Inside beauty

Today's blog isn't about anything specific..I've been thinking about how we age and how I and people I know react to it. I have to be honest, I'm scared to get old....grey hair, wrinkles, gravity doing its work, etc. I look at myself and my friends and there's no one that "looks" their age. But, then again, what does that mean? How do you differentiate a 24 year old from a 29 year old? I don't think I would want to be 22 again...I've lived way too much since then to want to go back. I look at my table and in my bathroom and its scattered with skin products...do I need all of them? I'm not sure. Every time I read a magazine or go on to beauty sites, there's talk of different ingredients having different benefits. Retinol, hyaluronic acid, peptides, antioxidants (Vitamin C, green tea, CoffeeBerry, etc), ceramides, sirtuins, niacinamide, alpha hydroxy acids....and more. How can anyone keep up?! And how many products can one use?! I've used products with retinol, hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, and alpha hydroxy acids. Not sure how different my skin would have been if I hadn't...but I'm a bit hesitant to find out. I figure I'll reap the benefits later in my life. I have friends who have probably never used any skin care products for anti-aging and they look great...soo is it worth it? With science advancing and new ingredients and products always coming out, will it be possible to age gracefully and not look like your skin's been stretched out across your face or frozen with injections?