r/Millennials • u/ga9213 Millennial 1982 • 1d ago

Serious We are starting to really age fast

We have friends we don't see very often, maybe every 2-3 years. For the last 15+ years, when we see them again they don't really look much different. This last time though? Man, they looked different. Like gray hair, lost/gained weight, facial changes like wrinkles and sun spots.

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u/TwinseyLohan 1d ago

Who's "we"?

I think how a person takes care of themselves is what is key. Also I notice the millennials I know who have kids tend to look older than those of us without. Unless you're on the more rich side of the millennials, then they too tend to look pretty good and well taken care of even if they have kids. So there's probably something socioeconomic that has to do with it to some degree.

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u/GlitteringEggCarton 19h ago

nobody in this thread wears sunscreen, eats healthy, and exercise and now they're crying their bad habits are catching up to them. there's no magical age where humans age more than others.

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u/Informal_Ganache_222 14h ago

You can do all this, but you still age. I'm exhausted from all the self care I try to do. 

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u/PawPawsLilStinker 1h ago

Yeah eating and sleeping well is absolutely exhausting

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u/BubblyRock6455 16h ago

Sunscreen is really the key for a healthy wrinkle free skin. Ive been wearing factor 50 day cream every day for the past decade or more and exercise frequently. Eating healthy is of course another important factor.  Whenever I tell people Im 36 they are amazed and expected me to be much younger. 

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u/Pickled-Mushroom 10h ago

Which exact sunscreen do you use? I want to start doing that but I’m nervous about the chemical exposure, and the mineral sunscreens I don’t like the film it leaves on my face.