Comments on: Talking About Facelifts, Fillers, and the Whole Damn Aging Thing http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Sun, 22 Apr 2012 21:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8467 byjane Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:44:47 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8467 @Lucie, I'm trying to be mature about this, above it all, so to speak. Ha! @Lucie,
I’m trying to be mature about this, above it all, so to speak. Ha!

]]> By: Lucie http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8464 Lucie Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:54:00 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8464 I call them my laugh lines. Considering I am scowling half the time, they are there to remind me to lighten up and stop fretting about what I can't doing anything about. Yes, its the whole Oy, the money for me too. Now if I won the lottery..... http://midlifemusingsbyluce.com I call them my laugh lines. Considering I am scowling half the time, they are there to remind me to lighten up and stop fretting about what I can’t doing anything about. Yes, its the whole Oy, the money for me too. Now if I won the lottery…..

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]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8405 byjane Mon, 30 May 2011 16:54:05 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8405 @daeja, What God taketh away (good skin), so doth He giveth (bad eyesight). Yeah, I've played that before. There was a piece in the NY Times Style section yesterday about this very subject. (Perhaps it's that spring is here and we're shedding our shawls and seeing what we really look like.) @daeja,
What God taketh away (good skin), so doth He giveth (bad eyesight). Yeah, I’ve played that before.

There was a piece in the NY Times Style section yesterday about this very subject. (Perhaps it’s that spring is here and we’re shedding our shawls and seeing what we really look like.)

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8404 byjane Mon, 30 May 2011 16:50:59 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8404 @joanna, They (whoever they may be) say we should have started much younger. A little Botox here at 18 and some filler there at 32. They (oh, I guess they are the people who make money from this) say that that way there will be no signs of a major overhaul--no sending of the old Ford to Earl Shieb for a new paint job! @joanna,
They (whoever they may be) say we should have started much younger. A little Botox here at 18 and some filler there at 32. They (oh, I guess they are the people who make money from this) say that that way there will be no signs of a major overhaul–no sending of the old Ford to Earl Shieb for a new paint job!

]]> By: daeja http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8403 daeja Mon, 30 May 2011 14:13:13 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8403 How timely a post. I was just looking at my eyelids and jowels in the bathroom mirror not five minutes ago and thinking, "I should do something about thi... I am afraid to do something about this... I can't afford to do something about this... Why should I have to do something about this?" As you know from a past post, my whole body has become a Shar Pei. Where do you draw the line? I like what Walker said, above, about accepting the aging process. We have enough to worry about with achey joints and reading glasses as it is. I found the best solution is to walk away from the mirror - or not look to closely. You know....nature's way of sparing you the horror of seeing all the lines is to make your close vision blurry as you age...... but then... someone takes a photo of you and ugh.... How timely a post.
I was just looking at my eyelids and jowels in the bathroom mirror not five minutes ago and thinking, “I should do something about thi… I am afraid to do something about this… I can’t afford to do something about this… Why should I have to do something about this?”
As you know from a past post, my whole body has become a Shar Pei. Where do you draw the line?

I like what Walker said, above, about accepting the aging process. We have enough to worry about with achey joints and reading glasses as it is. I found the best solution is to walk away from the mirror – or not look to closely. You know….nature’s way of sparing you the horror of seeing all the lines is to make your close vision blurry as you age…… but then… someone takes a photo of you and ugh….

]]> By: Joanna Jenkins http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8397 Joanna Jenkins Sat, 28 May 2011 00:48:39 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8397 I hear you Jane. All my friends are having nips/tucks and most are loving it but I'm not sure I can take that leap yet. For starters, I'd have to do my whole face (I'm 53) cuz if I just did my eyes and not my neck/chin, I'd feel like I remodeled the living room to perfection but now the rest of the house looks like crap-- only it would be the top vs the lower half of my face. Oy, it's a lot of money-- And yes, I'm worth it, but it's a BIG change and too scary for me. As the clock ticks and my face continues to move south, maybe I'll change my mind.... If I do I'll let you know how it feels/looks and if it was worth it. xo jj I hear you Jane. All my friends are having nips/tucks and most are loving it but I’m not sure I can take that leap yet. For starters, I’d have to do my whole face (I’m 53) cuz if I just did my eyes and not my neck/chin, I’d feel like I remodeled the living room to perfection but now the rest of the house looks like crap– only it would be the top vs the lower half of my face. Oy, it’s a lot of money– And yes, I’m worth it, but it’s a BIG change and too scary for me.

As the clock ticks and my face continues to move south, maybe I’ll change my mind…. If I do I’ll let you know how it feels/looks and if it was worth it.

xo jj

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8391 byjane Fri, 27 May 2011 16:34:23 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8391 @Bodaciousboomer-- They're gone? Totally gone? Sign me up, sister! I've been using Obagi for about a month now and I think mine are lighter. Maybe. @Bodaciousboomer–
They’re gone? Totally gone? Sign me up, sister! I’ve been using Obagi for about a month now and I think mine are lighter. Maybe.

]]> By: byjane http://midlifebloggers.com/2011/05/26/talking-about-facelifts-fillers-and-the-whole-damn-aging-thing/comment-page-1/#comment-8390 byjane Fri, 27 May 2011 16:32:45 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/?p=4264#comment-8390 @Walker I read somewhere that the fastest growing demographic having plastic surgery are men! When I was in high school, more boys than girls got nose jobs and ears pinned back. So I think the urge is gender-neutral. And, yes, I agree--everyone has to make their own decisions for their own reasons! @Walker
I read somewhere that the fastest growing demographic having plastic surgery are men! When I was in high school, more boys than girls got nose jobs and ears pinned back. So I think the urge is gender-neutral. And, yes, I agree–everyone has to make their own decisions for their own reasons!

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