Wrinkles and laugh lines can be even beautiful.

[LadyEmeraude]

Wrinkles. Laugh lines. Crow's feet. No matter what you call them, the creases on your face deepen as you age. But whereas many people look in the mirror and, with a collective sigh, lament the passage of time that's left its mark on their faces, others embrace the changes, and accept the idea that growing older is an integral -- and even beautiful -- part of living.

 

[Alligatorob]

Wrinkles and laugh lines can be even beautiful.

I think so, real people are beautiful, artificial not so much, not to me anyway.

 

[LadyEmeraude]

Although I am fully aware of my facial wrinkles and laugh lines, and even
although at one point, I very much disliked them, I now at this age look
to appreciate them (I do have some sun damaged skin though) with that
said, I find when I accept them, I have more pleasure in my aging

 

[timoc]

I've looked like a wrinkly old fart for so long now, I wouldn't part with them, they're like friends.

 

[horseless carriage]

I think so, real people are beautiful, artificial not so much, not to me anyway.

Who could ever forget Jocelyn Wildenstein? Talk about plastic surgery gone wrong.
The British press dubbed her: "The Bride of Wildenstein."

 

[fuzzybuddy]

I got to meet Debbie Reynolds in her later years. From afar, she looked like Debbie Reynolds as I saw her years ago. Young and cute. When I got near her, she didn't have eyebrows, she had tattoos in the middle of her forehead, and all over her face were little squares where she had facial surgery. To be honest, she freaked me out. I don't need to be 22 anymore-hell, 72 anymore. We aren't cute 18 year olds anymore, we're adults, who have aged. To pretend to be "young" with surgery, make up, etc is unnatural, and some wind up looking like train wrecks.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

I've looked like a wrinkly old fart for so long now, I wouldn't part with them, they're like friends.

@timoc, your smile and the twinkle in your eyes fully distracts from any wrinkles =)

 

[horseless carriage]

@timoc, your smile and the twinkle in your eyes fully distracts from any wrinkles =)

No it doesn't, he is, by admission, a wrinkly old fart. However, his comic musings do light up these pages. It p*sses me right off, I'm the one that cracks the jokes around here!

 

[Bella]

We're supposed to get old, if we're lucky. I accept whatever comes my way.

Aging faces are interesting. They're a roadmap that tells a story. Botox, face lifts, and reconstruction are ways people try to "hide" their story. You can only employ artificial tactics for so long. No matter what you try to hide or how you try to hide it, inevitably, Father Time is going to catch up with you.

 

[Alligatorob]

Botox, face lifts, and reconstruction are ways people try to "hide" their story.

Or it tells a much less interesting story.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

We're supposed to get old, if we're lucky. I accept whatever comes my way.

Aging faces are interesting. They're a roadmap that tells a story. Botox, face lifts, and reconstruction are ways people try to "hide" their story. You can only employ artificial tactics for so long. No matter what you try to hide or how you try to hide it, inevitably, Father Time is going to catch up with you.

I hear you, @Bella I earned every one of these wrinkles If wrinkles tell a story, I’ll be up to “War and Peace” level in a couple years “)

 

[Alligatorob]

If wrinkles tell a story, I’ll be up to “War and Peace” level in a couple years “

LOL, I suspect there are few short stories in this group!