After roughly 7.5 years of my own (likely...
Qowpel
06 Feb 2021
Hello everyone. So I started doing daily sunscreen (for external aging), as well as intermittent fasting + periodic fasting (for both internal and external aging), at about 21 and a half years old. I now am 29 years old. Over the years while many of my friends have deteriorated pretty badly, especially in terms of either looking weathered, or simply their health has gotten quite bad (diabetes induction, etc), I have tried everything I can to keep my body and organs young. I started noticing people, once I was around 25 years old, started mistaking me for a few years younger. in addition, even at 29 now I found myself getting the same thing, and also not noticing any noticeable declines in my athletic ability. Does this mean my anti aging strategies are working? Maybe, maybe just partly, and maybe even not.
However, at least on the external end it seems my efforts (probably the sunscreen), are working. While my face has indeed aged over the years somewhat, it has largely remained the same for me, and any time I share my age, I have people surprised and guessing me anywhere from 19 (which is ridiculous overkill, no way I look that young), to 24, but usually landing in the 21 to 23 range. So I am going to share how I look now, I guess because why not. I took this photo in overhead flourescent lighting due to the fact that is the harshest most revealing lighting available. Excuse my hair, as it has not been cut since the beginning of the pandemic and is many inches longer than I have ever had it, I know it is Terrible. Also, to zoom in on the photo if you're on a small screen you can just click on the photo to enlarge it if you cannot see it well.
My next step is to figure out how well my organs are doing in regards to my efforts. At any rate, I am only reporting my real world input from people. I never make my age a topic. Sometimes it just comes up when talking about my job history and how long I have been somewhere and then I get asked, I tell it, then people act a bit surprised and say I look younger. If anything, I would think that probably most of this is due to my long use of suncreen.
At any rate, as for how I think, I feel I have kept my skin in decent condition. I try to remain very strict
Has anyone else seemed to age well based on their sunscreen usage over the years?
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Qowpel
20 Mar 2021
You look great - what supplements do you take?
Hey there. I generally take taurine at about 4 grams daily for the last 3 years. Other than that, vitamin c 500 mg once daily when not fasting (always makes my skin nicer by a bit), and astaxanthin when not fasting. Of course also vitamin d3, and magnesium, as well as vitamin k2
4EverAsked4ID
20 Mar 2021
Hey there. I generally take taurine at about 4 grams daily for the last 3 years. Other than that, vitamin c 500 mg once daily when not fasting (always makes my skin nicer by a bit), and astaxanthin when not fasting. Of course also vitamin d3, and magnesium, as well as vitamin k2
I don't think I've heard of taurine for skin before - I guess it's comparable to collagen supplements in terms of effect? Your complexion looks like you take a lot of hyaluronic acid.
Qowpel
20 Mar 2021
I don't think I've heard of taurine for skin before - I guess it's comparable to collagen supplements in terms of effect? Your complexion looks like you take a lot of hyaluronic acid.
Oh no I have not used oral hyaluronic acid for many years. Taurine isn't realy for skin. But I know it has an anti glycation effect and anti anxiety as well which has helped me in terms of my lifestyle. But I do not think it does much for skin.
9lives
04 Nov 2021
Yes ... I rarely use sunscreen. lol My time in the sun is limited, and typically I'm outside at times when it's less intense. Some sun exposure is healthy.
The main time I do use sunscreen is if I'm on vacation at the beach.
michael0505
06 Nov 2021
29? I looked about 21 when I was 29 and I ate like crap and didn't do anything to prevent aging. Just saying...
