Dieting makes you age

I read somewhere that once you get past 35 you have to choose - your face or your butt! Personally I prefer to have fewer wrinkles and a big butt lol. I've known lots of people that have lost weight and it's made them look older. I don't think there really is a way to avoid it. Different if someone has always been thin but losing weight past a certain age tends to have the unfortunate side effect of ageing someone by ten years. Having a bit of fat on your face smooths out the lines!

Here's a thought. Tell her that you have a friend in the US who wants to know EXACTLY how she did it. Get step by step instructions for me and I will try it. If I lose the weight and end up looking 40 as a side effect then you can tell her that I lost the weight but now I look old because of it. So that way you are telling her so does she but without telling her she does I'm full of great ideas!

Dieting Make Body slim and young, but as per you she look about 10 years older, that mean the way of her dieting is verymuch wrong, may be some wrinkles make her look older. I think proper dieting must change your shape and make you young.

Aww sweety remember that post where I was being less than flattering about men and you jumped in saying you weren't all like that? You were right, you are a diamond sweetheart! If it is more than the way she looks - if it is affecting her health then I would definitely think you would have to say something otherwise you may be right better to say nothing! I think this is the best post of the day - I could do with losing some more weight but now I have a great excuse not to as I don't want to look even older than I do already! Thank p1key! xxx

That is not new at all... If we want to loose weight... have time to exercise do it as well as putting diet to your life.. If not and you have plenty of money and have courage to do this, have it... go to surgery...

Nice point pikefish! But i guess dieting doesn't make you age as long as you don't overdo it!! All of us diet consciously or unconsciously in life! And only when the body is starved of nutrients does it start to age real fast! There's this fine line between dieting and starving and as long as we're on the right side of the line, we should be fine! :) In fact, i'm on a dieting spree right now and am looking younger than ever!

I think that the plumpness helps to stretch out the wrinkles. So what you are seeing now, may be the way she actually looks. I would not worry about telling her the truth. Believe me, if it looks that bad, someone has surely already beat you to it.

I don't know about this but I still wanted to respond. I am very skinny which some frown upon. I have always been this way and have always eaten anything I have wanted. I'm 34 with a birthday coming up and people freak out. They say I look much younger than my age. I don't eat healthy all the time in fact I rarely do. I know that's bad. So my whole point is how did she do this to herself? She must have been on a starvation diet or something as that is the only thing I can see that would age you after weight loss. Which is very unhealthy and what they so fondly call an eating disorder. If you look at pics of anorexics especially the older ones, they have aged years because of their disorder. I don't think that diets, safe healthy balanced, diets in general would age you, I think they would do just the opposite. But you have to diet the right way. The manner in which your friend chose to diet is what did that. I would without upsetting her tell her that you are worried and you love her too much to see her waste away. Ask her about her diet and how she did it. Hopefully she will be honest about it. My dear, loving someone is giving them some tough questions to face before it is too late. You worry about her safety and that is loving a friend. Through love, she won't be upset she will take it as concern. Leave her aged appearance out of it just explain that her weight loss is dramatic and that you are concerned. If there is a problem, she will thank you for it and even if there isn't, she will still be thankful for your concern.

I don't think that you should say anything, darlin. I'm sure she feels good about her weight loss, who wouldn't, and probably realizes that it's made her look older. I'll say there is a good possibility that she's spending considerable monies on anti-aging face products too. So much of life is a trade-off, you know, and she's probably well aware of her particular trade and doesn't need anyone stating the obvious. And if she's laboring under delusions, then leave her to them - she'll undoubtedly be happier that way. My humble, okay, not so humble, opinion - take it as you will. XXX

I suppose the chubbiness in the face smooths out the wrinkles eh so when weight is lost it shows them up. Years ago I remember dieting to excess and I was told I looked guant. I prefer myself now with a bit of meat on so to speak. I can understand why you wouldn't want to upset your friend as she probably feels she has achieved a lot by this weight loss, but in jest you could say oh you've lost so much weight now darling I have nothing to give a big hug too. Difficult one, maybe she will realise herself and put a bit back on but not all until she looks right again so to speak. Ellie :D

Most people I've seen lose weight look younger. Maybe she didn't do it in a healthy way and she just isn't healthy right now. Maybe you could just ask if she is getting the right vitamins - without saying she looks too thin.

Does this person workout while shes dieting or is she just dieting by itself because if your not toning your body out while you dieting it will make you look horrible

Hey!! Actually, you can lose weight by thinking hard enough about it :) Like Coelho says in the Alchemist, If that's your dominant thought process, you'll lose weight! It's come true!

She is extremly to thin then "if she is stick like" What frame of body did she have before this diet? Her looking older then she is is not a good sign. If a person looses to much weight their blood sugar and everything goes down. As of a middle aged human loosing weight, its normally more difficult to loose weight because of the fact of age etc. On the results of the diet, normally a younger person would see more results in weight lose. However, every person is different. Her looking older then she is I'm not surprised because I have a family member who did the same and she looked older then she was, but I think it was the type of diet she was on.