I do think that in some circumstances being too thin can make you look older. I think it is more common with older generations, where women have never worked out or lifted weights, and stay thin by barely eating. I’m talking about older women who are so frail they look like you can snap their arms like a twig. Many of those same women came of age in generations where they smoked and baked in the sun for hours, so their skin shows obvious signs of aging and sun damage.

I think you are ahead of the curve if you lift weights regularly. I used to take a daily boot camp class, and the instructor was 60 and he literally had a better body than many 30 year olds. There is no way to stop aging, but if you workout (including lifting weights), maintain a BMI in the normal range, take care of your skin, stay out of the sun and wear sunscreen daily, you should be better off than many other women your age, in the looks department.

Anonymous wrote:Luckiest women this age are those who are thin with a full baby face. My DF had that, and when she was younger, she always moaned that no matter how fit she was, her face looked fat. Now in her 40s it's great, she's still fit and the fullness of her face makes her look younger.

whats a DF?

When you are a toddler. Nothing wrong with a little chubby there.

Anonymous wrote:The hands also start to look like skeleton claws.

And women put fillers in their hands too!

The hands also start to look like skeleton claws.

There is an age where being unhealthy makes your life extremely miserable, if it doesn't kill you.

So... you should worry about that, instead of your looks, OP.

Yep. I feel like I looked prettier when I was pregnant because my face filled out.

One of my neighbors is 58 and very fit. If you saw her from a distance, you'd think she was about 35. Up close, 65. She's just a *little* too thin.

Luckiest women this age are those who are thin with a full baby face. My DF had that, and when she was younger, she always moaned that no matter how fit she was, her face looked fat. Now in her 40s it's great, she's still fit and the fullness of her face makes her look younger.

Yes, but it depends on how thin. I have friends who looked great in their 20s with stick thin boyish figures. Now, at 44, they look much older than our other classmates.

Part of it depends on your facial bone structure. I have very high/defined cheekbones and jaw and a high forehead/long face. What's striking when you're younger starts to look more alienish as you get older if you're skinny. Look at Courtney Cox and Victoria Beckham. I think someone with a rounder/softer face doesn't need to worry as much about this.

This is one reason why women get fillers.