I have laugh lines around my mouth and crinkles at the edges of my eyes and even the random wrinkle and stray facial hair. I've developed age spots on my arms and even on my face. As far as I knew, it was just the price you pay for leading a full life. (Maybe not as full as others, but full enough for me.)
But now when I watch TV, I've discovered that I have crepey skin too! Of course I noticed I didn't have baby smooth skin anymore, but then again, it's been many years since I've been a baby. But I'm not worried about this crepey skin, there's a solution. It probably costs more than my first car, but dammit, it's out there!
Let's face facts, almost every other week we're faced with the discovery of a new physical problem with aging that we never even knew we had! For a while there ads for some firming face cream had me feeling inadequate. I'd watch the videos of women dabbing this cream on their baggy eyes and within minutes, WHAM, those bags smoothed out.
When did getting older become such an issue? When did the proclamation come out saying that once you reach a certain age or physical type you need to start trying to reverse all signs of the life you've led?
Listen, if someone feels that they need to have work done for their own positive sense of self, go for it. But do it for yourself, not because some hawker on the tube says that it's damn-near shameful not to.
Are there things I'd like to see improved on myself? Of course! I am human, after all. I look at my body only with quick glances while wearing dark glasses. I know what I look like naked and I don't like what I see, but that doesn't mean I'm going to make myself crazy or bankrupt trying to fix it.
As for my crepey skin, oh well. I probably also have embarrassing ear odor too, but when you come down to it, what does it matter? If you want to get close enough to me to see just how crepey my skin is or sniff my ear, you'd better have been invited.
As for all these miracle cures for aging, thanks but no thanks. I've earned every wrinkle, laugh line, worry line, spider vein, dark baggy eye, age spot and crepey patch of skin. They are my badges of honor. Respect!