Ladies how do you get rid of that crepe paper look on your arms??

[Heartnsoul]

ladies you ever notice on your arms that crepe paper look with all those wrinkles?? I have tried every cream on the market and still see them?? Haven't even been sun or pool so can't blame it on that?? How do you get rid of it other than working out at gym which I do and still see it??

[graciegirl]

Heartnsoul.....You belong to the Baby Boomers Club and that is where you are going wrong. If you join the Baby BLOOMERS club, you are either too young to have that problem, or have grown through worrying about it and are just having fun and letting that loose wrinkled skin just fly around on the dance floor. OR..any other place polite people don't mention.

http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/pto/lowres/pton41l.jpg

[gocubsgo]

You are correct in staying out of the sun down here!! I use Witch Hazel every night for toning and Pond's Cold Cream...nothing fancy or $$. Olive oil works wonders, too.

[graciegirl]

You are correct in staying out of the sun down here!! I use Witch Hazel every night for toning and Pond's Cold Cream...nothing fancy or $$. Olive oil works wonders, too.


You are a girl person? I was thinking you were a boy person.

[Patty55]

You are correct in staying out of the sun down here!! I use Witch Hazel every night for toning and Pond's Cold Cream...nothing fancy or $$. Olive oil works wonders, too.

My grandmother always used Pond's Cold Cream and her skin was great.

Me, I try to not go sleeveless.

[Suzi]

Our skin looses its elastic quality as we age. Its a fact of life. Certainly you can strengthen or bulk-up your muscles in your arms which will expand space but it will not change the consistency or "turgor" of your skin. Your skin will continue to have a crepe-paper quality. But it might look better if more taunt with muscle than without. Skin that is lax can be re-shaped by surgery.

[blueash]

I was a bit confused by the name of this thread. Thought I might have to wash my eyeballs after reading


Later edit: Well now my comment makes no sense since you changed the name of the thread.

[CarolSells]

I was a bit confused by the name of this thread. Thought I might have to wash my eyeballs after reading

Once I opened the thread, I thought, "Hmmm...this person surely was an advertising genius or something similar!"

[Heartnsoul]

i just left out the Rid of in the thread how do you get rid of?? yes i'm too young to have it but still see it. Don't see really any good answers though other than what I am doing - working out. I am 59

[graciegirl]

Once I opened the thread, I thought, "Hmmm...this person surely was an advertising genius or something similar!"



Me too. I was thinking it was gonna be "R" rated. I was drawn to it at once.

Sometimes I just can't be good.

I just want everyone to know that if they have crepe-y skin and misplaced eyebrows I will not consider that a detriment to friendship and is one of the reasons I moved here. AND if you look like the cover of Seventeen, go sit somewhere else.

Go Bloomers!

[Patty55]

i just left out the Rid of in the thread how do you get rid of?? yes i'm too young to have it but still see it. Don't see really any good answers though other than what I am doing - working out. I am 59

I don't think you're too young to have it, maybe you just got lucky.

[graciegirl]

I don't think you're too young to have it, maybe you just got lucky.


Yeah. I bet most people think you look 59. Don't worry.

[REDCART]

What a provocative subject line! By tonight there'll be several thousand hits. I know I was curious.

[Uptown Girl]

First we'll address the inside:

Making sure you are hydrated may help a bit.
You may also be a bit devoid of vitamins and minerals in your diet, especially if you microwave a lot. A good balance of nutrients can only help, whether they be in fresh food or taken as supplements. (high quality, food sourced supplements) A good nutritionist or some internet research may be of help.

Now the outside:
Look to using soaps/bodywash that do not contain:
Sodium Laurel Sulfate
Sodium Laureth Sulfate. (both of these are very harsh on the skin)
Synthetic Perfumes (very drying. Leave chemical residue. Often in an alcohol base, which removes skin oils)

Be careful with things like hairspray or room deodorizer that you don't mist your arms as well as your hair or powder room.

Natural emollients (like Shea butter) or real plant oils (almond oil, olive oil and such) can be applied after you shower to lock in moisture for awhile and camouflage the crinkleys.
Plus, it's a nice way to nurture yourself!


Some of it may be hereditary and I do think that sleeping positions can crumple us up a bit if they are habitual.
But Gracie is right.... GO BLOOMERS. (that's exactly what she said.) :jester:

[gerryann]

Sometimes I have to come here...TOTV, just to lighten the day and get a chuckle. :laugh:

[graciegirl]

First we'll address the inside:

Making sure you are hydrated may help a bit.
You may also be a bit devoid of vitamins and minerals in your diet, especially if you microwave a lot. A good balance of nutrients can only help, whether they be in fresh food or taken as supplements. (high quality, food sourced supplements) A good nutritionist or some internet research may be of help.

Now the outside:
Look to using soaps/bodywash that do not contain:
Sodium Laurel Sulfate
Sodium Laureth Sulfate. (both of these are very harsh on the skin)
Synthetic Perfumes (very drying. Leave residue. Often in an alcohol base, which removes skin oils)

Be careful with things like hairspray or room deodorizer that you don't mist your arms as well as your hair or powder room.

Natural emollients (like Shea butter) or real plant oils (almond oil, olive oil and such) can be applied after you shower to lock in moisture for awhile and camouflage the crinkleys.
Plus, it's a nice way to nurture yourself!


Some of it may be hereditary and I do think that sleeping positions can crumple us up a bit if they are habitual.
But Gracie is right.... GO BLOOMERS. (that's exactly what she said.) :jester:

That is what I said. And we are all grown ups. Usually fun occurs when that happens.

NOW I am in trouble.

When I get thrown off of here for this and all of the political things I said today, will you all come visit me on facebook? Facebook isn't anywhere near as much fun as this forum!!

[Parker]

The bad news is skin won't change. You can tone the muscles under it and perhaps improve the overall appearance, but the skin will never change. No creams and lotions, expensive or el-cheapo, will change it. On the bright side, there's always surgery. And on the really bright side, most of us have it and we all understand each other. C'est la vie!

[KatieDidNot]

I must say after reading through all the depressing, beat to death threads on other forums, I read the title and thought "X-rated!" Yea! Cool! Lets have some fun. Can you imagine my disappointment when I found out this was about crepe paper skin? :cry:

Katie

[OnTrack]

I was a bit confused by the name of this thread. Thought I might have to wash my eyeballs after reading

Me too! :D

I was thinking there might be a real bzzz to the posts. :2excited:


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[OnTrack]

I must say after reading through all the depressing, beat to death threads on other forums, I read the title and thought "X-rated!" Yea! Cool! Lets have some fun. Can you imagine my disappointment when I found out this was about crepe paper skin? :cry:

Katie

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[shcisamax]

Between this and what do you do after your colonoscopy, I have to go to sleep now.

[The Flash]

ladies you ever notice on your arms that crepe paper look with all those wrinkles?? I have tried every cream on the market and still see them?? Haven't even been sun or pool so can't blame it on that?? How do you get rid of it other than working out at gym which I do and still see it??

I just wear shorts and people will notice my varicose veins so much the don't even notice my crepe paper arms.

[NotGolfer]

Mostly I have more important things to be concerned about....such as the economy, the world situation etc. Haven't given much thought to crepe paper skin lately.

[kaydee]

I have heard olive oil mentioned in regards to healthy skin. So you mean you actually use olive oil on your face???? Just seems strange to me.

[Barefoot]

I just wear shorts and people will notice my varicose veins so much they don't even notice my crepe paper arms.

:a20:

The best solution for crepe paper arms is a good sense of humor.

[glgene]

:a20:

The best solution for crepe paper arms is a good sense of humor.

Or long sleeves (just kidding).

[Madelaine Amee]

This thread is just a great way to start the day, I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

Now to get serious, if you are worried about the Florida sun there is a line of sun products made in Arizona that actually work. I have a girlfriend in Arizona who recommended them to me. Sun Care & Sunblock | Sun Tan Lotion & Sunscreen Lotion by Arizona Sun - Arizona Sun (http://www.arizonasun.com/)

Has anyone heard of Jean Robertson the humorist? She is 70-ish and has some great videos on the effects on aging on the body Jeanne Robertson humorist speaker Official Site Book for business meetings, conventions, keynote speeches. Toastmasters Golden Gavel award winner for funny stuff. Online humor store books, videos, audio tapes. (http://www.jeannerobertson.com/MeetingPlannerVideo.htm). Watch her stuff and then don't worry about your arms coming round and slapping you silly!, and you could always get one of those filmy floating gauzy shirts which cover you from head to toe and look so romantic. Wear that with a huge floppy hat and massive shades and no one will be able to see the real you! You could float through the Squares like a movie star, BUT what you gonna do with the old guy on your arm?

[Uptown Girl]

This thread is just a great way to start the day, I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.

Now to get serious, if you are worried about the Florida sun there is a line of sun products made in Arizona that actually work. I have a girlfriend in Arizona who recommended them to me. Sun Care & Sunblock | Sun Tan Lotion & Sunscreen Lotion by Arizona Sun - Arizona Sun (http://www.arizonasun.com/)

Has anyone heard of Jean Robertson the humorist? She is 70-ish and has some great videos on the effects on aging on the body Jeanne Robertson humorist speaker Official Site Book for business meetings, conventions, keynote speeches. Toastmasters Golden Gavel award winner for funny stuff. Online humor store books, videos, audio tapes. (http://www.jeannerobertson.com/MeetingPlannerVideo.htm). Watch her stuff and then don't worry about your arms coming round and slapping you silly!, and you could always get one of those filmy floating gauzy shirts which cover you from head to toe and look so romantic. Wear that with a huge floppy hat and massive shades and no one will be able to see the real you! You could float through the Squares like a movie star, BUT what you gonna do with the old guy on your arm?

Thanks for the sunscreen info!
SO glad you like Jeanne Robertson- she is one of my absolute favorites!!!
Love YOUR humor too!!

[gocubsgo]

You are a girl person? I was thinking you were a boy person.


No gracie, girl person and I can prove it!! :wave:

[Uptown Girl]

I have heard olive oil mentioned in regards to healthy skin. So you mean you actually use olive oil on your face???? Just seems strange to me.

(although this is a bit off the original topic,)
I absolutely do use olive oil. Have been using it alone for over 10 years- for cleansing and moisturizing my face and neck.
BUT- it is a water soluble olive oil specially formulated for this use made by DHC. In addition, their olive oil moisturizer has smaller molecules than regular olive oil. Better absorbed that way.
I order it online.

I began to use it after becoming hypersensitive to many products. It was recommended by my eye doc who was Japanese. (DHC products were developed in Japan.)
Works well for me.

[senior citizen]

Between this and what do you do after your colonoscopy, I have to go to sleep now.


ha ha ha........funny. Goodnight........get your zzzzzzzzzzzz's...

I'd say don't worry about your aging skin and just decide to age with grace......can't turn the hands of time back to when we were teenagers with perfectly unflawed skin.

[senior citizen]

(although this is a bit off the original topic,)
I absolutely do use olive oil. Have been using it alone for over 10 years- for cleansing and moisturizing my face and neck.
BUT- it is a water soluble olive oil specially formulated for this use made by DHC. In addition, their olive oil moisturizer has smaller molecules than regular olive oil. Better absorbed that way.
I order it online.

I began to use it after becoming hypersensitive to many products. It was recommended by my eye doc who was Japanese. (DHC products were developed in Japan.)
Works well for me.

But.......there's a faction out there someplace that believe olive oil is bad for you.....go figure. I'll bet my Italian grandmother used olive oil.

As I mentioned earlier, just "age with grace".....and forget about it.

[senior citizen]

I just wear shorts and people will notice my varicose veins so much the don't even notice my crepe paper arms.

Very good response. I thought you were a guy.

[senior citizen]

:a20:

The best solution for crepe paper arms is a good sense of humor.

As long as our eyeballs are not wrinkled, we will all be fine.........

"The eyes are the windows of the soul"..........

Who really cares about a little crepy skin?????
I'd say be glad we all still have our brains and our minds are functioning.

[senior citizen]

Just remember what Mae West said. "I used to be Snow White, but I drifted." ;)


I remember what she looked like (from back when I was a kid).
Creepy not just crepy. Almost like she was embalmed. Too much "work" ?????

All people should just try to age gracefully........as my mom would say,
"Youth is wasted on the young"..........we all have to age and nothing stays the same. But we are more than our "exterior" unless one is with a very "shallow partner"............

[Heartnsoul]

(although this is a bit off the original topic,)
I absolutely do use olive oil. Have been using it alone for over 10 years- for cleansing and moisturizing my face and neck.
BUT- it is a water soluble olive oil specially formulated for this use made by DHC. In addition, their olive oil moisturizer has smaller molecules than regular olive oil. Better absorbed that way.
I order it online.

I began to use it after becoming hypersensitive to many products. It was recommended by my eye doc who was Japanese. (DHC products were developed in Japan.)
Works well for me.

I have also used products with olive oil as I believe it's good for you also. What is the name of the product you use??

[ssmith]

....has anyone tried it? You know the one that is bought and is solid at room temp...not the sun tan kind. Dr Oz recommends it and I thought I might try it at night.

For sun screen in the water we use Bulfrog sold at many stores including Walgreens. It was recommended to us many years ago. It has a high sunblock and is water resisitant. We were told this is what the surfers use. All I know is that there has been many times when our kids would forget a small area say on their back and that small area might be beat red but the rest of their body not at all. I have found it is the only product that keeps me from burning...I am fair complected.

[Barefoot]

All people should just try to age gracefully.........we all have to age and nothing stays the same.

Some people's choice is to "go natural" into the golden years, let their hair grow gray, and enjoy life rather than worrying about their looks or a few extra pounds. But it's hard looking in the mirror and seeing your grandmother. Some people choose to color their hair, exercise two hours a day, use botox, and go the way of Lifestyle Lifts or whatever. Just look at Goldie Hawn at 68 years old!

I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. As with religion and politics, everyone makes personal choices and walks a different path.

[senior citizen]

Some people's choice is to "go natural" into the golden years, let their hair grow gray, and enjoy life rather than worrying about their looks or a few extra pounds. But it's hard looking in the mirror and seeing your grandmother. Some people choose to color their hair, exercise two hours a day, use botox, and go the way of Lifestyle Lifts or whatever. Just look at Goldie Hawn at 68 years old!

I don't think there is a right or wrong answer. As with relaigion and politics, everyone makes personal choices and walks a different path.

goldie hawn plastic surgery - Bing Images (http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=goldie+hawn+plastic+surgery&qpvt=goldie+hawn+plastic+surgery&FORM=IGRE)

I haven’t seen Goldie in a while but we always enjoyed her back in the 1960’s in Laugh In, followed by very very funny movies........a natural comic.
A little birdie just told me that she’s had a lot of plastic/facial surgery and Botox........so lets just say that she’s had a little help.

The circle of friends and neighbors we have..........NO ONE has had botox or plastic surgery. But then, none of us are out to snag a new husband.
Letting one’s hair go completely SILVER is actually very liberating..........I finally just did it. Even the kids like it.

My own 40 something children are starting to go grey.
Now, theirs is the “natural generation”...........but you are right, “to each his own”...........I totally agree that each one walks their own path in life. It just seems so trivial to worry about a some dry skin when there are such greater problems in the world today, or even in the lives of those around us, which we might not be aware of........

p.s. Everytime we see that "Lifestyle Lift" commercial, we both laugh. It's so phony it isn't funny.

Gracie's original post, at the beginning, was hilarious but so true.........not that anyone would want to look like that cartoon..........just a little levity.

My peers and I feel that we are right where we should be at this stage in our lives and glad to be alive, glad to have raised great adult kids and happy to now be enjoying all the new grandbabies, elementary school aged grandchildren plus older ones...........that's our reward.......

Also, any of the Italians out there know that with our traditional oily skin, we rarely, if ever wrinkle up..........so maybe it's just not a concern that seems overwhelming............oily skin may be a problem in our teens.........but in the long run, our skin does stay younger looking longer..............

[Uptown Girl]

Senior,

I don't think it is trivial to want to have a measure of self esteem in your appearance, whether it be toning arms or covering a radical mastectomy with a fantasy tattoo, or something else. It is, or should be for your comfort alone. ( I am talking about mentally healthy people, not those with obsessive fixation disorders)

One can indulge in that kind (or any kind) of 'trivial behavior', in addition to thinking of loftier ideals or tragic world events.

It bothers me to think someone should be made to feel guilty for wanting to feel better about themselves.

[senior citizen]

Senior,

I don't think it is trivial to want to have a measure of self esteem in your appearance, whether it be toning arms or covering a radical mastectomy with a fantasy tattoo, or something else. It is, or should be for your comfort alone. ( I am talking about mentally healthy people, not those with obsessive fixation disorders)

One can indulge in that kind (or any kind) of 'trivial behavior', in addition to thinking of loftier ideals or tragic world events.

It bothers me to think someone should be made to feel guilty for wanting to feel better about themselves.

As Barefoot said: "There is no right or wrong answer"....

I do not remember saying it was trivial behaviour?

I plead "no contest".

All I know is that there's been a big sea change since we were all in our teens and twenties. The younger generation have taught all of us not to be so vain. We were the generation who couldn't go out without the eye makeup and all the goop. They went out bright eyed and fresh faced to face the world and conquered it.

No one is forbidding people to use their lotions or potions.

But, in my humble opinion, a kind heart will always make a wrinkled person radiant. I've visited and loved enough of those wrinkled countenances in nursing homes over my lifetime....to form this opinion.

True beauty and radiance comes from within...........not from outside.

Maybe I've lived in Vermont too long. A rural area is NOT like the city or the suburbs. You can get away with no makeup and less glitz.....
actually, no glitz at all. No one has to "put on their face" before stepping out the door......and God only knows how many have crepy wrinkled skin up here.

To a lot of folks , the old adage "Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder" and "Beauty is as Beauty Does" remain true today...........we are not Hollywood Starlets........especially at our age.

Here is something a young 35 year old niece sent to me, which just happened to appeal to her deepest senses...........and she is still young and naturally beautiful.........with a young toddler and a kindergartener.

BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER:

"Everyday in this world I happen to come across another sad, and lonely face...eyes weary from tears running like faucets , mind defeated from years of mental anguish and torment by society's standard of what is beautiful."

"My Lady, beauty is in the eye of the beholder,
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched, but are felt in the heart.
As long as your heart stays pure, than you are beautiful.
Don't let the world get you down."

"My Lady, you are as beautiful as God is...
We are made in his image, and since God is beautiful, you are beautiful too, because we shared the same face molded from clay, we are just a shell, a small portion of his greatness."

"So why stress yourself over striving to be beautiful?
That kind of beauty is unbearable,
and drives us to despair,
offering us for a minute, the glimpse of an eternity that we should stretch out over time."

"True beauty comes with time.
So take heed my beautiful sister.....
Future Mothers
My future daughters
Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror............
So don't be in a rush to change your looks.
You've got an eternity to be beautiful..............
and beauty changes with "time" and with "age"........"

[The Flash]

Very good response. I thought you were a guy.

Depends on what the topic is.
:024:

[Uptown Girl]

[QUOTE=senior citizen; It just seems so trivial to worry about a some dry skin when there are such greater problems in the world today, or even in the lives of those around us, which we might not be aware of........
[/QUOTE]

Sorry, I should have included your quote in my previous post.

Just sounded a little soap-boxy. Perhaps you didn't mean it that way. :wave:

[senior citizen]

Sorry, I should have included your quote in my previous post.

Just sounded a little soap-boxy. Perhaps you didn't mean it that way. :wave:

No, I did not mean it that way.....but yes, there is the word trivial.
Read my post right before yours above. I think that says how I feel in a nutshell. Wrinkled people are still beautiful, in my eyes anyway.
In the larger scheme of things, with all the worries people have in our world today.....wrinkled skin is the least of "my worries"....so put in context, to me, myself and I, personally....it might be a trivial concern or non issue.

But to others, granted, it is a problem. i get it. Just not something I feel is important enough to worry about.

Again, I direct you to my earlier post, especially the long ditty that my naturally beautiful 35 year old neice sent to me.....and to all the women in her circle of friends.

She was raised in Bergen County New Jersey and her mom took her to salons since she was a little girl.

She finally liberated herself a few years back when she was pregnant and let her "treated", "frosted", "highlighted" blonde hair grow out to its natural dark brown which is now glossy and naturally beautiful.........and she's glad she kept it that way. Less maintenance with two little ones to tend to from morning till night............yes, she's an "old fashioned stay at home mom"...........actually, all of my daughter's peers, my son's peers, my daughter in law.........all highly college educated.........go bare faced.

Naturally, they are all younger than a senior citizen would be. But, it's refreshing........compared to our teens and young adulthood when we felt compelled to "put our face on" before we left the house.

Just my own observation. Not marketing it to anyone.

Peace.

[courtyard]

I bought a "Shake Weight" piece of exercise equipment at Walmart for $20. You can see a demonstration of it on You Tube. Works miracles in just a few days :-)

[Barefoot]

ladies you ever notice on your arms that crepe paper look with all those wrinkles?? How do you get rid of it other than working out at gym which I do and still see it??

Oh, don't worry, it'll be no time at all before the rest of your body matches your crepe paper arms. Oh, sorry, I'm being facetious. I'm sure that's not the answer you wanted. But it's true I think. People with plump thick skin don't wrinkle. People with thin delicate skin wrinkle early. It's genetic. Just shoot me now. :girlneener:

[Madelaine Amee]

Oh, don't worry, it'll be no time at all before the rest of your body matches your crepe paper arms. Oh, sorry, I'm being facetious. I'm sure that's not the answer you wanted. But it's true I think. People with plump thick skin don't wrinkle. People with thin delicate skin wrinkle early. It's genetic. Just shoot me now. :girlneener:

:agree: So cute, and unfortunately, so true. Have you seen some of the programs where the really really obese lose enormous amounts of weight and then they go in for plastic surgery - they come out the other end looking like they have had zippers inserted on the inside of the arms, legs and across the belly!

Years ago I had a wonderful elderly neighbor who had lost weight as she aged and she told me she was going to have "Harold" (the husband) put a foot on the top of her head and pull all the loose skin up into a knot on the top of her head and then cover it with a wig! I still laugh when the image of that comes to mind.

[graciegirl]

:agree: Good post.
I can't help thinking about the old saying " Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly is to the bone."
But I digress...... ;)


Autobike, are you a girl? I thought you were a boy.

[Patty55]

I bought a "Shake Weight" piece of exercise equipment at Walmart for $20. You can see a demonstration of it on You Tube. Works miracles in just a few days :-)

Whoa, that thing really works? I wonder if mixing cocktails would have the same effect.

[kittygilchrist]

:loco:amputation? I'm just in a goofy mood....!

[uujudy]

Oh, don't worry, it'll be no time at all before the rest of your body matches your crepe paper arms. Oh, sorry, I'm being facetious. I'm sure that's not the answer you wanted. But it's true I think. People with plump thick skin don't wrinkle. People with thin delicate skin wrinkle early. It's genetic. Just shoot me now. :girlneener:

You're right, Bare!

My mother always said that, in our family, once you turn 30 you have to decide if you want to save your face OR save your body. I believed her, so I started a small savings account ("Face account") at the bank. I'd stick my spare money in my "face account' for the future -- when I would need my facelift. Unfortunately, I had a chance to go to Europe, so I spent my face account on the trip -- but it was a wonderful trip! lol

Well-traveled but wrinkly,
Judy

[ssmith]

Ok I know no one commented on this one. I had some in my kitchen and decided to try it. I have used it at bedtime now for about 5 days and do notice a big improvement in the crepe paper on my arms. I may be a bit younger than some of you but I have inherited bad skin sooo I think I will continue it for now. Guess I don't need the organic kind for the skin though. hahahaha

[Nancy Sheehan]

One good suggestion is to stay out of the sun; who can do that in Florida? Another good one is to use Rodan and Fields products; if it works on the face, it will work on your arms, that is why I am using their Reverse regimen for sun damaged skin. On the other hand, if it's mainly wrinkles, then the Redefine regimen is your answer.

[maureenod]

My vote is for Coconut Oil also. The organic is key as it is "unrefined" and cold pressed so all the good stuff is not destroyed. Feels smooth and soaks into the skin. No chemicals or preservatives, keeps forever.

[graciegirl]

My vote is for Coconut Oil also. The organic is key as it is "unrefined" and cold pressed so all the good stuff is not destroyed. Feels smooth and soaks into the skin. No chemicals or preservatives, keeps forever.

I like hanging around with other girls who are crepey too. NOT creepy.

That is the joy of living here. Very few people judge on looks. Mostly smiling eyes are key.

[Madelaine Amee]

My vote is for Coconut Oil also. The organic is key as it is "unrefined" and cold pressed so all the good stuff is not destroyed. Feels smooth and soaks into the skin. No chemicals or preservatives, keeps forever.

Coconut oil is good for your hair too. Just a small amount rubbed through the hair and left for half an hour before shampooing. Works great especially here in Florida where the sun dries your hair. The last time I purchased it at Sam's I got a huge plastic container of organic for about $7.

[Barefoot]

It's hard to thwart Father Time. Wrinkle treatments .. it's a billion dollar industry. I guess it's too hot there to wear a turtleneck and just Botox your face. :024:

[Patty55]

I've given up on the arms, but if anyone invents a "Neck-bra" I'm very interested.

[Madelaine Amee]

... and when it comes right down to it, if there was a wrinkle cream on the market that worked, there would be no wrinklies living anywhere. But, I'm still a sucker for the one that costs too much and promises you the moon. Hope springs eternal.

[lovsthosebigdogs]

I just wear shorts and people will notice my varicose veins so much the don't even notice my crepe paper arms.

Can't wait to move to TV full time. I have met my true friends!!!

[CFrance]

This whole thing... I'm LOL. But I will admit I'm going to take that jar of coconut oil I'm not using out of the kitchen cab and deposit it in the bathroom...

[graciegirl]

This whole thing... I'm LOL. But I will admit I'm going to take that jar of coconut oil I'm not using out of the kitchen cab and deposit it in the bathroom...

Why? YOU are perfect.

[CFrance]

Why? YOU are perfect.

BLESS YOU my sweet!

[graciegirl]

BLESS YOU my sweet!

AND if you decide to get a whole lot of tattoos which I am not crazy about, I will begin to like tattoos.

Yup.

[CFrance]

AND if you decide to get a whole lot of tattoos which I am not crazy about, I will begin to like tattoos.

Yup.

Sure you will!:1rotfl::1rotfl: