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I HATE BOTOX
I hate Botox. I hate collogen. I hate plastic surgery and wrinkle creams. I hate makeup. I hate anything that purports to make you look "20 YEARS YOUNGER!!" I hate anything that makes you feel bad about being old.
As you go through life, you tend to make the same facial expressions in similar situations. I know I smile big, laugh loud, and have some intense looks when involved in a discussion. I also know that as I experience life, and take care of (or fail to) myself, these life choices are impressing themselves into my body for life. I know the fact that I am generally a happy, upbeat person now will effect the way I look basically for the rest of my life.
Isn't this fascinating? My life is etched into my face. Why would I want to erase years of experience and life from my face? Why, basically, would I want to remove wrinkles? Aging is a beautiful thing, and we need to relearn how to age with grace, not fighting kicking and screaming.
I recently watched a Craig Ferguson monologue where he attributes the rise in valuing the youth to the 50s, when marketers believed that hooking the young on their products would serve them better, as that's when people begin deciding their brand loyalties. Unfortunately, he claims, this turned into an overvaluing of youth, which eventually turned into an overvaluing of stupidity, and that this is "why everything sucks."
Obviously, I'm not going to go that far (although I do like his reasoning and conclusions), I do still think we overvalue youth. People need to celebrate the experience written on their faces. Unfortunately, I do think the way society is structured does not generally lead to "happiness." People get so caught up in their daily grind that they lose sight of what they're doing it for, and that misery also gets etched into their faces. I think as life has gotten less communal that the emphasis on youth has increased, as youth is now associated with freedom and energy, where their lives have become monotonous and boring, basically. People want to get back to that, instead of enjoying what they have.
These products are marketed to make you feel miserable about yourself, or at least remind you that you are not happy. So Enjoy your old age. If you don't, no one's going to do it for you, and you'll go to the grave looking ugly and feeling wretched.
I hate Botox. I hate collogen. I hate plastic surgery and wrinkle creams. I hate makeup. I hate anything that purports to make you look "20 YEARS YOUNGER!!" I hate anything that makes you feel bad about being old.
As you go through life, you tend to make the same facial expressions in similar situations. I know I smile big, laugh loud, and have some intense looks when involved in a discussion. I also know that as I experience life, and take care of (or fail to) myself, these life choices are impressing themselves into my body for life. I know the fact that I am generally a happy, upbeat person now will effect the way I look basically for the rest of my life.
Isn't this fascinating? My life is etched into my face. Why would I want to erase years of experience and life from my face? Why, basically, would I want to remove wrinkles? Aging is a beautiful thing, and we need to relearn how to age with grace, not fighting kicking and screaming.
I recently watched a Craig Ferguson monologue where he attributes the rise in valuing the youth to the 50s, when marketers believed that hooking the young on their products would serve them better, as that's when people begin deciding their brand loyalties. Unfortunately, he claims, this turned into an overvaluing of youth, which eventually turned into an overvaluing of stupidity, and that this is "why everything sucks."
Obviously, I'm not going to go that far (although I do like his reasoning and conclusions), I do still think we overvalue youth. People need to celebrate the experience written on their faces. Unfortunately, I do think the way society is structured does not generally lead to "happiness." People get so caught up in their daily grind that they lose sight of what they're doing it for, and that misery also gets etched into their faces. I think as life has gotten less communal that the emphasis on youth has increased, as youth is now associated with freedom and energy, where their lives have become monotonous and boring, basically. People want to get back to that, instead of enjoying what they have.
These products are marketed to make you feel miserable about yourself, or at least remind you that you are not happy. So Enjoy your old age. If you don't, no one's going to do it for you, and you'll go to the grave looking ugly and feeling wretched.
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