How do I add aging issues to a life I have never been happy in?

@grasping There is joy to be found but you have to look around you. There is joy in Spring. There is joy in children. There is joy in learning. There is joy in movement. There is joy in helping someone else. There is joy in feeling the sun on your face. There is joy in the sound of birds or the wind through the trees. I hope you explore some more.

@danae25 You’re so right, everlasting beauty comes from the soul and it never fades with time. I believe that the media is very powerful and responsible for feel unhappy with ourselves, as females the onus fell on us to be attractive so that we could find a mate and later in life we change physically for different reasons and we worry about whether our men still desire us, I don’t think that men lose interest in us because of our looks, we have to work at keeping the spark alive whenever possible, however it goes both ways and men also need to know that we find them attractive. I truly believe that beauty is in the eyes of the beholder so I say thank God that we all have individual taste in what inspires us.

@kayraymat
Finding a Good surgeon took almost a year of networking with everyone I knew who worked in the Healthcare Community. Also asked the Dr's I was seeing at the time - Internists, Nurses, Dentists, & 2 friends who worked in the Hospital Emergency-room. A couple of names came up several times, so I scheduled consultations with each of them & made my choice.

Hi- lost a lone implant on my upper left side a year ago. It was not “loaded”. (no artificial tooth connected) . Years ago dentist left in ( under flipper) to preserve bone and that it did. This past year the bone was resorbing and playing havoc with left side ,extra lines more drooping . Could not reinsert due to having been on Zometa.
I think implants will help put structure back in your face. Hope it will🤗

I am hoping. Thank you. I hope all goes well for you.

@danae25 Native Americans’ culture respects elders and they don’t worry about mirrors… I see laugh lines in so many faces…laugh often, it shows…very nicely.

I'm 84. The lower part of my face developed a jowl when my teeth were out waiting for implants. That was at least 6 years ago. I am happy and attractve for an old lady. Everything gets older and I accepted it along with my saggy jowl. There are little tapes you can buy to attach to the side of your face and up to your ear, next to your hair line that will lift your face .I have a hard time putting them on but if you have any dexterity you will like the results.
Life is still there to be lived. I can walk (even sprint if I have to.) I recently returned from trips to Portland,Cancun and Texas from my home in Calfornia. I travel alone.
4 years ago I had breast cancer and chemo plus radiation. I lost my hair. I am fine now.(I loved the hair that came back ater I was bald)
My husband of 58 years died.
I have been taking phosphatidyl-serine for years and it makes me feel happy. I buy it on amazon.

@frouke I used to want to tell men that your wife will become what you tell her she is. If you tell her she is beautiful, loved, respected, she will be all she can be.

@danae25 That's a very beautiful thing to say and you're absolutely right, if we take care of the person inside then the outside willdefinitely glow with beauty. It's so evident that when people age and they're truly happy in their lives, it shows in the face and eyes, the opposite side is also very apparent when they are filled with negative feelings, this does not apply to those who suffer from health issues because they may look tired and beaten by pain but the inner strength still shines through.

I really am tired of the comments about how inner beauty is more important than looks. It is something people say yet everyone knows that looks get you very far in this imperfect world. It is a wonderful thought, but I really do not see it in this life.