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I turn 40 this year and I am fine with my body changes and wrinkles but I think I might color my hair- I feel like my gray hairs are getting worse and they make me feel old

I'm 34 this year too, in a couple of months. I have definitely been noticing a lot of changes. I actually thought for about 6 months post partum that my body had held up okay, I was liking what I was seeing and my clothes were fitting okay - but the less I breastfed, the more weight I gained back, and now I'm above what I was pre-pregnancy. Sad face. My anxiety/distress about this has been compounded by the fact that 2 of my close friends have both had a dramatic weight loss in the last 2 years, while I've had quite a dramatic weight gain.

The one positive side effect of the weight gain is that wrinkles seem to be mostly at bay - my skin is mostly cooperating with me these days but I still get acne sometimes.

Basically I know I'm looking much older! I just try not to look at facebook pics from 5+ years ago too much

I turned 31 in January and, for the first time in a long time, after the last almost 4 years of pregnancy, breastfeeding, and birthing 2 babies, I feel good. If you had asked me a year ago, freshly postpartum with baby 2, I would have broken down into tears and cried I looked old and frumpy.

Now, my skin is going back to normal and not *as* prone to breakouts, not many wrinkles at all due to fair skin and majorly protecting my skin from the sun my whole life, and I'm back in my pre-first baby size. I have a cute new haircut, dyed it red a couple of months ago, (knock on wood I still haven't gotten a single grey!) and am enjoying feeling like myself again. Yes, my body is different: softer, more spider veins on my legs, darker circles, a few little fine lines around my eyes, no idea what my boobs will do once I finally stop nursing completely, but honestly, I feel really really good right now, with a confidence I just didn't have in my 20s.

I'm 37 this year and I think fairly well. People tend to be surprised that I am in my (gasp) late 30s. I don't usually get carded anymore or anything, but I think I look pretty good. I have some fine lines but not too much and I highlight my hair anyway so I know I have a few grays, but they don't show. My body is a bit saggier but I am thin and fairly fit so I still look fine in clothes and I even rocked a bikini on our last vacation and DH said I looked hot THey saggier parts are entirely because of having had a baby and not because of age though. I was 35 when I had him and my boobs were high and firm then, lol. My parents look young for their age so I hope I continue to grow old gracefully. If not, whatever.

I turn 34 in June and for the most part, I think I'm doing well. I've become better about having a (pretty) good diet, exercising regularly and taking good care of my skin. Things I dislike? Some recent gray hair arrivals, spider veins and a varicose vein(!).

I'm 27 but I regularly get mistaken for a few years younger, so that's cool. Most people guess about 24. I try to be fairly diligent about moisturizing my face and I prefer to be pale, so I avoid the sun and wear sunscreen. My mom didn't start really showing her age until she hit her 50s, so things look positive for me.

Looking at myself, I can see the wrinkles starting under my eyes and a bit on my forehead. My boobs and tummy are saggy from birthing a 10.5lb monster child but I've lost 25lbs this year already, so I honestly feel better about my body than I have in a long time though.

I'll be 34 here very soon & so far I think I've aged fairly well...people generally think I'm considerably younger so that makes me happy. I try to eat fairly healthy, wear sunscreen & try to take care of myself. Lack of sleep has given me what looks like two black eyes in the morning but that's nothing a good corrector/concealer can't fix

I had skin cancer at 26 because I was irresponsible about sun protection, it was a huge wake up call. I think my skin looks younger now than 5 years ago. I'll be 31 in a few weeks and think I look great for my age. I could be in better shape, so I'm joining a gym 8 weeks pp to tone up.

Im 35 and think I've been aging pretty well. I try to take care of my skin and really don't have any lines (I'm one of those crazy people who have been using eye cream since 18). I haven't noticed a metabolism
Slowdown yet either . I have a lot of gray hair,
Which I color but I've had them since
My early-mid 20's.

I'm 34 and I'm just starting to get panicky about wrinkles and my facial skin. I've always taken pretty good care of it, but hello forehead wrinkles and fine lines! I've also noticed more grey hairs in the last year or two. I'm lucky that I've had a good body image for the last decade and I'm still mostly happy with body after two pregnancies.

Along these lines, I will just say that I will very, very strongly encourage my daughter to take care of her skin always. This is more about sun protection from a health angle, but still - it applies for aging, too. I was very careless when I was younger and spent a lot of time outdoors while wearing either no protection (since I tan easily) or tanning oil and I tanned in tanning beds in high school/college. I stopped doing that in my 20's and I am very lucky that (knock on wood) there haven't been any major repercussions and my skin still looks pretty good, aside from a few sun spots and lots of moles that I need to get checked yearly. Every time I go to my dermatologist for those checks I get nervous, thinking my days of carefree sun exposure are going to catch up with me

@Anagram: Same here. Pale and getting wrinkly.

My wrinkles are pretty much only on my forehead (for now) and I hate it. I have chronic bangs because of it, even though I am super tired of them. I did get botox once before having DS and loved the look (I only had a little, so I didn't have the immobile expressionless face), but I did not love the price or the "feeling" of it. I would do it again though if I was really feeling bad about it, just not routinely.

@ValentineMommy: @Cherrybee: My problem area are the wrinkles coming out from the corner of each eye. There's a word for them that I can't think of now.

But I also had botox twice when I was 29 just for fun--I know that sounds weird, but I used to get massages at a medical spa, and once they invited existing clients to a spa party night, where they gave free trials for lazer hair removal and much cheaper botox trial (like just 6 spot injections total, which isn't much). So I talked to the doctor about the laser hair treatment, and he convinced me to try the botox "for prevention", and I was SHOCKED that I could tell a difference, but not one person in my life--not even my now husband--could tell. It was very subtle, and just smoothed out the light (at the time) lines right by the corner of my eyes.

I certainly have the laugh lines and forehead wrinkles at 34, and while my boobs were never perky, they got pretty bad after I stopped pumping for LO. I think they're the things that have taken the biggest hit age wise for me. I am also starting to grey quite a bit...might be time for a color!

@2PeasinaPod: yes! Crow's feet. What an attractive name.

Look! I'm in good company

I am 30, I have no idea b/c I'm 4 mo pp so I don't even know what was from giving birth and what is aging lol!

I will be turning 28 in a month. I FEEL really old. I feel like I look a lot older than I used to, no longer looking in my 20's even though I'm still IN my 20's. I have put on a bunch of weight and now my pants don't fit. blarg. Doesn't help that my life has a few really stressful things going on!

I decided last week that I'm done pouting and I'm going to start making time for myself. Getting my hair done to cover the grey. Taking care of my face and moisturising with a good face lotion and body butter for my legs and arms and everywhere else! The last few days I've felt a lot better, kinda like a hot mama, and I'm kind of hoping I can keep this up.

I’ll be 34 this year and I think I’m aging pretty well (if I do say so myself!). I often get mistaken for being younger, and I’m pale as a ghost so I’ve always worn sunscreen, hats, etc. which I’m thanking myself for now. I also have used really high quality skincare products since my mid-20’s, which I think has also helped; and I get facials regularly. I also have oily skin, so while I’ve always battled acne, the positive trade-off is my skin isn’t prone to wrinkles, and I don’t see any around my eyes yet.

My hair has been going gray since my 20’s and I’ve been coloring it for a decade now. I used to color it myself, but my grays have definitely getting a lot worse in the past year because I cannot get at-home color to hold for more than a few weeks, so I’ve gone back to getting it colored at a salon every 6 weeks.

I drink a lot of water, and eat a pretty clean, balanced diet and I’m happy with my weight- though I need to tone up like nobody’s businesses.

I have no shame in saying I will look into getting some “work” done in the future. I’m looking into lipo/tummy tuck/something for my midsection once we decide 100% we are done. I also would like to get laser (?) removal/treatment of some of the acne scars I have, but that isn’t so much related to aging, I just want to get it done. I would be down with botox or similar treatments once I see lines around my eyes.

We went to a basketball game the other day and when we got beers they asked my husband for his ID but not for mine. He's 5 years older than me I am starting to notice a few creases between my eyes--that part right above my nose. Honestly I think being overweight has a lot to do with it. Husband is really fit and has a babyface, but he does have more wrinkles than me, so there's that. I'm 30, he's nearly 35.