Discussion»Statements»Rosie's Corner» Your skin thins as you get older and you bruise more easily. Why doesn't it thicken instead? Your body does. Right?
Haha especially around the middle! Don't know if I bruise more easily but perhaps have not reached that point as yet. Takes longer to get over bruises. I think that although we become thick-skinned from experience we miss what we could once take for granted in our youth in missing that we appear more thin-skinned.
You need to become thick skinned as you get older Rosie .....Not always ,but generally everyone including more the government take advantage of the elderly as they are less able to defend themselves as they fall in the pecking order of of life....It's like once you have nothing left to contribute ,your useful days are over...:(
You certainly cost more to keep alive and healthy...
This post was edited by Nice Jugs at April 10, 2018 4:31 AM MDT
What used to bother me before doesn't any more D. In that regard I am thick-skinned. But I bruise easily because my skin is thinner than it used to be. When I have to get blood drawn I always ask for a "butterfly" needle...what they use for children..because a regular needle can go right through a vein. So I'm "delicate/fragile" in that regard but a tough dame otherwise! Thank you for your reply D! :)
LOL. I have always pondered on the fact that the physical parts of our body start to weaken as we become wiser and more sure of ourselves. Perhaps if we all still had our youthful good looks plus the darn wisdom, we all would be pretty nauseatingly arrogant without meaning to be.
This post was edited by PeaPod is just popping by at April 10, 2018 2:35 AM MDT
Geez PeaPod I sure don't know. At about age 50 I began to notice the effect gravity was having on my body. Sagging everywhere began its march. My face isn't wrinkled yet but there are sags here and there. My skin is kinda crepey on my upper arms. I get bruised easily now whereas when I was younger I don't remember it being a problem. I feel tougher and stronger but my body doesn't seem to agree with me. My waist is a bit thicker than it used to be though I am slender. I just wonder why time works so oddly? It thins and thickens which seems contradictory! Now being young and wise? If we are wise we would not be arrogant, right? That would surely be my cuppa tea....young and wise... although I wouldn't want to relive my life. At 80 I've been there and done that and I don't want to have to do it again. I do stroll down memory lane at times but I don't stay there very long. Thank you for your thoughtful reply and Happy Tuesday m'dear! :)
I relate to it all Rosie. It's physically frustrating to say the least.
If I had a chance to be young again and naive, I would skip it. I am a lot happier now and don't take cr*p from anyone. Do I wish I had my younger physicality? Of course! But it is what it is. I am lucky to be in pretty good shape for my age and I just try and accept that I will likely never have a 24" waist again unless I am half dead. I wish I could understand why even slim women get thicker around the waist after age 50. That is frustrating.
It's kinda perplexing. I mean I could be way worse off than I am. So I'm lucky all things considered. On the other hand never getting an answer to WHY is frustrating PeaPod. Weirdly so. I guess 50 is the time when, on average, the decline for women seriously begins/sets in and there is no holding it back. Well of course surgery or exercise does impact it but unless it is going to save my life I am not going under any knife. As for exercise I get it in my daily life. Walking mostly. But I'm not an exercise addict. I used to run but around 50 (there's that pesky age again) running began to hurt my knees. The doc said that was out and I could switch to fast walking. Talk about boring. Have you ever fast walked for any length of time? Way unfun. By the way(and this is really BIZARRE). I read years ago that the reason a lot of the winners of beauty pageants tend to be from south America is that some gals there have surgery to remove bones so they will have smaller waists. Now that may not be true but if it is how grotesque is that? Thank you for your reply m'dear and Happy Wednesday! :)
This post was edited by RosieG at April 11, 2018 9:25 AM MDT
As we age we produce less: collagen (which provides skin firmness), elastin (which supplies skin elasticity and rebound) and glycosaminoglycans or GAGs (which keep the skin hydrated)
After the age of 20, a person produces about 1 percent less collagen in the skin each year. As a result, the skin becomes thinner and more fragile with age. There is also diminished functioning of the sweat and oil glands, less elastin production, and less GAG formation.
Walt O'Reagun 