What’s all this fuss about anti-aging? What happened to the Sophia Loren attitude of aging gracefully, throwing your cares to the wind and wearing your skin as is? Unless you live out on the prairie, you may have caught the anti-aging fever yourself.
If you consider yourself a disciple of Oprah’s ‘anti-aging product of the month’ club, then you’re probably in too deep, and only a smack in the face would help you (this is not to bash Oprah’s credibility though, but sometimes the craze she lets on can cause irrational mass hysteria).
Even men, not necessarily metrosexuals, have joined in the anti-aging bandwagon. But as crazy as this may seem to you, our parents got along fine before all these miracle potions gushed out of the marketing machinery; and look how ruddy and in the pink of health they appear on those sepia pictures. To be sure, there are a number of products out there which do work (though they won’t be mentioned for fear of incurring the wrath of their competitors); but the best things in life are absolutely free, or at least very affordable.
Ever wondered why all the most hardnosed nutritionists tell people to take in as much water as they can, and nobody seems to catch on except the truly fitness-conscious? It’s because water is so abundant that we take it for granted; but the body is made up of ninety percent water, and isn’t it common sense to replenish your stores with the same substance you lost in the first place?
Many don’t hesitate to pop vitamin pills into their mouths, but shrink away at the mere sight of a broccoli sprout. Those who opt for a gentle scrub foam have no qualms in getting their faces ‘sanded’ with dermabrasion. It’s like a culture of contradictions.
Why not go back to lifestyle of the good old days, despite the complexity of modern life? Our ancestors lived long fruitful lives, so they must have done something right. Get off the couch and exercise in the morning sun like you haven’t done before, and cut back on the night life and get some solid, decent sleep for a change.
Stress is one of the major causes of skin breakouts and wrinkling, so let loose and laugh, even if life wouldn’t let you. There’s a reason why phony anti-aging products continue to flourish like sponge spores; the people behind the curtains want to you get anxious enough about your age so that you’ll take the next opportunity to mask it, when the truth it is that everybody ages, and all you can do is embrace it. You don’t see Meryl Streep gawking at the anti-aging frenzy, and you shouldn’t be too enthusiastic about the buzz as well.
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