Wrinkled Knees and Chicken Skin

The first sign I had that I had gotten “older” was when I looked down at my legs as I jogged and saw the knees of my ex-mother-in-law attached to MY body…wrinkling up and smoothing out as I ran. I don’t know why the memory of my mother in law’s knees is so vivid, but the wrinkled knees stuck with me as a sure sign that once the knees go your only worth in life is as somebody’s mother-in-law.

The recognition of my wrinkled knees led me to look for other signs of obvious aging. It was a mistake to look. Chicken skin on the neck, bulging veins on the backs of my hands, and the horrible, unmistakable “back fat” were there to reinforce the diagnosis – I was old. But I wasn’t about to give up without a fight. I may not be able to correct wrinkled knees, but I could correct some of the obvious signs and hide the others.

I adopted the philosophy, “keep your chin up”, partly because a positive attitude is necessary as we begin to wrinkle and fade, and partly because a chin held as high as possible stretches out the chicken skin on the neck.

Regardless of magazine articles that promised low-cut sweaters would draw attention away from the neck, I refused to buy any top that didn’t cover everything up to my ears. I could find a turtle-neck to fit any occasion. My hemlines dropped to just below the knee to hide my mother-in-law knees, and my sleeves all came at least to the elbow. I would visit department store cosmetic counters in search of the most expensive creams, assuming the more they cost the more effective they must be. No matter how skilled I became at camouflage, every family viewing of the holiday video was painful to me. Every compliment from my husband about how beautiful I was sounded insincere at best. I had to do something to salvage my self esteem. I began researching every cosmetic procedure that could restore at least some of my lost attractiveness without separating layers of skin, adipose tissue and muscle as I had seen on makeovers on TV.

What I found were dozens of procedures and activities that can take years off your face and body without going “under the knife”. Some were totally non-invasive – others minimally invasive. I won’t kid you, some left me wondering why I would do this to myself.

Others, though gave me a feeling of renewed confidence, and I really believe – an extended career in front of the public. I also had consultations with doctors and pharmacists specializing in Bioidentical hormone replacement, sexual dysfunction from aging, and experts in physical fitness for the past-50 audience. I will share each experience with you in detail, ask for input from others who have found answers to life’s many aging problems, and address your questions from my own experience, or the experiences of our contributors.

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Comments

[mellie]

Will plastic surgery help this?
wrinkly knees? How about a leg lift?
Mellie