Why do women look so different as they get older? (salons, light)

[purehuman]

In answer to the question: Why do women look different as they get older?...Come on....I know you really mean....Why do women look better when they get older?.....Don't worry, your turn will come!!!

[Charles]

This may be the only time in history where 45-50 year old women look better than their 18-25 year old daughters. Women in their 40s and 50s grew up in the 1980s, the fitness, aerobics era. They kept those good habits. Their kids, now in their 20s are often grungy, video game, indoor video watching - letting it go. I see so many hot moms still working it, hitting the gym, keeping it tight walking next to their slouchy daughters in jeans and sweatshirts.

Probably related, but I read somewhere that this generation of humans may have the longest life expectancy ever - and life expectancies may be declining in the future. Naturally we've lived longer than in the past but the trend is slowing or even stopping as we become more obese and more sedentary.

After all, it's this generation that invented the terms MILF and GILF - those terms would have been unheard of before The Graduate.

[lemon&lime]

They have been used in Europe for 50 years.

Originally Posted by kshe95girl

The efficacy of which has never been proven.

[DewDropInn]

Originally Posted by lemon&lime

They have been used in Europe for 50 years.

They also put fried eggs on top of their hamburgers. Doesn't mean it's a GOOD thing.

[texdav]

I have read studies for example that child birth ages a woman five years. I really don't know but it seems that women often really start to lose their looks at age 35 faster than before that. Maybe its the quicker change really.Maybe its just that men age more gradually over time.Who really knows but hollywood certainly knows it and has for decades.

[hdwell]

The women at my high school renuion looked great! My 30th which was held in 2003, I couldn't believe how good the ladies all looked. Fail on the men however. Most of them had big bellies and little or no hair. Some were still recognizable but most weren't.

Of course 40 is right around the corner (gads!) and it will be interesting for sure.

[Irishiis49]

I am a mom in my forties and have observed my unmarried girlfriends over the years and have noticed they look alot younger then us married ones.I say blame men!!LOL

[cushla]

Must remember that HRT is usually taken to alieviate the problems connected with the menopause not to keep you keep you looking youthful but it does help, it is not a magic formula it just plumps up the skin a little but a few wrinkles are are nothing compared to how some women suffer with the menopause.
As for 30 yr. olds talking about having wrinkles thats nonsense. As is the whole concept of men looking better than women as they age this has been put around by men, some of the men i see who are my age and thats old, look dreadful and have let themselves go.

[Tallysmom]

My grandmother died at 94, and her skin was gorgeous. She used cocoa butter. My mother was 82 when she died and her skin was gorgeous, and she used Jergen's skin cream.

My mother's grandmother was 92 -- skin like peaches and cream -- she used home made lye soap and water.

And my skin? Gorgeous. I tell people I'm 52 and they are stunned -- I usually get late 30's. What all of us have in common? Mainly genetics, but also STAYING THE HELL OUT OF THE SUN.

My grandmother and my great grandmother had to work in the fields at times and they wore hats that shaded their faces, and long sleeves. A lot of the other work they did was inside, keeping the house -- which back then was a LOT harder and very time consuming than today.

I'm not saying products don't help -- but genetics play a huge role, and avoiding the sun comes a near second.

[artemis agrotera]

Originally Posted by DewDropInn

They also put fried eggs on top of their hamburgers. Doesn't mean it's a GOOD thing.

a hamburger is not complete without an egg and beetroot