by topazz
I’m the first to admit that I’m at an age where I wouldn’t mind a little magic to reverse the clock. And even though I’m generally content with my looks and would never consider going under the knife to “maintain” them, what about all these not-so-invasive treatments I keep reading about? Lucky for you Dear Reader, topazz with a zz’s crack team of beauty experts did a little investigating. Our conclusion: There are definitely more elevating ways to spend your money than for botox injections, fillers, and laser treatments. I also recognize how easy that is to say when one is still relatively young (ahem!) at heart, but there’s no denying that for both men and women, once the aging process kicks in – it operates in dog years, not 12 month ones.
Woof.
But I digress. Let’s talk about that word “maintain”…and we’ll start with a beautiful older woman who I consider to be the epitome of aging gracefully:
(Yes, Michelle is turning 50 this year, believe it or not. Ready to be farmed out to Obscuresville, by Hollywood standards)
Even when non-surgical enhancements are performed on someone as gorgeous as Michelle, procedures such as botox, restylane, juviderm and the like can be overdone. Apparently if Michelle begins having these procedures done regularly, little by little her spectacular face will begin adapting and changing to the point that within a year or two she’ll turn into:
topazz with a zz says: don’t do it, Michelle.
Now let’s look at a few examples of men:
Case in Point #1: Mickey Rourke
Granted, this is a picture of Mickey from 20 years ago – a fine looking man by anyone’s standards. Given his raunchy lifestyle and wild reputation, aging would naturally have taken a bit of a toll on that baby face of his – but even so, wouldn’t the natural effects of time have been preferable to this?
Case #2: Kenny Rogers
Kenny was always your basic good old country boy, a tad overweight - but in a comfortable way, like a fat brother-in-law. Kenny Rogers today:
topazz with a zz says: Ruby, Take Your Love to Town, Girl!
Case #3: Burt Reynolds
And finally, who finds these kind of lips attractive and why are they so prevalent?
Please.
So to wrap this up, the moral of the story is exactly what your mother told you all along: “Just be yourself and they’ll like you just fine, honey...And goddammit, my drink isn’t going to refill itself!”
topazz scans the internet for interesting and amusing tidbits so you don't have to.