I know this
is as
obvious as
the nose on
your face ,
but we are a
culture
obsessed
with aging
or rather,
fixated on
reversing
the aging
process,
slowing it
down,
studying,
finding a
fountain of
youth in the
latest and
greatest
anti aging
treatments
available.
It is a
multibillion
dollar
industry. It
is almost as
of yore in
total denial
of the aging
process and
this is no
doubt seated
in some deep
psychological
roots to
preside in
us. We love
the look of
the youthful
innocence
and we
cherish the
times when
life was
less
involved,
less
complicated,
less
demanding.
We seek
anti-aging
treatment,
justified in
our need to
erase the
life-battle
scars we
might
otherwise be
proud to
show off,
were white
teeth, shiny
hair, and
perky this
or tight
that not so
sanctified.
It is almost
sadly place
such value
and in and
deny these
well-deserved
and
hard fought
battle scars
that we have
accumulated
through
life. In
another
respect, it
is fair to
acknowledge
that, as my
septuagenarian
friend says,
as we age we
“fall
apart”. Our
eyes need
constant
updating,
our hips and
other joints
need
replacing,
our organs
weaken and
wear. We
break down,
pure and
simple. Even
and
especially,
the largest
and most
visible of
all the
human
organs, the
skin, turns
on us,
hardens,
wrinkles and
cracks
exposing to
others that
which we
have lived
for decades.
It dries
and cracks
and mars,
revealing
the effects
of what is
known as
“free
radical
damage.”
Evidently,
as we age,
our skin
exfoliates
less often;
sebum
production
slows; and
therefore
less oil
flushes the
skin…thereby
drying it.
There's been
quite a bit
of study
about free
radicals
over the
last few
decades and
scientists
that are
studying it
are
beginning to
get a pretty
good handle
on exactly
what they
are and what
they do. It
is a
flattening
of skin
layers
occurs,
subsequently
causing
thinner
skin.
Collagen
stabilizing
enzymes
decrease.
Blood
vessels thin
out,
preventing
the usual
blood flow.
Anti-aging
treatment
becomes a
mighty fine
looking
option.
Now
science and
economics
takes over
and sets the
stage for
Botox,
elastin
enhancers,
and scores
of shelves
of
anti-aging
treatments
that might
appear to be
the panacea.
Plump those
lips, raise
that brow,
flatten that
paunch. The
splaying of
nose bones—a
natural
phenomena in
the aging
process—got
you feeling
less than
ideal?
Cosmetic
reconstruction.
ED (erectile
dysfunction)
reminding
you high
school
football
stud years
are now
nothing more
than pages
in a
yearbook? Go
for the
infamous or
most touted
ED drug. We
now you can
see
instances of
grade school
children
having
plastic
surgery to
correct
whatever
flaws that
they are
perceived to
have.
But
despite all
our
anti-aging
treatment
and fixation
(not because
of it), we
continue to
age…but more
slowly! Yes,
longevity
statistics
show that
people as a
whole are
living years
longer.
Again, this
is not
necessarily
due to minor
or
occasional
anti-aging
treatments,
but more
likely to
evolution,
preservatives,
and poisons,
as well as
healthier
living that
includes
eating well,
exercising
often, and
resting
enough.
Romeo and
Juliet, for
example,
were they
alive (and
real) today,
would not be
worrying
about
marriage at
fifteen
(which was
not the
source of
the tragedy,
anyway) but
at
twenty-five
or thirty. I
just saw a
study today
when the
average male
now gets mad
at the age
of 27,
whereas in
1950 that
age was 22.
There's no
question we
are living
longer and
that's only
going to
further the
feed into
our quest to
fight aging.
So
regardless
of, in spite
of, or maybe
with the
help of SOME
anti-aging
treatments,
attempts,
and
so-called
cures, those
of us
eligible for
anti-aging
treatment
are in our
mid- to
later
years…when
we do care
about
staying
alive and
living a
quality life
but we care
less about
what others
have to say
about how we
should live
our lives
and how we
should be.
Spirituality
and new age
attitudes
are becoming
more
prevalent.
We care less
about
material
gain or
other
external,
superficial
forms of
nurturing
and are just
beginning to
invest in
our holistic
health. We
are coming
into
understanding
peace,
prayer,
serenity,
solitude. We
know which
anti-aging
treatments
might help
and which
are tools of
denial. We
know
anti-aging
treatment
plans
(outside of
healthy,
natural
efforts) do
not defeat
aging or
death. They
just
contribute
to drawing
out,
prolonging,
or holding
it at bay a
bit longer.
And I guess
all and all
it's not a
bad thing to
feel a
little bit
better about
ourselves.
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