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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think around 40.

Being thin in your 20s-early 30s looks different than thin in your 40s+

As you age, the fat padding under your skin decreases.  This is noticeable in the face of thin women over 40, but also in their hands, wrists, décolletage.  Even if you are diligent in lifting weights to maintain muscle mass, you will still appear more bony in some places. [/quote]

What are you talking about? Women in their 40s look great these days. [/quote]

Not saying you can’t look great.  Just that as thin women age, areas that don’t have a lot of muscle appear more bony- which is aging.  [/quote]

Agree- I think it's about mid 40s when it begins to show objectively so probably around 40 when it begins. Even if you have perfect skin and a fantastic body, the parts that originally don't have a lot between the bones and skin (hands, neck, knees, also areas like eyes and cheek begins to thin and look sunk/gaunt). All of this is very gradual year by year so not immediately noticeable but I do think this process tends to happen later for people with extra pounds.[/quote]

The level of nit-picking here is grotesque. Also not really correct. A lot of what you are describing happens to people whether they have "extra pounds" or not, because people don't tend to carry a ton of weight in their faces, hands, or necks, especially as they age. Lots of women get those bony hands and hollow cheeks AND a middle age paunch and flabby butt. It's true some women retain buoyancy in these areas longer, but I don't think "extra" weight is what does it -- it's just genetics and a predisposition for retaining more volume certain places until a later age.

Y'all just sound soooooo bitter. I'll tell you what, that 40-something woman with the fantastic body and perfect skin, and no extra pounds, could not care less that you think her hands look a little bony. I mean, good god.[/quote]

Of course it is normal aging, but it is more pronounced in women that are already thin to begin with as they hit their 40s.  It isn’t grotesque, it is the reality of aging.  I say this as a 40 yr old thin woman.  [/quote]
Menopause is coming for all of us, thin or plump.  We will all start to get a bit thicker in the middle and may put on a few pounds as a result of the natural aging process.  If you think that there is a significant difference between thinner or thicker women in this respect, you are deluded.   Try to stay active and fit, eat a whole foods/low processed diet, and you will be fine. Chasing youth is a losing game. [/quote]

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