I tried to watch Lioness and couldn’t because I was so distracted by NK’s face I couldn’t hear a word she said. It makes me sad! Sad for the homogenization. Sad for the proliferation of disordered body image. Sad that being ourselves is perceived as not good enough or no longer worthy.
I had a nose job at 29, a breast reduction at 49, and I tried a procedure on my face that hurt like hell a few years ago - with sonogram technology I think? No discernible difference. I lasered my armpit hair. I waxed and lasered my leg hair. I have an at home IPL machine. I tried sclerotherapy and laser for my gazillion spider veins. AND I DON’T consider myself a slave to the system. 😂😂😂 What folly.
On the other hand, I won’t ever get Botox or filler. Injectables don’t appeal to me at all. Will I ever have a face lift or blepharoplasty? Who knows. Maybe? Probably no on the lift, but a definite maybe on the bleph. I am full of contradictions!!
I haven't watched Lioness yet but I fear I'd have the same experience, and I feel sad for all the same reasons you've mentioned.
I so appreciate your transparency about the choices you've made for yourself (although I had to Google a couple of those procedures!) and I did laugh at "What folly." I haven't heard that expression in a while!
I have my own contradictions, too. I dye my hair. I wear make-up. I shave my legs and underarms. I suppose I feel that those things don't permanently alter my appearance, but there are, of course, stories there. More than anything, I don't want our stories to be erased. And I think our faces are so full of incredible stories.
The pandemic was the perfect time for me to let the gray come in, so I did and I’m very happy with my salt and pepper hair. Of course that was after 3 decades of bleach and other colors, so it was time for a reset.
I take winters off from shaving/waxing/IPLing, except for my under arms. I don’t have a problem with body hair, but since peri started a few years ago, I smell different and keeping the hair gone reduces that for me.
I'm ready to embrace the gray! But other than a patch at the front, it's not coming through. I keep asking my stylist if she can see any more at the back whenever I'm at the salon every few months, but so far nothing much!
That's very interesting re smell. It's something I've heard a lot about in peri/menopause but haven't (yet) experienced. I guess that makes sense that the absence of body hair would help though.
I tried to watch Lioness and couldn’t because I was so distracted by NK’s face I couldn’t hear a word she said. It makes me sad! Sad for the homogenization. Sad for the proliferation of disordered body image. Sad that being ourselves is perceived as not good enough or no longer worthy.
I had a nose job at 29, a breast reduction at 49, and I tried a procedure on my face that hurt like hell a few years ago - with sonogram technology I think? No discernible difference. I lasered my armpit hair. I waxed and lasered my leg hair. I have an at home IPL machine. I tried sclerotherapy and laser for my gazillion spider veins. AND I DON’T consider myself a slave to the system. 😂😂😂 What folly.
On the other hand, I won’t ever get Botox or filler. Injectables don’t appeal to me at all. Will I ever have a face lift or blepharoplasty? Who knows. Maybe? Probably no on the lift, but a definite maybe on the bleph. I am full of contradictions!!
I haven't watched Lioness yet but I fear I'd have the same experience, and I feel sad for all the same reasons you've mentioned.
I so appreciate your transparency about the choices you've made for yourself (although I had to Google a couple of those procedures!) and I did laugh at "What folly." I haven't heard that expression in a while!
I have my own contradictions, too. I dye my hair. I wear make-up. I shave my legs and underarms. I suppose I feel that those things don't permanently alter my appearance, but there are, of course, stories there. More than anything, I don't want our stories to be erased. And I think our faces are so full of incredible stories.
The pandemic was the perfect time for me to let the gray come in, so I did and I’m very happy with my salt and pepper hair. Of course that was after 3 decades of bleach and other colors, so it was time for a reset.
I take winters off from shaving/waxing/IPLing, except for my under arms. I don’t have a problem with body hair, but since peri started a few years ago, I smell different and keeping the hair gone reduces that for me.
I'm ready to embrace the gray! But other than a patch at the front, it's not coming through. I keep asking my stylist if she can see any more at the back whenever I'm at the salon every few months, but so far nothing much!
That's very interesting re smell. It's something I've heard a lot about in peri/menopause but haven't (yet) experienced. I guess that makes sense that the absence of body hair would help though.
Co-sign x