Beauty is a bread needed by everyone. Medical aesthetic procedure are more and more common nowadays. Medical aesthetic clinics are blooming rapidly. Juliet had a chat with a close friend, Mr Chow and he decided to share a story.
Sammy is a professional accountant and works in one of the big 4 accounting firm enjoying a good career and is highly regarded by her bosses. Quite unlike typical accountant, Sammy is a bright and sunny character, she enjoys the nature and leads a pretty active lifestyle including constant traveling all over the world.
We recently caught up together with college friends at our gathering, and typical of a gathering, we hunt for food, satay, at Kajang, nothing beats Kajang satay for us bunch. As we chatted away into the night, Sammy suddenly confide to me privately, she said she is deeply concerned that she look old, among ex-college mate at this gathering, she looked the oldest! Well probably she exaggerated, but her concerned was pretty obvious.
Our group consists of boys and girls, around the age of 32 onwards, mostly yuppies although a few have a small family of their own. As expect in this age group, aging has just started, some may look more ‘mature’ while others looked the just the same freshmen during college life. As for Sammy, well, she looked more mature but still gorgeous I think, which is something that she curses about, “noooo waaaay, not gorgeous, I wanna be pretty!” she retorted sharply. As would any friend, I tried to calmed her down by saying “well as long as your boyfriend is fine, then it’s ok lor” and she replied rather defensively “me looking pretty is strictly my own business,nothing to do with him!”Ok fine can never win an argument against her, otherwise, its gonna be a long..long night.
Ok, my advise to her was, it is absolutely normal for busy executive like yourself to notice signs of aging. With constant datelines to meet and a pressure cooker work environment, most will feel the wear and tear of working life. It’s no surprise that there are proponents of modern biological theory of aging, that list the process of aging begins with us being constantly subject to harshness of the environment around us.
There are basically 2 school of thoughts – (1) and (2) damage theory. While pre-program argues that, human aging is part of our genetic build up, our genes are program to grow, mature and age, according to many accepted belief which is the biological clock. As with the accepted belief, once our biological clock start ticking, our gene will start to show sign of defects as we age. Our hormonal activity will also influence the aging process, a prime example is our growth factor deficit, or reduction would encourage premature aging. Lastly, the immunology consideration, the body's natural immune system also greatly contribute to the ability of the body to defend against disease, injury, aging and death.
The damage theory meanwhile subscribes to the belief that aging is the inability of the body to repair itself in time, as it is subject to many causal damages such as the pollution, stress, sedentary lifestyle, disease and quite legibly the air we breathe. According to Dr. Gerschman back in 1954, an expert in molecular biology, the discovery of free radicals in our body greatly supports the idea that damages exist inside our body which contributed to organ degradation and eventual disintegration. While our body worked overtime to fight against free radicals with positive enzyme, the antioxidant derived from this enzyme actually in reverse contributes to our aging process.
As it is, there will be proponent and opponent of the different theories, but for Sammy, my advise is, she should look into aesthetic if she is serious about keeping up with appearance. From my casual observation, probably she needs a brow lift or a forehead lift or both. Her brow has noticeably sagged, making her looking tired, and usually is the first giveaway sign of getting old.
Sammy listened attentively as I added that a visit to an aesthetic clinic, where the doctor will provide a proper consult should be the right way. Of course, getting opinions from friends and relatives wouldn’t hurt too if it helps you to consider before deciding whether aesthetics is the right way to go. Most importantly, any decision shouldn’t be made in a haste, but after considering opinions, properly surveyed the market or perhaps get some input from online community such as Juliet. It’s always smart to do your homework so that you know what you want when you step into a proper aesthetic clinic.
For Sammy, she has made up her mind that she wanted a facelift or specifically a brow lift. It’s the area where she felt with a lift, she can maintain her youthful appearance. She refers to her high school picture and does a comparison, and she is right, a minor lift to the brow can dramatically turn back the clock for a younger appearance. Speaking of which, where is my graduation photo.
Juliet’s Note: Never visit a beauty centre or unqualified medical aesthetic clinic for your medical aesthetic procedure as the procedures can only be performed by doctors with qualification. If you would like to share your story with Juliet or if you have any questions, feel free to drop a message for Juliet at Juliet@erufucare.com
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