Do you consider yourself physically attractive?

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I never considered myself physically attractive. I had BAD skin eczema as a kid that I was bullied a lot for. My eczema went away in my later teens but came back some in my early 30s but it mostly flares up in the winter & I think it's due to me moving from Louisiana to Vermont. Vermont winters are aLOT colder & the heating systems can dry out my skin. I currently have some nasty looking sores around my ankles cuz they itched alot which caused me to scratch a bit, but my skin looks OK everywhere else rite now. I was skinny as a kid due to being an extremely picky eater who was unable to get the food he wanted(my mom hated having to cook special meals for me) but I had NO mussel at all. I gained a lot of weight over the last few years due to meds & me being able to get the food I like more which is fast & junk food type stuff & I binge eat maybe cuz I used to eat very big meals as a kid when it was stuff I liked. I would barely eat for a day or so sometimes & when there was food I liked I would eat till I was uncomfortably full or out. I also have moobs probably due to med side-effects & me gaining weight & not exercising. I still don't have any mussel. I really need to start exercising & work on my binging. I wore very thick glasses due to being extremely nearsighted but I was still very nearsighted even with the glasses(they only helped a little). I only really wore glasses for things like school, work, & going to the movies since they didn't help my distance vision a lot & they made my close vision worse. When I started going through puberty I had BAD acne & it left some scars on my face when it left. I started losing my head hair in my mid 20s; I'm doing various things to try & save it but I lost a bit of hair.

When i was younger, i think i was good looking-ish.
the older i get, i think the uglier i get.

I think that how well i look is vastly linked to my weight.
When i am at the right weight (which is almost never), i look good.

Although i have testosterone deficiency and even with testosterone replacement therapy,
i am still overweight by a couple of stone (ideally should be 12 stone, but am more like 14 stone).

Funny how being thinner improves my looks, some people can carry the weight and still look handsome (example Elvis).
I am not one of them, the more weight i carry the uglier i get.

I have a broken nose too from doing several years of martial arts when growing up. Could do with being fixed.
I also have big eyes, which are ok, but have blepharitis. which make my eyelids a bit puffy.

But at least i have a face etc. as some poor people have a lot worse to deal with.
So we should be thankful that we at least look half human.

Used to have great hair. That i either used to have in a natural cow lick quif, or really long.
Now that i am getting older, have to shave my head down to a crew cut.

Perhaps not long until i end up going bald. just part of my genetics.

Being bald these days isn't so much a big deal. Quiet a lot of men shave their head.
So that's something at least.

funny though for someone who used to have hair down past his shoulders.
and for someone who loves doing the same things that i used to do when i had long hair,
such as play guitar etc.

Just the way life goes i guess, the only thing guaranteed is change.

I have acne and I'm too flabby.

You think you're bad? My first reaction when a girl said I was attractive in high school was to assume she was lying.

I was even unsure when my wife would say this.

My superpower has always been invisibility around attractive women. This is not exaggeration - I would talk to them and they wouldn't even acknowledge my presence.

Now that I'm 60, it's not a big deal. I've had a happy marriage until my wife passed away 3 years ago. Acceptance is the least of my concerns.

Don't know whether I am.

That’s me in the avatar.....what do YOU think?

Kraftie, you look like a university professor

Who doesn't like a skunk?

I think I've seen your pic here? You looked decent, much younger looking than most guys your age.....

Me? I think I'm more attractive now than I was when I was younger. A lot of that is just confidence / lack of caring that kinda grows with age. When I was in my teens and 20's I was very insecure, and I think my demeanor reflected that insecurity.... physically i look pretty much the same, I just carry myself better with old age

Self-confidence is extremely attractive to many people.

I think I mostly am.
I have really nice eyes. They're definitely my best feature. I like my hair too. I like my body for the most part too.
I don't have too much to complain about, physically. I'm not, like, mega hot but I'm not unattractive.

Correction:

That's the last time I ever exaggerate/lie on the internet. Everyone can see my profile pic, after all!

Imagine being enveloped by Cyclops.....she would be a tough customer, indeed.....