Hi guys! So I am 26 half black and half white (my mother is black and my dad is white although I dont think that matters).
Ever since I've turned 25 I feel like my biological clock is counting down with my collagen production decreasing, and so now I'm scrutinizing my face more in search of wrinkles. From my black side of the family there is of course that saying of "black doesnt crack" and so I never really worried about aging, but my mom keeps pointing out that since I am lighter skin and my aunts from my dad side got wrinkles in their late 20s, that I might "crack". I never even considered this scenario because while I do look a little ambigous, I definitely am brown.
Anyways, today I feel like I'm starting to see the onset of wrinkles on my lower eyelid that I missed because I have folds under my eyes (I have deep set eyes). When I asked my mom about it, she also pointed out it looks like I might have crow feet developing as well. This is giving me a tooon of anxiety and depressing me!
This is additionally upsetting because I feel my mom has some internalized something for me, and seems to delight (like smiling and giggly) about my potential wrinkes.
I wanted to reach out in the mixed community especially to ask about this, advice or discussion, as I feel like I havent seen any reddit posts concerning this and would love to talk.