Do you take steps to hide your age?

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never been the age i am now, enjoying every minute, i do not want to be anything I am not ,
i regard this as my movie staring me and I wont know the outcome untill the credits roll , no fake acting!

 

[SparkleFart]

For about a week I tried one of those dye products to reduce/remove the grey from my beard. I looked like a twisted cross between Guy Fawkes and Wolfman Jack. Nothing subtle about it, it was horrific.

And it was painful to see the astonishment in the faces of my 20/30-year-old coworkers. Mrs. Sparkle pleaded with me--never again. I readily agreed with her & have now fully embraced cootage.

 

[LGOberean]

You, my friend, are the coolest cat on this whole forum. You play, you sing, and you look like a wise old Tele player.

Well, gosh, thanks! But I also think that I'm living proof that "looks aren't everything."

 

[Bob Womack]

Nope, nothing to hide my age. I do trim my eyebrows and ear and nose hair, but that has nothing to do with age and everything to do with looking tidy.

Bob

 

[XrelishX]

Yes, I take several steps...away from the mirror and anyone who may be able to smell me.

 

[Ronzo]

I trim nose, ear and wild eyebrow hair, mainly because it annoys me.

Thanks to good genetics beyond my control, I have all the head hair and it is still dark. My Dad’s hair was salt-and-per when he died at 88. I’m just lucky with that.

No “ manscaping” or anything like that, and certainly no cosmetic surgery. The plastic surgery after extensive basal cell carcinoma surgery on my right cheek was enough. And it was necessary. 30 deep sutures plus 40 sutures on the surface skin. Not yet a year later, but the results were good. Thank heaven for Mederma scar gel.

 

[Tonetele]

Nope. I turn 66 in June and don't have any grey hairs ( on my head )

 

[Swirling Snow]

Hide my age? Definitely.

I started when I was 15, and wanted to get into bars.

 

[David Barnett]

Does holding in my stomach count?

 

[Thoughtfree]

30 years ago, the large manufacturing company I worked for hired a new CEO, a guy with a head of dark brown hair, untouched by gray. Within a few weeks of his hire, it all turned gray/white. I figured that once he got the job, he gave up the Clairol, not needing to simulate youth any more.

 

[Andy B]

At 71 I still have a full head of brown hair. My beard is white. Every year the grey gets closer to my hairline. My wife went grey years ago. She dyed her hair for years until one she decided never again.
These days neither one of us cares. Both retired, no one we need to impress.

 

[flathd]

No, in fact I've grown fond of my knee support and wear it just about everywhere.

 

[LOSTVENTURE]

At 75, I'm just glad that I can still play guitar. I don't really think about my age, it's not like there's a decent alternative.

 

[Dave Hicks]

 

[ClashCityTele]

I'm old, fat & bald...AND I DON'T CARE!!!!!

 

[kuch]

I gotta admit, age 69, I clip my eyebrow hairs to a manageable level. If I let 'em go, they'd get so long I could comb them backwards over my head. Also, I clip those crazy hairs that grow out all over my ears. And protruding nose hairs.

And I exercise a lot, mainly to avoid having an overhanging stomach. No Hawaiian shirts for me; that's a sure sign of an extremely mature individual.

But for me, no more steps than these.

I see TV talking heads and politicians who I know are near my age, with thick hair, not a sign of gray. Always fake-looking.

And sometimes I'm tempted by a lower rhytidectomy, a/k/a neck lift. Average cost is $5774, per the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. But jeez, who'd go under the knife unless it was life or death...

How about you other geezers, anything you do to hide or at least disguise your age? Thanks for any effective tactics...

Nope....

Retired. I work out 4-5 times a week, watch my diet, get yearly physicals, get my hair cut when it needs it, log on here to keep my mind sharp :0, take care of the cats, will get back into golf this summer-recovering from back surgery 1 year ago, play guitar when I feel like it, spend time with family and friends.....
I don't think I'm trying to hide anything.....

 

[stephent2]

Folks are surprised when they find out I'm 71, it's so funny and slightly ironic. I've bought beer and liquor for myself and schoolmates when I was 15,.. it was a good sideline in high school, always had extra bucks on the weekends from the transactions.

I looked older then, look younger now. I'll take it.

But no, I don't hide my age but I do trim my ears,..

 

[Lost_N_Austin]

I'm beginning to become concerned for my well-being. I turned 80 in March but I still manage to Keep on Keepin' on.

I still mow my own yards front and back with a walk behind gas lawn mower - although I did break down and buy a battery operated weed-eater to save my wrist from having to try to keep the pull start weed eaters running year to year. I need that wrist for working on guitars and playing like I can "Play" Guitar.

But what kind of bothers me is I keep getting these RING doorbell videos on my cell phone that show some old Fart hobbling out my front door headed to the Mailbox and returning back in the front door with a fist full of brochures from AAA, Life Insurance Companies, Senior Living Centers etc. The closer this dude gets to the camera lens, the scarier it gets.

I think I need a newer camera in the RING doorbell.

Lost_N_Austin