A mild bit of vanity seems ok to me. My wife, a 48 yr old grandmother, can pass for <35 if she dyes her hair a bit. And I run a lot and try with marginal success to keep the fat from piling up.
But plastic surgery or covering yourself in creams seems awfully silly. One of the things I admired about Audrey Hepburn is that she aged. Which is better than the Mary Tyler Moore death mask approach.
You are right there, botox looks so fake
Has anyone seen Joan Rivers? Or Cher? Joan is so botoxed and stretched that her face is operated by levers mounted on her shoes. Cher's lips are so inflated in front of her super-stretched face that they have to have special insurance on the first five rows of patrons at every concert. They might be injured by the collagen hurled by her exploding lips...