Comments on: A skin care regime for 50-somethings

By: Leslie

Leslie — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 15:40:37 +0000

So true about skin care having become complex. However, it’s really about promoting a certain image through superbly crafted marketing. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, in a free-market economic system such as we have in the U.S. I’m almost 56, and my skin is in great shape. My secret? Soap and water. Inexpensive (under $10.00) moisterizer, no particular brand. Mainly, I have inner peace, as well as a sense of humor. Works as well as spending hundreds of dollars on name-brand hype. (I do like the Burt’s Bees skin care and makeup products, and Crabtree and Evelyn has wonderful fragrances.)

By: irene harvey

irene harvey — Fri, 01 May 2009 23:48:19 +0000

as a 62-year-old woman, i do find all this panic about being 50 kind of cute.
the fifties were a cakewalk. i even got carded in atlanta.

i agree, however, that the real problem is loss of elasticity, not wrinkles. even though i’ve always had super dry skin, i’ve always slapped something on it & so mercifully i don’t have wrinkles.it’s really that simple.

to counteract sagging i do facial exercises–they work! & they’re free.
i have also recently discovered dermasilk 5-minute face lift–to my surprise it works like crazy. it’s about $40 at walgreen’s. on top of that i use SBT Seabuckthorn Berry Cream from Canada. great stuff–even fades the dreaded sun spots.

i used to get snazzy facials in beverly hills. now i don’t bother. i saw there was no long-term benefit.

for a toner i use organic apple cider vinegar. it exfoliates, feeds, tightens & who knows what else. better than the million toners i’ve tried.great for the skin of the whole body.

skin care has gotten a bit complex. my 86-year-old mother has used only vaseline her entire life. & she looks a good 20 years younger.

also i’ve been taking my premarin for 15 years.women who don’t do hrt get old & wrinkly & fat pretty quickly. hormones are youth.the negative hysteria about hrt is bs & destructive to women.

so even though i’m married, men still follow me around. now that’s a successful skin care program.

By: JulieK

JulieK — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:57:26 +0000

“. . . taking advantage of every little thing I’m not doing.” Don’t ya just hate reading your text and finding that typo. /mumbles* ~jk

By: JulieK

JulieK — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:58:59 +0000

For me, 50 was… uneventful. I floated through the next few years waiting for the floodgates to open. In the meantime I began treating my skin better, babying it. All hell broke loose at 57. The face I thought I knew is now hidden behind a mask. I’ve diminished much of what I disliked the most (like you, sagging), but it’s a constant thing. I can’t take a break from it- like, say, get sick. I did that recently and my face is taking advantage of every little I’m not doing! Geesh. ~jk

By: marta

marta — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:33:34 +0000

Niall, I shall definitely look up Laszlo’s Transphuse. And I’ll be the first to let you know if I have other good finds in the neck firming dept: wouldn’t want that beard to get gnome-like.

For hairline, Folligen is worth a try. My husband’s doctor gave him Proscar (finasteride), which he takes very couple of days or so. It took a few years, but he almost has a full head of hair again.

By: Niall

Niall — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:14:58 +0000

I will be 50 in July, and, like you, am not worried about wrinkles (it’s that Irish skin – when my mother passed away at age 82 she had not one wrinkle). However, also like you, my issue is sagging around the neck. Though, as a man, I can mask some of that by having small beard, which I do.

There’s one anti-sagging product I’ve really grown to love, though it is pricey. It’s Erno Laszlo’s TransPhuse night treatment. What I like about it is that it provides a good dose of firming, but it looks very natural. With some firming products you wind up looking like you just had a very, very bad face life.

The only real concern I have facing 50 is that my hairline is now, like the economy, in fully recession. I’ve been watching my beloved widow’s peak disappear, follicle by follicle, over the past six months.

Tempus fuget!