Is the prettiest woman you personally knew at age 30 still the prettiest at 40? 50?

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The prettiest girl in our class is still very pretty. She is also lovely inside, which I think makes her beautiful.

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Anonymous wrote:In my case, very much no. The pretty women from my late 20s/early 30s have all either overdone the interventions and look weird, or they gained weight and drank too much and look it.

What's your background? Are these old friends wealthy because all the wealthy professional women I know who were really pretty at that age had the funds and time to keep taking care of themselves and are still really pretty now that they are 40s and 50s.

UMC but not wealthy. Most of us work full time and while there's some botox/glp-1s/other interventions going on, I think stress is hitting everyone's looks (including mine).

But the big thing is alcohol/lifestyle. I know a lot of women I thought were just stunning at 29 and now are average looking. Not unattractive, but not gorgeous. And I think it's stress, alcoholic, not getting enough exercise or time outdoors, lack of sleep. I just feel the last 10 years have hit my cohort very hard.

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Only if they didn’t maga their face or hair.

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Anonymous wrote:I have one friend whose mother was a beauty queen and she takes after her mother. She still looks great at 60+. She's definitely used GLP1s recently but who hasn't.

Nobody in my circle is taking any GLP1s. Who are you hanging out with?

They are.

Please. People I've known since college or for the past ten years and have always been a “normal” weight aren’t suddenly going to start taking weight loss drugs.

That would be a very odd decision.

And they’re not celebrities. I doubt a doctor would even be willing to prescribe it for people who aren’t overweight/obese.

Wow you're dumb. I've been a size 4 since college. I got up to a 6-8 after Covid and microdose Zepbound now at 45. Back to my happy weight and it's just a way to make weight maintenance easy. I eat small portions of whatever I like but it's used to take more effort to watch calories etc.

And it was easy to get prescribed. I used Ro. You submit your weight and height etc online. You're not getting weighed in so say whatever you want.

See that sounds miserable. I have no desire to lie to my doctors to abuse prescription drugs.

Also, the people in my circles aren’t clinging to teenage beauty standards. I agree that just about every single teen/20 something looks better if they get to the lower range of BMI weight for their height. However, between 30-50 weighing closer to the middle is much more flattering.

I don’t know anyone who wants to look like a skeleton just like nobody wants to be obese.

There is a balance and you’re on the wrong side of it.

[Anonymous]

My prettiest friend is still my prettiest friend. Slim, porcelain skin, amazing hair, and is a super stylish/put together dresser. She works at it, of course, but she has great genes and is naturally really pretty. She’s also a kind and wonderful person who is whip smart (a writer!).

Also dying at the “no one I know uses GLP1s” PP. it isn’t my cup of tea but I know many who are microdosing for vanity weight purposes.

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Anonymous wrote:I have one friend whose mother was a beauty queen and she takes after her mother. She still looks great at 60+. She's definitely used GLP1s recently but who hasn't.

Nobody in my circle is taking any GLP1s. Who are you hanging out with?

They are.

Please. People I've known since college or for the past ten years and have always been a “normal” weight aren’t suddenly going to start taking weight loss drugs.

That would be a very odd decision.

And they’re not celebrities. I doubt a doctor would even be willing to prescribe it for people who aren’t overweight/obese.

Wow you're dumb. I've been a size 4 since college. I got up to a 6-8 after Covid and microdose Zepbound now at 45. Back to my happy weight and it's just a way to make weight maintenance easy. I eat small portions of whatever I like but it's used to take more effort to watch calories etc.

And it was easy to get prescribed. I used Ro. You submit your weight and height etc online. You're not getting weighed in so say whatever you want.

See that sounds miserable. I have no desire to lie to my doctors to abuse prescription drugs.

Also, the people in my circles aren’t clinging to teenage beauty standards. I agree that just about every single teen/20 something looks better if they get to the lower range of BMI weight for their height. However, between 30-50 weighing closer to the middle is much more flattering.

I don’t know anyone who wants to look like a skeleton just like nobody wants to be obese.

There is a balance and you’re on the wrong side of it.

Your friends probably know this is how you feel and that's the reason they haven't mentioned their GLP-1 use to you.

Signed, a person who was never fat but who used GLP-1 to lose post baby weight and continues a maintenance dose because it just makes life a little easier.

[Anonymous]

People age in ways you can’t predict. Face structure, like high cheekbones, helps holds stuff up. If you have thin skin, you are likely to have fine wrinkles.

If you are anxious, it will show on your face.
People who age the best seem to have the least worries. Stress is toxic. Alcohol too. A little sunshine (not too much) helps.

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Anonymous wrote:My prettiest friend is still my prettiest friend. Slim, porcelain skin, amazing hair, and is a super stylish/put together dresser. She works at it, of course, but she has great genes and is naturally really pretty. She’s also a kind and wonderful person who is whip smart (a writer!).

Also dying at the “no one I know uses GLP1s” PP. it isn’t my cup of tea but I know many who are microdosing for vanity weight purposes.

We're several posters who said that, because I know I only wrote one such posts. It's true. My friends would tell me if they did - they've told me "worse" secrets before. I don't use weight loss drugs either. Since it's not your cup of tea, you should understand this state of mind.

Perhaps we're just in different economic circles? We're a bunch of middle-class parents who are focused on paying for our kids' colleges, and we're normal weight to begin with. So no one in my circle thinks microdosing stuff is worth it...

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Anonymous wrote:I have one friend whose mother was a beauty queen and she takes after her mother. She still looks great at 60+. She's definitely used GLP1s recently but who hasn't.

Nobody in my circle is taking any GLP1s. Who are you hanging out with?

They are.

Please. People I've known since college or for the past ten years and have always been a “normal” weight aren’t suddenly going to start taking weight loss drugs.

That would be a very odd decision.

And they’re not celebrities. I doubt a doctor would even be willing to prescribe it for people who aren’t overweight/obese.

Wow you're dumb. I've been a size 4 since college. I got up to a 6-8 after Covid and microdose Zepbound now at 45. Back to my happy weight and it's just a way to make weight maintenance easy. I eat small portions of whatever I like but it's used to take more effort to watch calories etc.

And it was easy to get prescribed. I used Ro. You submit your weight and height etc online. You're not getting weighed in so say whatever you want.

See that sounds miserable. I have no desire to lie to my doctors to abuse prescription drugs.

Also, the people in my circles aren’t clinging to teenage beauty standards. I agree that just about every single teen/20 something looks better if they get to the lower range of BMI weight for their height. However, between 30-50 weighing closer to the middle is much more flattering.

I don’t know anyone who wants to look like a skeleton just like nobody wants to be obese.

There is a balance and you’re on the wrong side of it.

Your friends probably know this is how you feel and that's the reason they haven't mentioned their GLP-1 use to you.

Signed, a person who was never fat but who used GLP-1 to lose post baby weight and continues a maintenance dose because it just makes life a little easier.

12% of Americans are on weight loss injections.

I know you are responding to the negative judgment of that other poster, but really, there's no need to accuse everyone of microdosing in secret, just to make yourself feel better. I don't care what you do. I don't judge. But I do know that the majority of Americans are not using these meds, A) because they can't afford them, and B) because a lot don't care that much about their appearance.

So instead of pretending that others are lying and secretly using... just accept that different people have different priorities in life.

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Anonymous wrote:I have one friend whose mother was a beauty queen and she takes after her mother. She still looks great at 60+. She's definitely used GLP1s recently but who hasn't.

Nobody in my circle is taking any GLP1s. Who are you hanging out with?

They are.

Please. People I've known since college or for the past ten years and have always been a “normal” weight aren’t suddenly going to start taking weight loss drugs.

That would be a very odd decision.

And they’re not celebrities. I doubt a doctor would even be willing to prescribe it for people who aren’t overweight/obese.

Wow you're dumb. I've been a size 4 since college. I got up to a 6-8 after Covid and microdose Zepbound now at 45. Back to my happy weight and it's just a way to make weight maintenance easy. I eat small portions of whatever I like but it's used to take more effort to watch calories etc.

And it was easy to get prescribed. I used Ro. You submit your weight and height etc online. You're not getting weighed in so say whatever you want.

See that sounds miserable. I have no desire to lie to my doctors to abuse prescription drugs.

Also, the people in my circles aren’t clinging to teenage beauty standards. I agree that just about every single teen/20 something looks better if they get to the lower range of BMI weight for their height. However, between 30-50 weighing closer to the middle is much more flattering.

I don’t know anyone who wants to look like a skeleton just like nobody wants to be obese.

There is a balance and you’re on the wrong side of it.

Your friends probably know this is how you feel and that's the reason they haven't mentioned their GLP-1 use to you.

Signed, a person who was never fat but who used GLP-1 to lose post baby weight and continues a maintenance dose because it just makes life a little easier.

12% of Americans are on weight loss injections.

I know you are responding to the negative judgment of that other poster, but really, there's no need to accuse everyone of microdosing in secret, just to make yourself feel better. I don't care what you do. I don't judge. But I do know that the majority of Americans are not using these meds, A) because they can't afford them, and B) because a lot don't care that much about their appearance.

So instead of pretending that others are lying and secretly using... just accept that different people have different priorities in life.

I think the 12% number actually indicates there are tons of people quietly taking weight loss drugs without announcing it. That's over 1 in 10 people! That's a huge number for a prescription medication. I can't think of another med that commonly used.

But also while GLPs help people lose weight and maintain lower weights, they don't make people prettier. Sometimes the opposite. I definitely have friends who, while very happy with their body weight, have gained a kind of gaunt, fallen look in their face. I know people were calling this Ozempic face for a while, though I associate that term with the more dramatic change you see when someone loses a lot of weight very rapidly. I'm talking about a more subtle shift. One of the tells that someone is taking GLPs for me is when their clothes start fitting better but suddenly they have pronounced jowls and deepened nasolabial folds.

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Anonymous wrote:I have one friend whose mother was a beauty queen and she takes after her mother. She still looks great at 60+. She's definitely used GLP1s recently but who hasn't.

Nobody in my circle is taking any GLP1s. Who are you hanging out with?

They are.

Please. People I've known since college or for the past ten years and have always been a “normal” weight aren’t suddenly going to start taking weight loss drugs.

That would be a very odd decision.

And they’re not celebrities. I doubt a doctor would even be willing to prescribe it for people who aren’t overweight/obese.

Wow you're dumb. I've been a size 4 since college. I got up to a 6-8 after Covid and microdose Zepbound now at 45. Back to my happy weight and it's just a way to make weight maintenance easy. I eat small portions of whatever I like but it's used to take more effort to watch calories etc.

And it was easy to get prescribed. I used Ro. You submit your weight and height etc online. You're not getting weighed in so say whatever you want.

See that sounds miserable. I have no desire to lie to my doctors to abuse prescription drugs.

Also, the people in my circles aren’t clinging to teenage beauty standards. I agree that just about every single teen/20 something looks better if they get to the lower range of BMI weight for their height. However, between 30-50 weighing closer to the middle is much more flattering.

I don’t know anyone who wants to look like a skeleton just like nobody wants to be obese.

There is a balance and you’re on the wrong side of it.

Your friends probably know this is how you feel and that's the reason they haven't mentioned their GLP-1 use to you.

Signed, a person who was never fat but who used GLP-1 to lose post baby weight and continues a maintenance dose because it just makes life a little easier.

12% of Americans are on weight loss injections.

I know you are responding to the negative judgment of that other poster, but really, there's no need to accuse everyone of microdosing in secret, just to make yourself feel better. I don't care what you do. I don't judge. But I do know that the majority of Americans are not using these meds, A) because they can't afford them, and B) because a lot don't care that much about their appearance.

So instead of pretending that others are lying and secretly using... just accept that different people have different priorities in life.

And C) because people who are at a healthy weight, eat a healthy diet, exercise and like the way they look have absolutely no reason to go on a GLP-1.

This is a genuine question - are there reasons a non-diabetic person at a healthy weight and BMI should take a GLP-1?

[Anonymous]

My Mom was 19 when I was born, and was a very pretty women, with beautiful skin, gorgeous green eyes, and auburn hair. She is 80 years old now, no plastic surgery, injections, etc. She looks 10 to 15 years younger than her age, and is still very pretty.

[Anonymous]

Yes and no

[Anonymous]

I think life circumstances can change a person's looks. Some people have tough lives and it shows on their face. I have several friends that aged rapidly due to sad circumstances. Otherwise, most friends are aging well- still beautiful just older.

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Anonymous wrote:I have one friend whose mother was a beauty queen and she takes after her mother. She still looks great at 60+. She's definitely used GLP1s recently but who hasn't.

Nobody in my circle is taking any GLP1s. Who are you hanging out with?

Yes they are you just dont know it.