Award show season has begun ladies and gentlemen. The dresses, the shoes, the jewelry, the hair and makeup...oh yes and the awards of course! For the next month we will see our favorite celebrities wearing our favorite designers and we get to critique and decide who dropped our jaws and who should immediately fire their stylist and/or trainer. While most people did look amazing at the Golden Globes this week, it was Jane Fonda who turned the most heads. She looked unbelievable in her black George Hobeika gown with winged shoulder tips and silver sequined sleeves. I would be impressed with the way she looked in the gown if she were any age but the woman is 73 years old! She attributes her appearance to always staying active (she has done dozens of fitness tapes) and to having some plastic surgery done. Well someone did something right.
The greatest thing is she looks exactly like herself, no different. She just looks young and vibrant and beautiful. I love that she still has the same face she did 30 years ago (actually she still has the same body too). I think I might have to put some leggings on and watch those tapes of hers. After all, the woman has turned the heads of generations of men. I’m sure some wives out there were waiting for Fonda to look old one day so their husbands would stop drooling. Well no such luck ladies…43 years later and Barbarella is still a knockout.
Recently, actress Carey Mulligan has been heard verbally bashing the doctor in Los Angeles who suggested she try botox after she asked him what to do about the wrinkles around her eyes. To be honest, I don’t know why she is so surprised the doctor recommended it. If you approach a doctor with a problem they should give you all of your options. If your concern is wrinkles around your eyes then botox should be mentioned as a possible treatment option. What Carey is not aware of is that botox is not just used for correction purposes; it can be used to prevent wrinkles as well.
Carey says she is upset that the doctor offered it to her because she is 25 years old. I can say from people that I have known that at 25 years old you can have sun damage and wrinkles if you did not take care of your skin well. That is why I’m glad I had older sisters to guide me towards the sun block aisle (thank you!). The point is: don’t shoot the messenger Carey. The doctor gave you your options and you can choose to do what you want without don’t publicly attacking him or something other people believe in.
On that note, I’m going to see my family...
Happy Holidays everyone!
Check out this article below where Dr. Jennifer Walden is asked for her expert opinion about the new one stitch facelift on NY Daily News!Is the so-called "one-stitch face-lift" really a fast pass to a youthful appearance?
The wrinkle-free results may not be as long-lasting as with a traditional operation, but the minimally invasive procedure is a hot ticket right now in cosmetic surgery.
Two reasons. It's quicker and cheaper than a traditional face-lift, which requires more inpatient care time.
"There's a strong trend right now to perform less invasive procedures for facial rejuvenation," Dr. Jennifer Walden, a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Lenox Hill Hospital told the Daily News. "People want instant results and minimal down time, so there is a demand for these procedures. No one can take two or three weeks off from work to recover."
The "instant" face-lift consists of four stages, Walden explained: the insertion of the barbed thread, then the deployment of the suture material, followed by the anchoring of the soft tissues and then the fixation into place.
There's one superlong, supersneaky suture. And yes, the needle is big.
Angelica Kavouni, 47, told the Daily Mail that she was unhappy with her "increasingly jowly" appearance. She decided to give the "one-stitch face-lift" -- also called a thread lift or an iGuide -- a try with plastic surgeon.
Hardy experienced minimal side-effects from the 40-minute procedure and said that with makeup, she could return to work that day.
So can one stitch hold up, or hold back all those years?
Not exactly, according to Angelo Cuzalina, president-elect of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery.
The face, he notes, "has a lot of ligaments and tissues that tend to pull back down, so it’s not like a single suture could ever hold up a face or a portion of the face."
But the technique is getting better and better all the time, Walden says. "Our methods are getting better so they will last longer."
In the meantime, Hardy told the Mail that if she didn’t like her "new" face, the surgeon had said that the face-lift was reversible. Basically, it was a matter of pulling out the suture.
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