Moms with Awesome Skin 40+

[Anonymous]

What do you do to have such young looking skin?

Botox? Peels? Daily moisturizers? Sunscreens galore? Life in a cave? What is your secret?

Thanks and please I just honestly want to know how some moms/women can still have such fresh looking skin. This is not meant to be a snarky post.

[Anonymous]

I have worn sunscreen on my face religiously every day since I was 16. And if I'm going to be outside for more than 10 minutes on a sunny day, I wear a hat.

[Anonymous]

i too have worn sunscreen every day since high school.

[Anonymous]

Suncreen since my early 20's. Drink lots of water. Eat lots of fruit and veggies. Get plenty of sleep.

[Anonymous]

Ditto sunscreen and moisturizer since forever.

[Anonymous]

Like most thing health related, lifestyle and genetics.

[Anonymous]

My father, a doctor, required daily sunscreen use from age 13 on. He puts his foot down about nothing and spoiled me silly, but he is serious as a heart attack about sunscreen. When I was in later high school, there was a Time or Newsweek cover about the increased rate of skin cancer. I understood better about his obsession. And he always used to say that we would thank him when we were 40. He was right!!

[Anonymous]

OP here. Sadly, I did not have such didactic (or informed) parents and spent my youth frolicing at Bethany Beach and tanning as a life guard at the pool. I started religiously wearing sunscreen during the day and OTC retinols at night around 26/27. But, now I'm in my mid-30s with age marks and fine lines. Is there anything I can do about it now? I wear UVA/UVB sunscreen whenever I am outside for an extended period of time. I always wear a hat and sunglasses. I'm also a runner and try to get in my runs before 9/10am to avoid the harshest sun.

For any folks who weren't so precautious in their youth, is there anything I can do?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My father, a doctor, required daily sunscreen use from age 13 on. He puts his foot down about nothing and spoiled me silly, but he is serious as a heart attack about sunscreen. When I was in later high school, there was a Time or Newsweek cover about the increased rate of skin cancer. I understood better about his obsession. And he always used to say that we would thank him when we were 40. He was right!!

Sis, is that you? Seriously, I'm 50 and get compliments all the time on my skin from women who want to know what I use on it. My answer is "whatever's on sale at CVS or what they're handing out for free at Sephora, but I always wear sunscreen --usually with a hat. " I"m also a doctor's daughter and yes, my dad too would come home too tired to discipline us (thanks, mom, for doing that or we'd be a bunch of spoiled brats), but he also made us wear sunscreen way before this was a prevalent concern among the public/media. I will say, though, that we were also fortunate genetically -- Italian and Greek heritage, so we tan easily and never burn.

[Anonymous]

I, too, wore suncreen all the time and stayed out of the sun beginning in junior high. I also had oily skin for years, which I think helped prevent wrinkles. I also use Oil of Olay Regenerist line.

[Anonymous]

I'm 45 with no wrinkles, and I NEVER use sunscreen or moisturizer. I'm allergic to everything and my skin has always been prone to breakouts, so I've never found a product I could tolerate. I think the oiliness of my skin has compensated for lack of moisturizer, and I've just been lucky genetically. Many people are surprised to hear of my age, but unfortunately, I think my wattle will soon be giving me away!

[Anonymous]

Not much you can do about it besides see a derm. 9:14 is right. Part of it has to do with what you get from genetics and part of it is that sun damage from when you were a kid. Imagine how much worse it would be if you hadn't started using retinols at 26/27 and be grateful it's not worse.

[Anonymous]

Genetics
Minimal sun exposure
Drink lots of water

[Anonymous]

See a derm. You can start Obagi Nuderm skin care line. It gets good reviews for skin remodeling but from what I understand it is quite a process. Lasers (like CO2 or fraxel) can help but they are expensive and there is downtime due to swelling and redness. Keeping your skin moisturized will help diminish the appearance of wrinkles but won't make them go away.

[Anonymous]

Sunscreen daily since my 20s, Always always always take off my make up every night, use pure argan oil on my face instead of moisturizer at night, exfoliate 3 times a week, Drink a ton of water and sleep 7 hrs a night