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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 48 and quite gray. I have been gray throughout my forties, so it isn't new for me. What is new is that my face now matches my hair. For many years I had a young face and gray hair, and the combo was striking and interesting. In the last year my eyelids started to droop, I have lines around my mouth, I have under the chin wattle. Even my teeth have gotten in on things - they have started to move, and the orthodontia from my teen years has gone to pot. So, at 48, with my gray hair, I look probably mid fifties. I am not someone who cares deeply about the sort of beauty you get from being made up or wearing certain clothes, so I thought looking older wasn't going to bother me so much. But it does bother me, and I dislike being mis-aged, if that makes sense. I wouldn't mind looking 48 now, and I don't think I'll mind looking 60 when I am 60. But it makes me nuts that in order to simply look my age I have to color my hair when having gray hair is age appropriate for 48 year olds. All this to say that this is hard for lots of us, even those of us who believe we are not that into beauty. Instead of giving in to coloring my hair, which I hated doing, I am working at doing things that make me feel good. Being strong makes me feel younger, so I stay active. I find that when I can DO THINGS with my body I appreciate it much more, and am much less critical of its flaws. So I'm going with that. Be kind to yourself, OP, whatever you choose to do.[/quote]
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