Are wrinkles to become a thing of the past for the self-selected few, like crooked teeth after the invention of modern orthodontics?As recently as a decade ago, the obliteration of wrinkles required full face-lifts or deep laser resurfacing. To partake of these expensive treatments required disposable income and recovery time; patients retreated with their wounds, to reemerge weeks later with smoother skin or a tighter jaw.
But now newer, less invasive treatments — including Botox injections to temporarily paralyze muscles beneath frown lines, Restylane injections to fill out facial creases and updated lasers to eliminate surface layers of skin — are easily available and relatively safe, albeit still too expensive for most people of middle-class.
These cosmetic technologies are also changing the way pop culture perceives the aging face. Once a biological fact of life like wrinkles now appear to be optional for those who can afford to smooth them.
But now newer, less invasive treatments — including Botox injections to temporarily paralyze muscles beneath frown lines, Restylane injections to fill out facial creases and updated lasers to eliminate surface layers of skin — are easily available and relatively safe, albeit still too expensive for most people of middle-class.
These cosmetic technologies are also changing the way pop culture perceives the aging face. Once a biological fact of life like wrinkles now appear to be optional for those who can afford to smooth them.
Up to what extend would you go?
2 comments:
That's a beautiful photo. It makes me wonder how old is the woman pictured. Sure it looks like a hard job to maintain good looks...presumably expensive too. I only hope to have enough funds when I get older.
Hi,
I will not go to any extend and just accept the course of nature - age gracefully. In my opinion all of those cosmetic surgeries and the Botox are for movie stars or women who depend on their looks for living. Any one with integrity will say the same.
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