How old is too old when it comes to trying to enhance your looks and reclaim your youth? I mean it’s great to see our elders making the effort to be fashionable, and to keep up their personal grooming…. but where does the line stop?
Mr 50Something and I where visiting the Dr that looks after my 90Something M.I.L, and I was surprised at the promotional materials all over the waiting room walls … super-sized glossy images of flawless faced retirees, smiling with their perfect teeth and sunkissed skin, promising a world of happiness and fulfilment if only you embrace the latest injectable beauty…
Botox and fillers are being promoted to plump up and iron out your lines and erase all signs of aging…… But at 92??? surely that’s a big job.
Now I’m not suggesting that older folk should be denied the chance to feel good about their looks, but the truth is those lines have been well and truly earned and should be celebrated…. so pedalling these messages to an audience whose average age is in the 80’s, seems a little unrealistic and perhaps even a tad disrespectful. …don’t you think ??
Wonder Years 
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