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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I turned 40 this year. I am black, though pretty fair skinned and I am somewhat annoyed because I thought this was the one area where it was better to be black, LOL! We tend to age better than white women. I look at pictures of myself pre pandemic and now, and there is a visible difference. I take care of my skin, use SPF, eat pretty well, hydrate, etc. In 2020, I was 38 and felt that I looked fine. No wrinkles, no sagging, no eye creases. Now, I look beaten down. The stress of the pandemic took a greater toll on me than I realized. I have forehead wrinkles that didn't exist before, deeper nasolabial folds, and some eye crinkling. At 40, I think I now look 45. Friends have continued to compliment my good skin, and I think it is because they have known me a long time and just aren't noticing the change. I am noticing the change in how I am perceived by the public.

I am not depressed about it, and thinking about beauty/aging doesn't take up much mind space for me, but I can see how for some who traded more on their looks than they realized struggles with fading conventional beauty.

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The pandemic really did a number on many of us. I can't pinpoint it but for me, I just look more tired, like the look in my eyes is that of exhaustion, and "a bit of botox" has no chance of fixing it.[/quote]

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