Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 08:10     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
Hair that does not have enough grey enough to give in, but has too much grey to go more than four weeks between touch-ups without looking unpolished.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 08:00     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
Anonymous wrote:- insomnia
- droopy half closed eyes
- fatter face
- knee pain
- aging spots on my skin


Did I type that?? I have all of those. My right eyelid will no longer open fully and it truly alarms me but the eye doc didn't seem overly concerned.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 07:16     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
Mid-40s F. The weight gain without doing anything different. Sometimes my feet randomly hurt. Stiff shoulder sometimes.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 06:56     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
Anonymous wrote:Crepey decolletage from sun damage from being a short sighted young person

Food stuck in teeth too

Thinning eyebrows, I need to watch some videos on what to do about that

Going to bed so early. 10pm is way too late

Health issues. I have so many doctors. Not really lifestyle related, just bad luck


I put rogaine on my eyebrows. It helps
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 06:46     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
Anonymous wrote:Giant pores all over my face out of nowhere. 1st sign of aging. Nothing to fix it.


My young adult DD had me double cleansing first with an oil cleanser and using Paula’s Choice BHA. She tells me my pores look much smaller. It’s hard for me to see a difference because my aging eyes can’t see the fine details anymore.
Anonymous
Post 06/04/2025 02:31     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
- insomnia
- droopy half closed eyes
- fatter face
- knee pain
- aging spots on my skin
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 21:16     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
People in my family start having grey hair in their 20s. I never associated it with getting old.

Last summer when it was 100 degrees in DC for a while, I felt like I looked 10 years older. Never experienced it before and it was depressive. Then when it got cooler, my face looked normal again.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 19:25     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
Realizing that I have no patience for people anymore because I think the vast majority of people are effing idiots.
Anonymous
Post 06/03/2025 19:22     Subject: Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?
No longer being able to bounce right out of bed. I used to tease my younger husband about how long it took him and the vocalizations he made. I’ve had my comeuppance.