Face It

First, what is non-invasive dermatology? We’re talking about non surgical procedures most often administered by dermatologists or plastic surgeons. They include botox, laser resurfacing, derma abrasion, collagen and filler injections, to name a few. They provide immediate results and are not permanent. They are less expensive and less dramatic than plastic surgery. So, who are these procedures for? ……

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Do women who haven’t thought of themselves as attractive when they were younger feel differently as they age than women who have? From our interviews with women, we conclude, yes, they do. And the answer seems to lie in the fact that the playing field gets leveled as women get older. Women who never thought of themselves as particularly attractive realize that those women, whose beauty they once envied, are all aging. The “in” crowd at school, models in magazines and actors on cosmetic ads, they all have to deal with their changing looks……

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Face it: there is no magic solution to aging with grace and dignity. Having just written a book offering guidance to millions of women who feel trapped by conflicting feelings, we think we are on to something. We have found satisfying, long term solutions that help us deal with a culture that virtually programs women to have a crisis over their aging appearance. We were once professional models, so we were made acutely aware how quickly a premium on physical beauty can fade with age. It took hard work and time, but we learned the secret of how to enjoy our changing appearance…..

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Our baby boomer generation has received such mixed messages about the importance of beauty.

Growing up, we all expect to get married. Generations ago, your family’s wealth determined whether or not you were marriageable—think Jane Austen novels. But in our childhood, the currency was looks. The prettiest girls got the best guys. Once you’d found your mate and had your children, though, your looks were more or less irrelevant. True, women might mourn the loss of their youthful beauty and the power it gave them. They might faithfully and optimistically use makeup and moisturizers—and some of the more daring might even have colored their hair—but there wasn’t much in their arsenal. What’s more, aging—and looking as if you had aged—was a fact of life. There certainly wasn’t any shame connected with it…….

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Whether you were for or against Hillary Clinton when she ran for the Democratic nomination, we think this anecdote below should make you angry.

After Matt Drudge put an unflattering picture of Clinton on his web site, Rush Limbaugh commented about it on air. “So the question is this,” the radio personality said. “Will this country want to actually watch a woman get older before their [sic] eyes on a daily basis?”

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