40-50 yo women beauty/fitness routines

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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”

You're missing the point.

PP was likely at an unhealthy BMI when she started weight loss injections and now continues taking them to maintain her HEALTHY weight at 19 BMI. She didn't start taking GLP-1 with a 19 BMI.

Again, I think this is some warped thinking on your part. BMI 25 is outside of the healthy range even if it means you wear a US size medium and look 'normal' compared to your (also largely overweight) peers.

19 is not a heathy BMI when you are over 40. It just isn’t. You can’t have enough muscle mass to get you through aging with a BMI of 19. Gaining 10 lbs would only put BMI up to maybe 21. But really, as you head into 50s, a BMI 22-23 is more ideal

Right. We’ll take your opinion over science.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Another DP. What if PP was making a moral judgment? It seem perfectly fine to me to question why so many, particularly those who post on these boards, have bought into the necessity of $ medical/chemical interventions to try and slow down the inevitable. It seems fine to question the effects on what we consider normal aging and whether we are losing our ability to identify it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Another DP. What if PP was making a moral judgment? It seem perfectly fine to me to question why so many, particularly those who post on these boards, have bought into the necessity of $ medical/chemical interventions to try and slow down the inevitable. It seems fine to question the effects on what we consider normal aging and whether we are losing our ability to identify it.

Question all you want. Those same women may be questioning why you let yourself go. Some people want to optimize their health and appearance and others don’t.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Another DP. What if PP was making a moral judgment? It seem perfectly fine to me to question why so many, particularly those who post on these boards, have bought into the necessity of $ medical/chemical interventions to try and slow down the inevitable. It seems fine to question the effects on what we consider normal aging and whether we are losing our ability to identify it.

Question all you want. Those same women may be questioning why you let yourself go. Some people want to optimize their health and appearance and others don’t.

Let go = don’t put chemicals in my face? Ok. lol. You are showing us the problem. Thanks for that.

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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

NP. Thanks for posting this! Which moisturizers do you recommend?

Hi! I like talking about my skincare routine, haha. My specific skin concerns are fine lines around eyes, dullness and clogged pores. I use a combo of moisturizers to “plump” up my skin and to protect the skin barrier because of the active products I use. Tretinoin is the center of my routine and (alternating) I also use surface exfoliants: AHA acid (glycolic) to address texture/dullness and a BHA acid (salicylic) to address clogged pores. I use very gentle acids (caudalie brightening glycolic peel mask & Paula’s choice bha lotion exfoliant).

The moisturizers I use nightly (esp to address reactions to tretinoin) are:
-barrier serum: MA:NYO Bifida Biome Complex Ampoule Serum
-barrier moisturizer: AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides
OR
-Skin Fix
-Also, when I first started using tret, or if I’ve been in the sun a lot that day, I use La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Balm B5, Healing Ointment

In the morning, I use:
-La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair UV SPF Moisturizer
-cerave eye repair cream

Also, I still love the cerave peptide night cream and while it’s not as potent as what I’m using now, sometimes I’ll put the peptide cream on during the day if I’m WFH and taking a bathroom break, maybe that’s weird, anyways…

[Anonymous]

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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

NP. Thanks for posting this! Which moisturizers do you recommend?

Hi! I like talking about my skincare routine, haha. My specific skin concerns are fine lines around eyes, dullness and clogged pores. I use a combo of moisturizers to “plump” up my skin and to protect the skin barrier because of the active products I use. Tretinoin is the center of my routine and (alternating) I also use surface exfoliants: AHA acid (glycolic) to address texture/dullness and a BHA acid (salicylic) to address clogged pores. I use very gentle acids (caudalie brightening glycolic peel mask & Paula’s choice bha lotion exfoliant).

The moisturizers I use nightly (esp to address reactions to tretinoin) are:
-barrier serum: MA:NYO Bifida Biome Complex Ampoule Serum
-barrier moisturizer: AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides
OR
-Skin Fix
-Also, when I first started using tret, or if I’ve been in the sun a lot that day, I use La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Balm B5, Healing Ointment

In the morning, I use:
-La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair UV SPF Moisturizer
-cerave eye repair cream

Also, I still love the cerave peptide night cream and while it’s not as potent as what I’m using now, sometimes I’ll put the peptide cream on during the day if I’m WFH and taking a bathroom break, maybe that’s weird, anyways…

I don’t believe tret does anything - I’ve seen no changes on my middle aged face and it’s done nothing for my teen with acne. Why does everyone think it’s the magic elixir?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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

NP. Thanks for posting this! Which moisturizers do you recommend?

Hi! I like talking about my skincare routine, haha. My specific skin concerns are fine lines around eyes, dullness and clogged pores. I use a combo of moisturizers to “plump” up my skin and to protect the skin barrier because of the active products I use. Tretinoin is the center of my routine and (alternating) I also use surface exfoliants: AHA acid (glycolic) to address texture/dullness and a BHA acid (salicylic) to address clogged pores. I use very gentle acids (caudalie brightening glycolic peel mask & Paula’s choice bha lotion exfoliant).

The moisturizers I use nightly (esp to address reactions to tretinoin) are:
-barrier serum: MA:NYO Bifida Biome Complex Ampoule Serum
-barrier moisturizer: AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides
OR
-Skin Fix
-Also, when I first started using tret, or if I’ve been in the sun a lot that day, I use La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Balm B5, Healing Ointment

In the morning, I use:
-La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair UV SPF Moisturizer
-cerave eye repair cream

Also, I still love the cerave peptide night cream and while it’s not as potent as what I’m using now, sometimes I’ll put the peptide cream on during the day if I’m WFH and taking a bathroom break, maybe that’s weird, anyways…

I don’t believe tret does anything - I’ve seen no changes on my middle aged face and it’s done nothing for my teen with acne. Why does everyone think it’s the magic elixir?

PP that you quoted:
It may be possible that your skin is resistant to the retinoid, which is uncommon but not unheard of. Assuming a retinoid formulation of adequate strength used for a long enough period, it’s a pretty straightforward reaction. The retinoic acid (similar to one the body produces) binds to the skin cell nucleus and then causes cell turnover—which for me, has caused pretty dramatic visible results for my skin.
When people say otc retinols (most of which are so weak so as to have no real potency, despite expensive packaging) have no effect, that makes sense to me. But rx retinoids actually do cause cellular changes.
If the retinoid is not having an effect, I would hypothesize it’s because 1) your skin cells do not express the receptors that the retinoid would bind to (this is just one of those genetic mutation things), or 2) your skin might just have a thick barrier that the retinoid can’t penetrate.

[Anonymous]

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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”

You're missing the point.

PP was likely at an unhealthy BMI when she started weight loss injections and now continues taking them to maintain her HEALTHY weight at 19 BMI. She didn't start taking GLP-1 with a 19 BMI.

Again, I think this is some warped thinking on your part. BMI 25 is outside of the healthy range even if it means you wear a US size medium and look 'normal' compared to your (also largely overweight) peers.

19 is not a heathy BMI when you are over 40. It just isn’t. You can’t have enough muscle mass to get you through aging with a BMI of 19. Gaining 10 lbs would only put BMI up to maybe 21. But really, as you head into 50s, a BMI 22-23 is more ideal

You realize that there are lots of different body types that exist, right? You can't make determinations of body composition solely from BMI measurements. A 19 BMI can be plenty muscular on a corresponding frame. You also realize that the BMI scale was based on northern European population data? If you are not part of this ethnic group, the low and high ends of the the scale probably don't apply to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

NP. Thanks for posting this! Which moisturizers do you recommend?

Hi! I like talking about my skincare routine, haha. My specific skin concerns are fine lines around eyes, dullness and clogged pores. I use a combo of moisturizers to “plump” up my skin and to protect the skin barrier because of the active products I use. Tretinoin is the center of my routine and (alternating) I also use surface exfoliants: AHA acid (glycolic) to address texture/dullness and a BHA acid (salicylic) to address clogged pores. I use very gentle acids (caudalie brightening glycolic peel mask & Paula’s choice bha lotion exfoliant).

The moisturizers I use nightly (esp to address reactions to tretinoin) are:
-barrier serum: MA:NYO Bifida Biome Complex Ampoule Serum
-barrier moisturizer: AESTURA ATOBARRIER365 Cream with Ceramides
OR
-Skin Fix
-Also, when I first started using tret, or if I’ve been in the sun a lot that day, I use La Roche-Posay Cicaplast Balm B5, Healing Ointment

In the morning, I use:
-La Roche-Posay Toleriane Double Repair UV SPF Moisturizer
-cerave eye repair cream

Also, I still love the cerave peptide night cream and while it’s not as potent as what I’m using now, sometimes I’ll put the peptide cream on during the day if I’m WFH and taking a bathroom break, maybe that’s weird, anyways…

I don’t believe tret does anything - I’ve seen no changes on my middle aged face and it’s done nothing for my teen with acne. Why does everyone think it’s the magic elixir?

PP that you quoted:
It may be possible that your skin is resistant to the retinoid, which is uncommon but not unheard of. Assuming a retinoid formulation of adequate strength used for a long enough period, it’s a pretty straightforward reaction. The retinoic acid (similar to one the body produces) binds to the skin cell nucleus and then causes cell turnover—which for me, has caused pretty dramatic visible results for my skin.
When people say otc retinols (most of which are so weak so as to have no real potency, despite expensive packaging) have no effect, that makes sense to me. But rx retinoids actually do cause cellular changes.
If the retinoid is not having an effect, I would hypothesize it’s because 1) your skin cells do not express the receptors that the retinoid would bind to (this is just one of those genetic mutation things), or 2) your skin might just have a thick barrier that the retinoid can’t penetrate.

I switched from topical retinoid to low-dose Accutane in perimenopause at my dermatologist's suggestion (acne flare-up), and I respond better to it. They serve the same purpose.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Stop pitting women against each other. If a woman does or doesn’t do anything it’s not a moral argument or representative of anything larger. It’s individual choices. Stop the madness.

DP It's a valid comparison, and I don't think the PP was making a moral judgement or pitting women against each other. I prefer watching actors male or female who look relatively normal, and it's relevant to the discussion to caution about using extreme measures in a losing battle against aging.

Well, she responded with “big girl” so doubling down on the misogyny is telling. She’s upholding the patriarchy as much as the others she believes are doing so because they use a skin serum.

I think you both need to ask yourselves why you need to insert your opinion here? People can think whatever they want, it’s in the sharing that makes it an agenda since the thread isn’t “what are your thoughts on beauty routines after 50?”

She also criticized HRT as nothing more than part of preposterous beauty regime, when the benefits include lowered incidence of osteoporosis which is a leading cause of death…fracture = hospital = reduced mobility and other infections like pneumonia.

[Anonymous]

Regimen obvs.

[Anonymous]

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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”

You're missing the point.

PP was likely at an unhealthy BMI when she started weight loss injections and now continues taking them to maintain her HEALTHY weight at 19 BMI. She didn't start taking GLP-1 with a 19 BMI.

Again, I think this is some warped thinking on your part. BMI 25 is outside of the healthy range even if it means you wear a US size medium and look 'normal' compared to your (also largely overweight) peers.

19 is not a heathy BMI when you are over 40. It just isn’t. You can’t have enough muscle mass to get you through aging with a BMI of 19. Gaining 10 lbs would only put BMI up to maybe 21. But really, as you head into 50s, a BMI 22-23 is more ideal

You realize that there are lots of different body types that exist, right? You can't make determinations of body composition solely from BMI measurements. A 19 BMI can be plenty muscular on a corresponding frame. You also realize that the BMI scale was based on northern European population data? If you are not part of this ethnic group, the low and high ends of the the scale probably don't apply to you.

A BMI of 19 AND taking weight loss meds is not going to be muscular. Get real

[Anonymous]

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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”

You're missing the point.

PP was likely at an unhealthy BMI when she started weight loss injections and now continues taking them to maintain her HEALTHY weight at 19 BMI. She didn't start taking GLP-1 with a 19 BMI.

Again, I think this is some warped thinking on your part. BMI 25 is outside of the healthy range even if it means you wear a US size medium and look 'normal' compared to your (also largely overweight) peers.

19 is not a heathy BMI when you are over 40. It just isn’t. You can’t have enough muscle mass to get you through aging with a BMI of 19. Gaining 10 lbs would only put BMI up to maybe 21. But really, as you head into 50s, a BMI 22-23 is more ideal

You realize that there are lots of different body types that exist, right? You can't make determinations of body composition solely from BMI measurements. A 19 BMI can be plenty muscular on a corresponding frame. You also realize that the BMI scale was based on northern European population data? If you are not part of this ethnic group, the low and high ends of the the scale probably don't apply to you.

A BMI of 19 AND taking weight loss meds is not going to be muscular. Get real

Why are you so hung up on this? If you're happy with your current BMI of 22-23 and your beauty and fitness regime, feel free to share it; people who relate might get something out of it. So what if not everyone on here agrees with your ideal?

[Anonymous]

Age 56. 5’4”, 115 lbs.

Hair: Trim every 3-6 months. $50/per at Hair Cuttery.

Face: Cetaphil soap ($10 Target dupe) + Oil of Olay with sunscreen ($15)

Fitness:
Horse: $35,000
Horse board: $1,400/month (includes lessons with trainer)
Monthly vet/farrier/misc: $300/month
Trailer: $10,000
Truck: $20,000 + $150 per tank of gas
Show entries, hunt membership, clinics, etc.: Let’s just stop counting, shall we?

Everyone’s priorities are different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:43
Strength train 5x week with the peloton app
Walk the dog on the trails every day
Root color every month
Pedicures in the summer
Forehead Botox 2x year
GLP-1
HRT
Adapalene
Sunscreen every day, drugstore makeup

Why are you on HRT at 43? I feel like so many women here are so extreme. All of this money and horseshit, baby Botox this and microdosing GLPs that and all of this fqing spending and bragging. And for what, be real.

I watch Slow Horses on Apple and because I was bored and watched it before, The Morning Show queued up for me. Both Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon are doing all of this sh!t and neither is technically Jocelyn Wildebstein and yet they both look strange, ugly, and cheap as hell next to Kristen Scott Thomas.

Happy to answer your questions - I’m on HRT because I’m in perimenopause and was having symptoms that were really messing with my day to day life. It has been life changing - I can’t recommend it enough.
I do Botox for tension headaches that have plagued me since the advent of working long hours in front of a screen. So perhaps I shouldn’t include it as part of my “beauty routine,” though it certainly helps. Another life changing addition that has drastically reduced my reliance on medication.
The GLP-1 is because I’m borderline diabetic, which runs in my family. It also has the benefit of weight control along with controlling my A1C, which had steadily risen throughout my 30s (despite lots of exercise, strict diet, and adding all kinds of supplements).

Having a low BMI increases risk of early menopause