Looking Old ?

I will need polyfilla for the wrinkles with dulux on top :lol:
CAROL

How odd!!
I'm 65 and just last month the receptionist at my gym guessed my age as 55. I have few wrinkles.
I always took my rather younger look as genetic. My mother at 94 looks about 70. My father was just short of 80 when he died and could have passed for 65 easily.
Hana

I think when we have high bg levels and feel ill it shows in our faces, I know I looked very drawn, poor skin tone, dark circles under my eyes, spots and what not else, definitely older than I was.
But not any more since I have my bg under control (my Hb1ac's have all been in the 4's and low 5's) my skin has improved no end and people think I am years younger than I am.
Plenty of exercise, relaxation, fresh air, esp sea air, and good clean food (veg, protein, berries, fats, antioxidants) is my recipe and a good moisturiser wont do any harm either.

WhitbyJet said:

I think when we have high bg levels and feel ill it shows in our faces, I know I looked very drawn, poor skin tone, dark circles under my eyes, spots and what not else, definitely older than I was.
But not any more since I have my bg under control (my Hb1ac's have all been in the 4's and low 5's) my skin has improved no end and people think I am years younger than I am.
Plenty of exercise, relaxation, fresh air, esp sea air, and good clean food (veg, protein, berries, fats, antioxidants) is my recipe and a good moisturiser wont do any harm either.

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Don't forget good old aqua Judith xx

angua said:

Apparently high bg leaves us looking old :eh:

Horizon: The Truth About Looking Young on BBC Two at 21:00 BST on Monday 23 July

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Hi there!

Now I feel depressed! I shall watch that programme with interest. I'm a firm believer that you are only as young as you feel and that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It's who you are that matters and beauty is only skin deep....and various other cliches.

Smoking, alcohol drunk to excess and ready meals packed with free radicals are all bad for the skin. Drink lots of water, get out and about and eat healthily. The rest is cosmetic. So long as we have friends and family who love us, that's all that matters.

I'm 40 and never wear make up. Occasionally I 'do' moisturiser. I don't even dye my greying fringe. I shall grow old gracefully!

Regards
Juliette x

Juliette
I was a non-make-up wearer in my youth. I had a lovely complexion, but I did wear the smokey eye make up that was fashionable in the late 60s and early 70s.
I did ALWAYS use moisturiser though.
I'd advise any woman and most men to do so. Skin suffers from air pollution and dehydration. Moisturisers simply put on a barrier against drying and getting coated with gunk.
It's better to protect skin than to try to repair it later.
You don't have to use expensive stuff. One of the top rated moisturisers is a supermarket brand which sells at about £2!
Also keep out of the sun and off tobacco. Sunhats work as well as creams. Damaged skin is so aging!
Hana

hanadr said:

Juliette
I did ALWAYS use moisturiser though.
I'd advise any woman and most men to do so. Skin suffers from air pollution and dehydration. Moisturisers simply put on a barrier against drying and getting coated with gunk.
It's better to protect skin than to try to repair it later.

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Thanks Hana

I shall heed your advice.
Juliette xx

I rarely wear makeup but have always used moisturiser. I really have no desire to spend money on expensive cosmetics or plastic surgery and accept the ageing process gracefully. I don't care about age, it is just a number although this diabetes connection has me a little puzzled as people think I am much younger than I actually am.

I thought you might like to read this poem about growing old.
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/warning/

best of all is moisturizer than includes a sun protection factor of 15 or more. It's the most effective thing against wrinkles, and even if you don't care about wrinkles, it's still good to keep your skin protected from the sun. You can get good ones in the cheaper end of the face stuff at the chemists. I'd name my favourite but don't want to be banned for advertising.

Old (not very) Wrinkly Snodger.

hanadr said:

Juliette
I was a non-make-up wearer in my youth. I had a lovely complexion, but I did wear the smokey eye make up that was fashionable in the late 60s and early 70s.
I did ALWAYS use moisturiser though.
I'd advise any woman and most men to do so. Skin suffers from air pollution and dehydration. Moisturisers simply put on a barrier against drying and getting coated with gunk.
It's better to protect skin than to try to repair it later.
You don't have to use expensive stuff. One of the top rated moisturisers is a supermarket brand which sells at about £2!
Also keep out of the sun and off tobacco. Sunhats work as well as creams. Damaged skin is so aging!
Hana

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I quite agree Hana. As I have said before, my skin is in the best condition it's been in for years, and with the re-emergence of my cheek bones I look younger than my age. I still use a decent quality cleanser, toner and moisturiser each day though, and stay out of direct sunlight with no sun protector. I don't smoke, or drink and eat tons of fresh organic veg every day as well as berry's and Greek yogurt. I drink at least 2L of water a day. So, in amongst that lot is the secret to my good skin, hair and nails.

My diagnosis of type 2 has been a great wake up call. At church yesterday comments were made about my loss of weight and good skin tone - one chap said that I looked positively girlish with my 'fresh face' and long locks - I shudder to think how I looked before!!!!!!! )

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I shudder to think how I looked before!!!!!!! )

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It does make you wonder doesn't it? :lol:

I have waist length hair and I honestly don't remember it ever being in the condition it is now. When I was younger, I swam for my school and county so the chlorine did me no favours, but now, its just so glossy.

I am like you, diabetes was the kick I needed and in many ways I am grateful to it.

One of the best moisturizers and probably the cheapest is from Aldi, last year (or could have been the year before) it was voted No 1 above other makes 10 times the price.

Not smoking, drinking alcohol sensibly, eating ample fruit & veg, keeping hydrated and plenty of fresh air/exercise is the key to healthy and youthful looking skin.

I've a babyface .

"You can never be too rich or too thin"
Well I'll never be too rich and intellectually I know I am healthier now but I got the most compliiments I have ever had ,when I was unhealthily thin pre diagnosis. Very defined cheekbones but also so little fat that a long journey in a car became painful (no fat on my behind!)
I asked my OH if I was too gaunt, he said there was no problem....being nice? The only honest person was my daughter.
How do I look now? A bit plumper, though still 'normal' probably, a few more wrinkles. YOu don't get away with losing weight and regaining it but as a 60 year old I'm healthy and think I look OK.

angua said:

Horizon: The Truth About Looking Young on BBC Two at 21:00 BST on Monday 23 July

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Hello again!

I watched this programme and much of what they said was hardly new science. However, I was interested in the idea of a youth pill. Can you imagine being 80 yet having the complexion of a 20 year old? I was born on a leap year, so when I'm technically 84 I shall be celebrating my 21st (if I live that long). Now that will confuse people!

Incidentally, has anyone else read the statistic that diabetics have a 25% shorter life expectancy than normal? Surely this is nowhere near accurate? Surely those of us with good BG control can live a pretty normal life span...maybe even longer than we would have done had we not been alerted to our diabetes and been so strict on sugar levels.

Juliette x

My gran was 91 and had diabetes for over 15 years, so i find the life expectancy a joke to be honest.

As for the youth pills...Couldnt imagine growing old and still looking young lol... Id rather grow old gracefuly than look like some barbie doll

Sharon xx

Hi all, I am 61 and recently diagnosed type 2, interestingly I have always been considered 'young' for my age, my husband is 11 years my junior and friends say that I look a good ten years younger than I am, but just before I was diagnosed I felt 'old' , really old, I lost my darling mum at Christmas and it has hit me very hard and I was not coping very well, so I put the dark circles and puffy eyes and the appearance of wrinkles and dry skin down to constantly being in tears, in fact I put everything I felt down to grief even my bleary eyes and deteriorating vision!! Since being diagnosed I have changed my diet (low carbing) more excercise, and hey presto my 'glow' has returned, in 5 weeks my skin is better, my wrinkles have diappeared along with the dark circles and bags under my eyes, I feel so much better all round, I don't really have much weight to loose but have lost 3 or 4 pounds and best of all I went to the opticians today and they would not test me yet because they said that since they looked at my eyes two weeks ago they have improved dramatically and it would be pointless prescribing until my blood sugars have settled down, they just to keep doing what I am doing 'cos it's obviously working, for the first time since being diagnosed I feel positive, I cannot believe that my new diet has actually improved my eye sight! Just thought I'd share that with you all to prove that it's not all bad.