Simple, Non Surgical Ways to Give Yourself a Beauty Boost
We can have our eyes lifted, Botox our crow’s feet and exfoliate our faces back to infancy, but there are several undeniable signs of aging that will give you away despite your surgeon’s best efforts.
- Discolored teeth
Even those over-whitened smiles that are obvious products of cosmetic dentist add brightness to the entire face. Tooth whitening is an easy fix. There are professional bleaching solutions, lasers, and even over-the-counter products that work. I used one of the early professional bleaching systems that required having the dentist take impressions of my upper teeth, then wearing a mouthpiece filled with a nasty tasting bleach to bed every night. Hated the taste - loved the result. - Back of the hands
If only white party gloves would make a comeback. Bulging veins, loose skin and age spots have made me want to hide my hands in public for years now. The Boomers have forced the cosmetic industry to find answers to “old hands." Peels, tretinoin creams and lasers can remove the tell-tale spots. And now plastic surgeons are even using fat injections to restore the original contour of your hands. - Thinning, dull hair
I remember the days when I would swing my head from side to side to show off my bouncy, shiny hair – of which there was an abundance. Now my scalp shows through in places if I fail to use the hand mirror when styling. First, we must say goodbye to Lady Clairol. Aging hair needs professional coloring. Dimensional color gives the appearance of a fuller head of hair. Professional conditioners, spray on glosses and balms with shine added make hair look youthfully healthy. In cases of severely thinning hair, The Hair Club offers non-surgical hair enhancement – custom designed hair additions that are attached with surgical glue and look completely natural. - Elastic waistbands
Okay, this is one you can definitely do something about. I don’t care how comfortable those pants are, elastic waistbands and pastel prints (including any kind of fruit, ladybugs, or any other species of insect) tell the world you have lost your sense of style. Don’t dress like your daughter, but don’t dress like your grandmother either. - Too-dark eyebrow pencil
Young girls rarely overdue the eyebrow pencil because young girls generally have eyebrows. Along with thinning hair comes thinning eyebrows. I thought about permanent makeup until I heard a warning that made perfect sense to me: I was told that permanent makeup will stay in the same place it’s applied even when your eyebrows have slid down below their original location – leaving you with two sets of eyebrows. I want more eyebrows, but only in one spot. - Sensible shoes
Fortunately the extreme pointy toes and stiletto heels began to lose popularity about the time my hammer toe popped up providing a solid barrier to pointy toes and my ankles refused to support my body propped upon such a spindly base. That doesn’t mean, however, that I have switched to orthopedics. It takes more work to find fashionable shoes that actually feel good on deformed feet, but it can be done.
Most of us are somewhere in between “I’m ready for the extreme makeover” and “I’m not quite ready to give up yet.” Simple fixes may keep us away from the final frontiers – the knife, the needle and the wardrobe consultant – for a little while longer.
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