Just over a year after Allure launched its anti anti-aging campaign โ€” that weโ€™re featuring a groundbreaking study by AARP to discover what 2,000 women, from 21 to 72, really feel about their age.

No question was off limits. Women were asked about their skin-care routines, their body image, their biggest fears about growing older. What became immediately clear is that the average womanโ€™s attitudes about her โ€œnumberโ€ are far more nuanced than what any expert would have you believe.