BlogHer - Age Gracefully (with a little help) or fight it tooth and nail and look like you belong in a wax museum?! - Comments

Graceful and natural

silvergirl28 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 23:33:35 -0600

Love your title - it made me smile.

I think a life well lived reflects in someone's eyes and face. I would so much rather see a grandmother with a face full of wrinkles than some weird fake altered face. Beauty is so subjective and I wonder if having cosmetic surgery creates more insecurities in the person who has it because it isn't them.

Longing to look younger is a game everybody loses eventually so why not show 'em how its done. I celebrate age and wisdom and view it as part of the circle of life.

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Beauty Under the Knife

apietrangelo — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:45:36 -0500

Good questions to ask in our "Slice 'em and Dice 'em" society. It seems to me that we've lost all perspective with regard to looking good... make that... looking young.

I'm all for using everything at our disposal in order to look our best, but there is a point where we just have to accept our aging gracefully.

Hollywood these days appears to believe that bloated fish lips and faces pulled tighter than rubber bands is attractive. They oughta take a look at that on an HD TV! Yikes!

I'll take my natural lines anyday.

Ann Pietrangelo

My Website: AnnPietrangelo.com

Age Gracefully (with a little help) or fight it tooth and nail and look like you belong in a wax museum?!

AllinGoodFace — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:24:17 -0500

I saw Priscilla Presley on
television last night, promoting a new line of plastic dolls made to
look like her. Hmmm, how very appropriate. As my husband sat next to me
watching her, I realized, I’ve been desensitized I guess to her
freakish appearance after watching her compete week after week on
Dancing With the Stars.

It’s the same thing that happened to how I perceive Michael Jackson, I suppose–becoming used to just how darn ODD he looks.

But
my husband’s very vocal and horrified reaction to seeing her quickly
brought me back to reality, like a swift kick of Botox in the pants,
and got me to thinking. How much is too much? Where does one cross the
line from aging gracefully yet taking care of oneself — doing things to
prolong the aging process — and doing so much and becoming so obsessive
about it that one no longer looks even human??

I mean let’s be real here ladies, Priscilla hasn’t been able to move her face since Elvis “left the building”.

Then there is someone truly stunning like Meryl Streep at 59 years
of age is approximately the same age as Priscilla who is 63. Yet Meryl
seems to have somehow mastered the art of aging gracefully–looking soft
and beautiful and elegant yet mature without looking weathered and old.
How refreshing and lovely that is.

So, what differentiates the two women then? A better plastic surgeon?
Perhaps, but I would argue then that Priscilla just as wealthy as
Meryl, has access to the very best plastic surgeons and latest
anti-aging procedures. I venture to guess that the difference lies in
knowing just when to stop. When to do a little but not so much that you
no longer look like yourself but rather some weird wax version of
yourself that should be standing at Madame Troussaud’s.

Meryl
is taking care of herself and seeking expert help but isn’t getting
carried away. Priscilla’s goal seems to be to attempt to look like
she’s perpetually 18, which isn’t realistic and frankly, it isn’t
working for her either.

So, who do you think looks great for their age but not weird or odd?
Who do you think has taken it too far? Share your thoughts by clicking
the ‘Comments’ link below…

Melissa Sebastien