40-50 yo women beauty/fitness routines

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people seem to be using Vitamin C serums. Does anyone have a specific brand recommendation?

18:25 PP
I have a biochem background (though a lawyer now) so I like to get into the weeds of ingredient/interactions/sourcing of different products, and have tried several. (Vitamin c serum helps with brightening/collagen production/anti ox protection and I find it to be a perfect complement to tretinoin). The most effective will be a L ascorbic acid or a derivative. The two I love are skinceuticals vitamin C (quite expensive) and Cerave (cheap drugstore). But of course with all products, ymmv. I also liked drunk elephant and Sunday Riley ok but neither was any better than cerave

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Some time around 50 the wrinkles, crepey skin, sun damage, etc. became really noticeable.

I work out four to six days/week, eat healthy most of the time, and maintain a height appropriate weight, but none of that counteracts what is happening naturally.

I know this isn't universal and many women look great well past 50s, but I encourage women 40+ to appreciate how great you look right now!

I agree. I’m 55 and feel like I woke up one day in the past year and my body skin isn’t my own - it’s so crepey and unelastic. I had noticed my face gradually changing in the past 5 years (softer jowls, etc) but the body skin feels like a switch flipped. And yes I work out regularly including using weights (I want to bump up).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:52.
Workout 1 hour every morning (Peloton)
Skincare routine is simple: AM vitamin C serum and oil+hydrosol on face, sunscreen
PM: Olay cream with retinol
I use box color for my hair and trim at home.

What peloton workout do you do or do you just ride the bike?

I mix it up, mainly strength and yoga. I do a stretch of cardio on the bike too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people seem to be using Vitamin C serums. Does anyone have a specific brand recommendation?

I use Mad Hippie and get it at Costco.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:45, BMI 19 or 20.

No fitness routine. I'm skating on my genetically-ordained slimness, but at some point age-related muscle loss will start becoming apparent, so I should do something about it. I walk my rambunctious dog, so maybe that saves me a bit.

I eat pretty much what I want, plus vitamins.

I take after my father, who looked incredibly youthful for decades well beyond middle-age. So all I do is moisturize, use sunscreen, and do some occasional acid peels. I should start retinol.

I've had white hair at the temples for many years now, so I dye my hair with henna and indigo, and have found exactly my natural shade, which makes me happy.

The reckoning is coming, but not for some years.

Nah, it's coming faster than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people seem to be using Vitamin C serums. Does anyone have a specific brand recommendation?

I use Mad Hippie and get it at Costco.

I’ve had great results with The Ordinary’s powdered version.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people seem to be using Vitamin C serums. Does anyone have a specific brand recommendation?

18:25 PP
I have a biochem background (though a lawyer now) so I like to get into the weeds of ingredient/interactions/sourcing of different products, and have tried several. (Vitamin c serum helps with brightening/collagen production/anti ox protection and I find it to be a perfect complement to tretinoin). The most effective will be a L ascorbic acid or a derivative. The two I love are skinceuticals vitamin C (quite expensive) and Cerave (cheap drugstore). But of course with all products, ymmv. I also liked drunk elephant and Sunday Riley ok but neither was any better than cerave

I use a lot of Cerave, including their shampoo and conditioner, and I used Skinceuticals vitamin C forever, but a friend recently turned me on to TNS Advanced (an oldy but a goody), and it's noticeably improved my skin. I also switched from Cerave to Hada Labo moisturizer after watching some of Dr. Dray's content and my skin is noticeably plumper, but it's not much more expensive than Cerave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Lots of people seem to be using Vitamin C serums. Does anyone have a specific brand recommendation?

Ask your dermatologist. I get the CE Ferulic at Georgetown Dermatology for $116 while Skincueticals is $180.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot! Lagree, light botox, high quality medical grade skin care, low dose semaglutide, HRT. I look great (I get lots of compliments on my skin, and my BMI is 19), but it's expensive and time-consuming. Haters are going to hate on here.

Your BMI is 19! And you are on a semaglutide? WTH. Do you not care about your health and bone density?

19 is a healthy BMI. It's absolutely a fine, healthy weight. Maybe it would be too thin for you personally given your own bone structure, musculature, etc but let's not project your own biases on PP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot! Lagree, light botox, high quality medical grade skin care, low dose semaglutide, HRT. I look great (I get lots of compliments on my skin, and my BMI is 19), but it's expensive and time-consuming. Haters are going to hate on here.

Your BMI is 19! And you are on a semaglutide? WTH. Do you not care about your health and bone density?

So even though I was a competitive athlete as a kid, my bone density and muscle tone are the best they've been in my entire adult life (I do DEXA scans every 6 months since starting GLP-1), but I should qualify that with a few things: I do resistance training 5 days a week, I make sure I'm getting enough protein every day, I only microdose GLP-1 now for maintenance and the psychological benefits (I'm finally free from unhealthy food obsession and only eat when I'm hungry), and I take a bunch of supplements including some HRT that I think has been really helpful with bone density and muscle tone. Lagree is $250/month, and GLP1s are $199 per month.

For skin care, I do botox every 4 months and while it's light, I go to a qualified comsetic dermatologist so it's not cheap, and I've recently added frown lines and neck bands. $900 per quarter. I also do lasers once or twice a year for collagen stimulation. $2000 a pop. Skin care is medical-grade. Makeup is light because my skin looks too good to hide - mostly tinted sunscreen, brows, lashes, lips, liquid blush.

Hair is every eight weeks, just a trim and touch-up on color. I have a little grey in my mid forties that is still easy to camouflage.

I do my own nails. I don't love facials. I get a massage once every six months, but I wish it were once a month. I average $5000/year on clothes but I work in a professional office and my income easily justifies the spend.

I know some people will hate this, but it works for me, and it's anonymous, so whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot! Lagree, light botox, high quality medical grade skin care, low dose semaglutide, HRT. I look great (I get lots of compliments on my skin, and my BMI is 19), but it's expensive and time-consuming. Haters are going to hate on here.

Your BMI is 19! And you are on a semaglutide? WTH. Do you not care about your health and bone density?

So even though I was a competitive athlete as a kid, my bone density and muscle tone are the best they've been in my entire adult life (I do DEXA scans every 6 months since starting GLP-1), but I should qualify that with a few things: I do resistance training 5 days a week, I make sure I'm getting enough protein every day, I only microdose GLP-1 now for maintenance and the psychological benefits (I'm finally free from unhealthy food obsession and only eat when I'm hungry), and I take a bunch of supplements including some HRT that I think has been really helpful with bone density and muscle tone. Lagree is $250/month, and GLP1s are $199 per month.

For skin care, I do botox every 4 months and while it's light, I go to a qualified comsetic dermatologist so it's not cheap, and I've recently added frown lines and neck bands. $900 per quarter. I also do lasers once or twice a year for collagen stimulation. $2000 a pop. Skin care is medical-grade. Makeup is light because my skin looks too good to hide - mostly tinted sunscreen, brows, lashes, lips, liquid blush.

Hair is every eight weeks, just a trim and touch-up on color. I have a little grey in my mid forties that is still easy to camouflage.

I do my own nails. I don't love facials. I get a massage once every six months, but I wish it were once a month. I average $5000/year on clothes but I work in a professional office and my income easily justifies the spend.

I know some people will hate this, but it works for me, and it's anonymous, so whatever.

Your bone density peaks at about mid 20s, so no it isn’t “the best it has ever been” at 40 something.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot! Lagree, light botox, high quality medical grade skin care, low dose semaglutide, HRT. I look great (I get lots of compliments on my skin, and my BMI is 19), but it's expensive and time-consuming. Haters are going to hate on here.

Your BMI is 19! And you are on a semaglutide? WTH. Do you not care about your health and bone density?

19 is a healthy BMI. It's absolutely a fine, healthy weight. Maybe it would be too thin for you personally given your own bone structure, musculature, etc but let's not project your own biases on PP.

18 is considered underweight. In what world it is appropriate for a middle aged perimenopausal woman with a BMI of 19 to be on weight loss injections? What Dr would even write for this? I’m assuming she gets it from some online “doctor”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot! Lagree, light botox, high quality medical grade skin care, low dose semaglutide, HRT. I look great (I get lots of compliments on my skin, and my BMI is 19), but it's expensive and time-consuming. Haters are going to hate on here.

Your BMI is 19! And you are on a semaglutide? WTH. Do you not care about your health and bone density?

19 is a healthy BMI. It's absolutely a fine, healthy weight. Maybe it would be too thin for you personally given your own bone structure, musculature, etc but let's not project your own biases on PP.

18 is considered underweight. In what world it is appropriate for a middle aged perimenopausal woman with a BMI of 19 to be on weight loss injections? What Dr would even write for this? I’m assuming she gets it from some online “doctor”

Off-label prescribing is actually quite common and legal, not just for this drug, but for countless others. My doctor is good. My best friend had a similar reaction, then 2 weeks later, she was on it, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot! Lagree, light botox, high quality medical grade skin care, low dose semaglutide, HRT. I look great (I get lots of compliments on my skin, and my BMI is 19), but it's expensive and time-consuming. Haters are going to hate on here.

Your BMI is 19! And you are on a semaglutide? WTH. Do you not care about your health and bone density?

So even though I was a competitive athlete as a kid, my bone density and muscle tone are the best they've been in my entire adult life (I do DEXA scans every 6 months since starting GLP-1), but I should qualify that with a few things: I do resistance training 5 days a week, I make sure I'm getting enough protein every day, I only microdose GLP-1 now for maintenance and the psychological benefits (I'm finally free from unhealthy food obsession and only eat when I'm hungry), and I take a bunch of supplements including some HRT that I think has been really helpful with bone density and muscle tone. Lagree is $250/month, and GLP1s are $199 per month.

For skin care, I do botox every 4 months and while it's light, I go to a qualified comsetic dermatologist so it's not cheap, and I've recently added frown lines and neck bands. $900 per quarter. I also do lasers once or twice a year for collagen stimulation. $2000 a pop. Skin care is medical-grade. Makeup is light because my skin looks too good to hide - mostly tinted sunscreen, brows, lashes, lips, liquid blush.

Hair is every eight weeks, just a trim and touch-up on color. I have a little grey in my mid forties that is still easy to camouflage.

I do my own nails. I don't love facials. I get a massage once every six months, but I wish it were once a month. I average $5000/year on clothes but I work in a professional office and my income easily justifies the spend.

I know some people will hate this, but it works for me, and it's anonymous, so whatever.

Your bone density peaks at about mid 20s, so no it isn’t “the best it has ever been” at 40 something.

Fair, but my bone density in my DEXA is well above average for my age.

[Anonymous]

It's scary that someone thinks a BMI of 19 is problematic. It's under 18 that you're considered underweight. Most of my family, including myself and my son, were under 18 for years. We are aware of the risks of osteoporosis, and take vit D supplements and know we need to do weight-bearing exercise. My mother, who had never taken supplements in her life and has always been very thin, had her osteoporosis reversed by high doses of vit D and other treatments. So even if you do nothing and have a BMI of 17... you're not going to die before your time. She's out and about at 75, trotting along.