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pretty good. being fat has some advantages. the extra pounds poof out the wrinkles. that, and good genes. i have every reason you describe to have wrinkles all over. you win some, you lose some.

AND you look fabulous.

first, yay for clear lungs x-rays!

I try to take care of my skin properly now. I use good products and try to eat healthy. now, that's just the theory. actually, I eat caramels for dinner and put on my kids' lotion because I can't find mine.

the truth is, I don't mind my skin as much as I worry about the white hair! I'm not even 30 and I have plenty!

Hi!
We are all gonna get wrinkles - I am getting mine - courtesy of old age and mainly THE CHILDREN.
I also get those terrible cold sore things.
I am now trying to go for a facial once a month.

So glad to hear Parker is better!

I don't do much to my skin, my theory being the less I do to it the better it will hold up in the long run. I moisturize when I can remember and wash with Dove soap. That's about it. It's holding up okay, although I seem to be in the midst of a teenage acne re-enactment.

It's pretty much all over for me, I'm almost 55. Shocking when it first starts, though, isn't it? Then you get used to it. You wind up creating a new self-image based on more internal things, which ain't bad. It's actually a relief.

And it's kind of true -- what JenB says. If you're skinny, the wrinkle situation is outrageous. But honestly, it does stop mattering after a while, so take heart.

Yay for you and Parker!!

I became obsessed two years ago with my skin. Extremely pale, and thin and at 28 all of a sudden all I could see were lines every where on my face. Two years later, I slather on the sunscreen, use a moisturizer and drink water and I am satisfied that I haven't gotten any worse- yet. As long as my man and my kids aren't calling me "Leather face" I think I'm ok. Good luck with your wrinkes, I mean, lines.

Good news on the Parker front! Yay!

As for skin - I try not to think too much about it. With sensitive skin (which is also "combination" - a polite way of saying a mess) I can't put anything on it without it getting angry. I wash, I gently moisturize when it hurts, and I ignore it..

I figure it'll all even out between the skin-types when we're 90 and sitting around the nursing home bitching. :)

I've got greys sprouting everywhere too. I'm 30, how can that be happening. As for wrinkles, wear glasses, you don't notice them behind frames ;-)

Glad your boy is in the clear. Must be a lot of stress lifted off your shoulders.

I'm so happy Parker is better!

My skin-- totally awful. Zits, dark circles and wrinkes around my eyes, wrinkes around my mouth and between my eyebrows. The freckles make me look younger, until you really look and then I look much older. And the grey hair is getting totally out of hand. I don't want to be 20 again, but staying at 32 for a bit longer would have been just fine!

It really is true about the weight. I just turned 40 and just lost 35 pounds. I think I look alot older now. It's not so much wrinkles, but the jowls and crepe paper neck..oh, also the saggy boobs. Time for me to stary focusing on the "inner beauty".

dude, i so know what you mean about the wrinkles -- i recently invested in eye cream for the first time ever! but i am notoriously bad at caring for my skin, so i can't really complain. plus, i've got my mum's korean genes to thank for still looking pretty young at 36! my poor hubby, though? graying hair and crow's feet! i've started calling him the cryptkeeper. heh. not nice, but it IS funny.

SO glad parker's on the mend.

I'm one of them who had acne issues as a teen (and still do when I ovulate -yay ovaries!) and now I'm making up for it with OK skin, though it's kinda patchy from acne and my pores are really visible but I only have hints at crows feet. But I'm on the 'young' end of the 30's and only have ONE kid so I'm not much of a gauge.

I'm torn about the whole Take Care Of Your Skin Now So It Looks Good When You're Old school of thought and the Who Cares, Be Natural And If You're Wrinkly It Just Makes You Look Wise idea.

I wash my face daily and moisturize with SPF, but not much else. I'm blessed with see through skin so you can see every freckle, every line and every blemish.

Unfortunately, being so tired makes my eyes look yellow, not black. So I have yellow around my eyes and a white white face. I look sickly. Yuck.

I am so glad that Parker is better!
Re: skin: I tend to agree with jenB.- I am, um, not skinny, and my mother looked 60 at 80. I am 56 with no wrinkles to speak of, really, and just a tiny bit of gray at the temples, which is hardly noticeable. But, you know, if you ask me whether so-and-so has/has not got wrinkles for her age, I couldn't even tell you. That isn't what people love you for!

Funny, my doctor said the same thing to me & my sister when we were teens. She was trying to reassure my sister (who got all the acne genes, poor girl) that there would be a flip side to the bad skin times. Thanks, doc...I needed that complex.

I shouldn't complain. I started a daily moisturizer regimen by the time I was 26 or so, and it's working thus far. I think. Not many wrinkles yet...

I have dry, dry, dry skin. So I wash it with 100% pure castile soap that I make, and moisturize with a whipped shea butter/aloe/evening primrose/avocado oil "skin souffle" that I make. Yeah, I'm a freak. One of these days I'm going to get that formula perfected so I can offer it for sale. Few people have skin as dry as mine, I think, so I'd have to tone it down a bit.

i'm so glad parker is better!

I was so glad that I happened upon this site. It made me feel better to read that other women are feeling and worrying about the same things I am. I am 38 and have a 16 year old son (was the "young" Mom with him) and 1 and 3 year daughters (I worry about being the "old" Mom with them). I am hypersensitive to every new wrinkle and sag.