“Age is whatever you think it is,” Muhammad Ali once said. “You are as old as you think you are.” It’s a nice thought, isn’t it? That, with the right mindset, you can just sort of think yourself younger. Lovely.

For those of us not floating like butterflies in the metaphysical realm, however, the first visible signs of ageing can really sting. That first wrinkle, that first grey hair. All these things can have a severely negative impact on your self-esteem in a society that idolises youth so much that we bottle actual breast milk and sell it as an anti-ageing product.

If you, like us, are generally okay with the idea of ageing (one step closer to that pension and all) but always want to look your best, there are ways to mitigate time’s more deleterious effects. From what to do with your beard to, yes, botox, this is your guide to Benjamin Buttoning it.

Groom Your Grey Hair

Whether you consider them a sign of wisdom – or just that you’re starting to become wizened – grey hairs are one of the first signs of ageing, with most men spotting their first in their thirties. Reaching for the bottle, however, shouldn’t be your first reflex.

“Stay well away from the hair dyes,” says Natalie Angold, a barber at Ruffians in Shoreditch. “Skin pigmentation naturally lightens as you get older, and hair pigmentation works with that.” So no matter how subtle the results you’re promised, bottled hair colour won’t bring back your youth. If anything, it’ll only highlight how devastated you are about having lost it.

Instead, make the most of your newly silvered locks. “Try using a silver shampoo once or twice a week to help strip grey hair of any brassy, yellow tones,” adds Angold. A lesson in colour theory: because silver shampoo contains a purple pigment (and because purple is located opposite yellow on the colour wheel), it works by neutralising any yellow undertones in grey hair.