

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Not sure. I'm 37 and think I look my age but in the past two weeks, two different people thought I was 25-26. So who knows?

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure. I'm 37 and think I look my age but in the past two weeks, two different people thought I was 25-26. So who knows?

Non Asian people have a hard time figuring out Asian women's ages unless they have been around lots of Asians for a long time.

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Anonymous wrote:This may be instructive.

Bahahaha!!! Love it! My Chinese grandmother was like that. She never seemed to age until she hit 90, then all of a sudden, she shrank, her hair went totally white and she seemed so so frail when before she was a brick, sleeping on wooden platforms, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:Not asking Asian women born overseas because I hear that their skincare is so great that they seem ageless. I am Korean American, age 34, and today in the bright locker room light at the gym some forehead wrinkles and another one in between my brows, which I never noticed before. I thought I was aging better than my caucasian peers... guess not.

I don't think it has anything to do with skin care in Asia. I am in grad school with tons of Asians. Most of the moms I see in their late to early 30s look good but they look their age. Asians tend to wear girly/ cartoon clothes and still dress like teenagers for a long time. It's weird.

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It's true that Asian women don't have wrinkles but they do age and it shows in their facial features. It's weird and I don't know how to explain it but I can see it.

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Anonymous wrote:It's true that Asian women don't have wrinkles but they do age and it shows in their facial features. It's weird and I don't know how to explain it but I can see it.

Yep I agree +1

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I am a 35 year old Chinese American and only started getting laughing lines on my eyes. However, I think it is because I had two kids recently.

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Anonymous wrote:This may be instructive.

This is the best thing I've seen in a while and dead true. At 36, I have zero lines or signs of aging, but I know it's coming. My mother didn't start aging until she was about 55.

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Someone on reddit demonstrated this using his mother.