Youth is Only Skin Deep
September 2, 2010 at 7:40 am | Posted in Fashion, Fitness and Beauty | 7 CommentsTags: aging, beauty, skin, wrinkles, youth
When it comes to make up, I’m really not a girly girl. I never really wore face make up growing up. I never really saw the need. I was blessed with clear skin and cute freckles, so why would I cover that up with foundation or blush? I bought smelly lotions and perfumes because they smelled good, and then I rarely used them. To this day, I am comfortable leaving the house with just a little eyeliner and lip-gloss.
When I was about 22, I started noticing a change in my skin. My legs started to get itchy. I was constantly scratching my legs, sometimes even making myself bleed, until one day I spoke to a coworker about it. She was slightly older than me – just enough to understand me while still appearing wise. She said that every 7 years or so your body goes through a change. She had been through the skin dryness change before, and it’s just the beginning. She recommended a lotion to me, and that was that.
What a wake up call. Suddenly what seemed like beauty indulgences were really body maintenance. I started thinking about my skin in a more important context. One day, I will be old. I will have wrinkles. My skin won’t look as beautiful as it used to.
I tanned a lot in high school. I even worked at a tanning salon during my college breaks. I was worried about the way my skin looked, not how healthy it was. I still tan occasionally, but not in excess. But now my skin care includes face moisturizer every morning, anti-wrinkle cream for the eyes every morning, lotion for my legs whenever I remember, face wash, and sun tan lotion whenever I sun bathe. I know I should be doing more, especially in my evening care, but it’s baby steps for me.
So I’m taking a preemptive strike against wrinkles, and working on treating my skin better. It’s still an adjustment for me (and my inner tomboy), and it may end up being a useless fight against gravity and reality, but one can hope it will make a difference!
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