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Look Younger Without Plastic Surgery-Five strategies for shaving years off your appearance
Wendy Bryant-Gow’s job is to worry about how other people look. “People always want to know how to look younger
and slimmer,” says the Chapel Hill, N.C.-based image consultant.
But, lately, the newly divorced mother of two has started seeking her own fountain of youth—and her own advice.
“My 50th birthday is just around the corner, and my 30th high-school reunion is a few months away,” says Bryant-Gow. “I’ve been thrown back in the dating scene after all these years, and I’m surrounded by much younger women.”
Amid pressures to look younger in her personal and professional life, Bryant-Gow says that plastic surgery is not an option. Ever.
“I don’t want to do anything that’s invasive. I have two girls, so I don’t want to go under and not come out,” says Bryant-Gow. “I’m really just looking for a confidence boost.”
Most Americans seem to share this outlook; about nine out of 10 patients seeking to look younger want to do so without going under the knife, says Dr. David McDaniel, a dermatologist and the director of the Institute of Anti-Aging Research at East Virginia Medical School in Norfolk.
“People want to look like they’ve had plastic surgery without the surgery, the anesthesia, the down-time or the added expense,” McDaniel says. “The other thing is that people don’t want to look like they’ve had plastic surgery at all—they want to look like they’ve had rest or a vacation.”
Thankfully, shaving years off of your perceived age can be done without enlisting the help of a plastic surgeon (or taking a vacation).
Published: December 22, 2007
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