Lauri recently posted about aging on her blog. This got me thinking…. When did you notice your first age spot or wrinkle? How did you handle it?
I recently noticed my first wrinkle. It is a thin line across my forehead. It is there when I raise my eyebrows or when I am deep in thought. Frank says it’s my wisdom line or thinkers line. I like to think of it that way. It makes it less painful. I don’t feel old enough to have a wrinkle. I’m not old enough to have a wrinkle. This whole thing got me thinking about plastic surgery. In fact, my thought process went something like this… OMG is that a wrinkle? No way, it can’t be. It is! OMG a wrinkle! I then pulled my forehead skin upwards towards my hair line. Hmm, maybe I will need a shot of botox…. if I could just pull this skin back it would go away. Maybe a face lift. Suddenly I came to my senses. WTH am I doing? I don’t like plastic surgery at all. Why would I need a facelift at this age? I am losing my mind. It’s just a line. I’ve earned it. Med school is difficult. I’m lucky my hair hasn’t gone completely grey.
So, as you can read, I have come to terms with it. Sort of. Okay I still stare at it in the mirror and wonder where it came from, but I’m getting over it. That’s life. We age. And there is no way I am shooting myself with Botulism. Well, not yet.
I started getting my first gray hairs right after I had Christen. Everytime I have another child, it seems like I get more. The funny thing, I got some after Katya too, and she’s adopted!! How does my body know I’ve acquired a new child? ha.ha. Highlights are my friend. The ones that get missed get plucked. Thankfully, I have lots of hair, and I don’t miss those ones!
Comment by Rachael — July 18, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
How about that. I misspelled my own child’s name. KRISTEN. Gosh, I must be getting old.
Comment by Rachael — July 18, 2007 @ 10:45 pm
How funny! I was just talking about this with friends a few weeks ago. Up until this past year, I could get up and go - no makeup, no moisturizing, no exfoliating - and look great. But lately, my skin has lost a lot of that “youthfulness” and I’m having to spend a LOT of time just trying to look my age. I’ve also noticed a few little wrinkles beginning to appear. Uggh!! I’m only 31 for goodness sakes!! But I’ll be honest, the thought of a little Botox has crossed my mind from time to time (not that I think I would ever do it, but it is nice to have that option). Can’t wait to see what I’ll look like when I have three kids.
Comment by Allison — July 20, 2007 @ 1:41 am
Let’s just say that I am looking forward to going to my first plastic surgery consult.
Comment by jeneflower — July 21, 2007 @ 11:52 am