Let's Face it - Women Explore Their Aging Faces

Comment on the acceptance of an aging face - Rae

Strange subject this, but as I have discussed it with other women it has evoked very different responses.  One friend said she loves the look of an aged face ie. around 80 years, but doesn't like her own around 60 years as she feels as if it is an inbetween age.  Sagging but not really old and therefore doesn't really like what the mirror reveals.  When I asked her how she thought  80 year olds reacted to what they saw in the mirror we had to agree that when the questions had been posed to our own Mothers, they really didn't enjoy their images at all.  Mainly because they still felt and saw their inner selves the same as they did at 30. And certainly didn't want their faces recorded in photographs.

So, what is the acceptance process?  How long does it take for one to accept what one sees in the mirror in midlife.  That is without a few trips to the nearest plastic surgeon.  And, who is to say that is wrong anyway - hooded eyelids can always be improved upon - can't they?

A recent video on a website in America, Graceful Aging, which is America’s leading video network for boomers and older adults, the subject was aired on how different women have approached their own reality of their aging faces.

“Seven articulate women, age 45 to 63, speak openly, honestly and with wry humor on the reality of the sags, bags and wrinkles on their faces while watching themselves on videotape. As they reveal feelings of ambivalence, vanity, and anxiety to each other, their attitudes toward aging move toward acceptance.” -amazon.com. Watch the video here: Let's Face it - Women Explore Their Aging Faces


Here are some of the comments on youtube on the video:

Natural aging women who dress well, make an effort and have a good attitude are immensely more attractive than women who ruin themselves with plastic surgery. Older women are very sexy creatures.
Aueneye

Really great video. I miss having older women to look up to in our culture. It's so boring to have one age rule so much, I like to be inspired by intelligent people of all ages.... and by beautiful older women
Our society is missing A LOT
kiribula

And now for a laugh at ourselves, watch this video - a hilarious look at how some of us muddle through our days