IN WHICH I CONSIDER HOW WRINKLES ARE BEST LEFT ON THE SHEETS.
Part of the attractiveness component of the GAS — Glamour, Attractiveness, and Sexiness — that powers our pursuit of Life à la Hot, lies in the realm of cosmetic surgery and cosmetic skin treatments such as Botox and fillers. (I cover my own experience with these in my series of posts Surgical Strike, MISSION: GORGEOUS.) Because most of us simply don’t feel as old as we look!
If you can afford these procedures, they make all the difference. Because as hard as I worked trading Krispy Kremes for kale, and my recliner for a recliner stationery bike, my caboose was loose, as was my face and most of the rest of me. The song “Tighten Up” by Archie Bell and the Drells was the song that I simply could not get out of my head.
For expensive plastic surgery there are options: a payment plan which most doctors offer, Care Credit; if you have good credit, putting the balance on a low interest, balance transfer offer from a card; or deeply discounted procedures in countries known for surgery tourism, such as Colombia and Thailand.
Of course, there’s no long-term follow up when doing it in a foreign country, nor is there the possibility to sue in case there are doctor-related complications, or disastrous results. In that sense, it may be best to do it here and pay more, the difference in price being the cost of feeling safe — an insurance policy. You can still get that protection while saving money if you go to a doctor outside of the expensive, urban centers, like New York — though the best ones tend to cluster in those places.
The injectables — fillers and Botox — are added tools in our Presentation toolbox. These are, of course, expensive and only last on average of a few months to a year, but if you only get them using Groupons and other discounted deals, then you may well be able to do this without creating more stress lines.
I just would rather the tracks of my tears disappear. Craggy may cut it for Clint Eastwood, but a facial topography of tectonic plates just won’t work for me.
Because I’ve got faults like everyone else, but I don’t necessarily want to wear them on my face.
Yours truly,
