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Appreciating Your Value as You Age
The New York Times ^ | March 17, 2010 | CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS

Posted on 03/18/2010 10:06:36 PM PDT by StilettoRaksha

AGING is an indiscriminate leveler. You might have been a shapely bombshell who made heads turn. You might have honed your intellect and résumé and let looks take a backseat. Still, most of us will pass a mirror one day and wonder who is that stranger with the droopy eyelids.

It would be easy to dismiss worries about such an aesthetic concern as weak. But two models-turned-psychotherapists argue in “Face It,” their new guide for women, that struggling with changing looks can be no less daunting than dealing with a financial loss, a demotion at work or a divorce.

The answer isn’t simple , if the 20 years’ worth of patient information that the book draws upon is any indication. (They also surveyed other women, 30 to 65, including models because they sometimes consult for modeling agencies.)

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


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To: StilettoRaksha

I’m a later 40’s guy with a full head of grey hair. I am cool with it as the information was worth it! :^)


21 posted on 03/18/2010 11:37:18 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: Age of Reason
How about Susan Lucci?
22 posted on 03/18/2010 11:43:21 PM PDT by StilettoRaksha
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To: Age of Reason

and you’re married to Monica Belluci right?

bashing Sophia Loren....you ought to be ashamed


23 posted on 03/18/2010 11:51:31 PM PDT by wardaddy (this is no way to run a nation, except into the ground)
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To: StilettoRaksha

i would add exercise as well, but you covered it all very . . . well, can I say, beautifully? :-)


24 posted on 03/19/2010 12:30:06 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: StilettoRaksha

please give me the number of her plastic surgeon . . . STAT!


25 posted on 03/19/2010 12:32:32 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: StilettoRaksha
Avoid sun - check
Avoid stress - check
Eat right - check
Moisturize - check
Exercise - check
Don't smoke - check
Don't drink - whoa, there, Nellie...
26 posted on 03/19/2010 9:16:27 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (I miss having a First LADY.)
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To: GOP Poet
If only I knew...Check out these photos:
27 posted on 03/19/2010 9:43:49 AM PDT by StilettoRaksha
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