Go to your local pharmacy and you'll find an array of anti-aging products -- creams, gels, lotions all promising to slow down the aging process. Buy ours and you're sure to be mistaken for your twenty-year-old daughter. Buy theirs and you're sure to be carded next time you go to a club.
While these products might have some actual benefits, I remain wary of their effectiveness. And I certainly don't cotton to the message they send -- getting older is some how bad. Wrinkles are the new leprosy. Soon we'll be wearing little bells to warn the unwrinkled that we're approaching. Children will point. Colleagues will turn away. The subway seat next to us will remain empty.
We are The Wrinkled. Pooh-poohers of botox. Debunkers of Madison Avenue's look-younger campaigns. Admirers of the Keith Richard's look. Crow's feet? We've got 'em. Frown lines? Bring 'em on. Turkey neck? Oh, please don't make me go there. My entire anti anti-aging argument falls apart when it comes to the dreaded turkey neck. So far camouflage like turtle necks and scarves have been successful but I'm open --- waaayyyy open --- to suggestions.
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Don't get me started on this one. On one hand I think it's fine to take care of your skin so it looks it's best. But on the other hand I don't believe for a second that all of those creams will make that much difference. Unless I am willing to go under the knife, I don't think there's a damn thing I can do to get rid of wrinkles and turkey neck. And I love how the ads for wrinkle creams have 25-30 year olds showing the results of it. The only justice in it all is that in 30 years all of them will look like us now and be looking at the same ads with the newest batch of youthful women advertising wrinkle creams. When my 20 year old daughter teases me about looking older I look her in the eye and make sure she is looking at me intently before I say....This Is Your Future. That shuts her up pretty fast. Great post. Turkey Necks Unite !
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