Looking Younger - the Commitment
The Baby Boomers always knew they would look younger and indeed they have. Whoever coined the phrase "Sixty is the New Forty" certainly must have been a Baby Boomer who grew up defying anything that reeked of old.
We promised ourselves that we would never look like our parents or act like them. We adopted the unspoken rule of 'tie dye forever' and 'down with the establishment'.
Little did we know that the establishment would snare us, rope us into believing that we need to cut our bodies and invade our systems with toxins and poisons -all in the name of beauty?
Somehow we were sold out. In the sixties and seventies, even into the eighties and nineties that pact we had made to always look and act young was eroded by an industry that promised beauty at the end of a syringe and a scalpel.
This type of self improvement has rapidly become a type of self mutilation. In the name of beauty more and more men and women are allowing their perfectly healthy faces to be altered with methods that may not produce the desired results and these modalities can certainly jeopardize one's health and well being.
Somehow a misconception has been plied that surgery and injections are easy routes to erase the years; it is not.
Remember seeing "The Swan" and "Extreme Makeover"? Most of us were wowed with the results of plastic surgery and dentistry that were paraded before us. The contestants did not see themselves for six weeks so imagine their surprise at their unveiling. New faces, sculpted bodies, bigger breasts, hair styling and more were in evidence with every contestant.
Some of the contestants endured up to seventeen procedures in a six week period of time; were the results as pleasant as the show producers wanted us to believe?
Not always. Here is how one contestant reflected on her surgeries that were fraught with complications: "Cosmetic surgery is "only a quick fix. ... When you come back to reality, you're still you," said Lorrie Arias, Corona, CA.
After multiple procedures was she happier, more beautiful and confident in her new appearance? No.
Lorrie is basically a recluse now and she regrets her decision to participate in the makeover show. She cautions those thinking of using plastic surgery by saying that she doesn't believe her new look was worth the cost because she continues to suffer from a botched thigh lift that left her once beautiful skin with a dented, sunken hole. In addition Arias says that when she touches her eyebrows she feels it on the back of her scalp and her belly is numb. She can no longer comfortably tip her head back.
Lorrie Arias is not alone.
Does she need revision surgery? Probably but who pays?
Procedures can go terribly wrong and if emotional and psychological baggage is mixed with self esteem issues and hidden health challenges, this might be the recipe for disaster.
Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a chronic condition defined as someone excessively concerned with their physical features.
Maybe you wonder if you or your friends might have a tendency toward self-loathing your appearance. If you frequently eye yourself with disdain you might fall prey to the hype of injections and surgery.
Perhaps you've seen friends start with paralyzing injections then move onto injections that plump, maybe a nose job is next and then certainly liposuction and thermage. After that more injections, laser treatments and an eye lift.
Maybe BDD is a result of too many consultations with plastic surgeons that destroy any confidence you have in your appearance with recommendations for many procedures.
Maintaining a youthful look without using extraneous means takes a commitment to love and care for you without resorting to invasive procedures like surgery and injections.
Using exercise is a loving way to care for your face and it is one very effective treatment for an aging face. Just as your body appreciates the rush of oxygenated blood throughout the limbs and torso, your face will absolutely benefit from the nutrients and plumping provided by simple isometric exercise.
Using facial exercise rather than invasive procedures means you will age spectacularly without any danger, risk of infections or disappointment and no recovery time.
Looking younger just got easier!
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Cynthia Rowland is widely recognized as an expert in all natural facial fitness. She has appeared on The View, NBC 4, Fit TV, HGTV and other popular shows. This author, speaker and television personality is leading the crusade to keep men and women looking vibrantly younger through natural techniques without spending their children's inheritance.
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