How to Keep Looking Younger Without Surgery

Getting old is a fact of life which no one can escape. Even the scalpel of a plastic surgeon can only do so much. There is also the danger that too much pulling of the face skin can alter the facial features and we are in danger of resembling a frog. This is not to say that all plastic surgery dos not work, but when this procedure is overdone the results could end up being catastrophic.

Please do not think that in this I include all types of plastic surgery, on the contrary, there is nothing wrong with a nose or chin job followed by reasonable breast implants if one needs them, but this was not my problem

As a senior secondary teacher, I very quickly realized that not only firm and fair class room management was going to help me deal with my teenage students but also the way a look; by this I mean, young or old. The old was is definitively out as far as young people are concerned: if a teacher looks old, she should get out.

Plastic surgery was out of the question, first the cost was beyond my budget and secondly, I was not going to take the chance in getting my face botched up. I resorted to believing cosmetic advertisement would give me what I wanted. But I should have know better, all the creams, lotions and potions which were costing me a fortune did very little, except make me smell nice.

In desperation I went to see my doctor who also specializes in skin disorders. Hoping not to sound vain or stupid, I explained the situation and to my surprise she understood. Instead of telling me that there was nothing she could do she began saying what I wanted to hear: that even if I was getting older there was something that was going to help me look good.

I left the surgery with one prescription for Retin A and the name of a moisturising cream; Neo Strata Blue. She also advised that I should use these two creams with a very good sun block.. Her other instruction was that I had to be very diligent in my application of the creams and to take out a gym membership.

Well ladies, my diligence, gym workouts and perseverance with my daily routine have finally paid off. Not only do I think and actually see a much younger older woman, but even the students are remarking that there is something different about me.(after many years of teaching, I am still to meet a diplomatic teenager)

Naturally I do wear make- up and tint my hair but the difference is in the skin texture which no longer looks fragile and wrinkly. So, as far as I am concerned I have found my own fountain of youth.

I hope this little bit of information can be of help to some other senior ladies