Why do I make the blepharoplasty (a “eyelash lift”) this year

A plastic surgeon, who is under 40 and works in Los Angeles, told me her friends – all in the 1930s – asking her where to go for the best tasting increases: lifts.

Another friend, a well -known writer in the 1960s, told me (when I took off my “bags”), “go see Dr. Pavlov! My neck, my eyes, my chin, made the whole thing. The best thing I have ever done, you will love him!”

Another friend, on the edge of 60 and a half-Slavic, seems impressive. He told me the same thing. “Oh yes, I made my eyes. They also come. But you look good. You don’t need it. “(He’s kind and a man, basically he had to say that.)

My 92 -year -old father (bless) agreed. Even if he was a man, I knew he would tell me the truth. “You don’t have bags!” He complained: “These are tiny, only in the morning. You don’t need surgery!” Okay, maybe also biased.

In any case, I was surprised to realize that my two friends (and certainly many others I don’t know) had “had done a job”. This project was excellent: I never noticed it. My friends looked great, but I didn’t think it looked much younger.

Although we rarely think about it, aging is one of the last borders of “acceptable” prejudice and discrimination. Last week, my groom, one of the most socially conscious people I know, mourned that he is “thirty -three! So oooold! I can’t stay late late,” as if bad. Funny for “superior moments”, “The aging of my memory!” or “Oh, must be Alzheimer’s!” They are very common. I catch them coming out of my mouth. The silent age is alive and well, in his destructive best.

Meanwhile, in the United States, Boomers and Millennials, the two older age groups, will soon exceed 18 and down. In 10 years, forecasts say that the numbers of these 65 years or older will exceed those of children and adolescents in the states. Do we really want to contribute to saving our lives to “anti-aging” billions of dollars that make serums, filters, devices, creams and surgery?

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In order not to think a little old man never hurt anyone, please know, the disasters are real. And the group that seems to have the strongest implicit bias against older adults They are the elderly themselves. A growing body of research, pioneering Becca Levy, Ph.D., in Yale, shows many of what the elderly attribute to aging (for example, heart disease, hearing loss, memory changes and so on) is significantly affected With our beliefs about aging.

In other words, since I am going to turn 65, I could throw it away, waiting for the worst, to retire on the couch and become an expert on real TV. Not that there is something wrong with it, but we all know, at every age, healthy includes a life with constant purpose and commitment. If I became the proverbial sofa potato, I would get faster.

Anti, I can look at Noam Chomsky, Georgia O’keeffe or Maya Angelou for inspiration, believing that I still have something to contribute. Certainly, the material sometimes breaks up, but this is an advantage of aging today. In the last century, people were killed by what is now preventive heart attacks. The knees or hips gave out, then the peoples spent their days sitting in a chair with little movement or stimulation. More or less withered away. But none of these should be the case anymore. Hearts and other chronic diseases – even cancer – are often preventive and therapeutic. Diabetes is no longer a death penalty. The joints wear out, but their new titanium or ceramic replace them, offering renewal and rejuvenation.

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We have to get our minds out of the gutter in terms of aging. We can deal with the negative, age self-speech and remind ourselves that we have won our age. It’s beautiful, inside and out. Wrinkles are lines of wisdom. A “double chin” is soft and noblest for hugging. The media can sell our youth 24/7, but this is not a reality. We, the elderly, are reality. And if we are just more kind to ourselves and our unique bodies and minds, they will serve us better and more.

“Pavlov”, who has a thriving practice in my city’s richest suburb, should wait. Maybe forever. Certainly not this year, Lucifer!