Letters to the Editor
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On self image
LW, I'd really think twice about cosmetic surgery--personally I have "moral" issue with it, but in general it's no great help. Just look at all the "aging" actresses who were once young beauties--Meg Ryan, Goldie Hawn and Melanie Griffith specifically come to mind--their plastic surgery is so obvious and it is also just...not good. It doesn't look good. So please really think hard before going for it; and obviously these millionaire actresses had the best plastic surgeons, so don't fool yourself into thinking you'll find "the best." That kind of surgery might get rid of a few wrinkles, but it will ruin the natural shape of a face, and if you are a natural beauty to begin with, you will not look at good. Believe it.
This letter brought up a lot of issues with me: guess who's turning 40 in a few months? My friends and I are all bemoaning the loss of our flawless skin, our lustrous hair, our bikini bodies, in my case to three children and a life too busy for enough sleep or trips to the gym. Life is hard, you know? I actually complained to my GP doctor recently that I just don't feel like I used to, that my brain is not as elastic, that I don't bounce back as quickly from fatigue, etc etc and he said "What you lose in some ways are more than made up for in wisdom and experience." But you know what, he's right. Please try to see yourself as getting better. We were all young and beautiful once, but now it's another generation's turn. Let it go.