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Carol Perkins: Let's Face It - The Permanent Facelift In the age of Permanent Make-up and Drive By Cosmetic Surgeons, Carol asks, "What is a woman to do?" and answers, "I won't trade in my face for a new one because I might get a lemon. I'll just dodge mirrors, stay out of photographs, and run from video cameras! The next earlier Carol Perkins column is Life Threatening Experiences By Carol Perkins Growing older is a problem for some women. There is seldom a conversation among them that doesn't stem around their looks and the extent they will go to remain young looking. Words slip from their lips like, "Have you seen so and so? She looks so old!" They are the age police. I don't think about aging too much until I fill out an online form and have to scroll down decades to find my birth year. I think of it when a younger person talks about his grandparents being old and they are my age. Frankly, I don't put much emphasis on age. If I did, then I would lather my face up at night with creams and lotions, guaranteed to eradicate age spots, creases, and crow's feet. I have never believed in anything but soap and water. Women are a little like cars Many women are having work done. That's an understatement. When I think of having work done, it is on my car. I guess we women are a little like cars. Every once in a while we need a tune-up and an overhaul to keep our engines running like a newer model. The latest craze in the tune-up process is permanent make-up. For around a hundred dollars, a woman can have her eyebrows colored and shaped permanently. First of all, eyebrows are the windows of the face-or is that the eyes? No matter, eyebrows can shape a person's look, and I would be concerned that the person with the permanent marker (or laser) might not know what look was me. Maybe a client gets to pick a set of brows from a book. "I'll take Brooke Shields' brows." I don't trust but one person to do my brows, and that is the only one who has ever done them, except me. A client can also have permanent color added to her lips. This would be a time saver and much safer for drivers of oncoming cars who could be run off the road by a woman looking into the mirror to refresh her lipstick. Also, she wouldn't have to worry about lipstick on her teeth when she smiles. A woman can have any face she wants tattooed on her old one She can also have her eyelids colored and her lashes luscious at all times. In other words, a woman can have any face she wants tattooed on her old face. The price for all of this, according to my research, is around $400-$800 and $150 for touch-ups. The ads suggest that permanent make-up is a way to look natural twenty-four hours a day. There is something appealing about getting out of bed with my face ready to go to church. Something enticing about knowing my face won't let me down in the rain or wind or on humid, hot days. Imagine hoeing in the garden looking the way you would look at work. That is almost eerie. So many women are obsessed about fixing their face that they ruin it in the process. Be honest, can't you spot a woman who has had bad work done, especially around the mouth? Botox is not always a friend. I have seldom seen a botox fix that didn't end in tight lips that a straw couldn't pierce. The good jobs, I guess, are the ones I don't know have occurred. Ultimate overhaul is the facelift The ultimate overhaul is the facelift. If the surgeon is good, the patient looks better, and unless the customer reveals the truth, none of us will know. If the surgeon is from Drive-By-Faces, the new face could be a hideous creation that the client is suddenly sporting on her neck. Then it is too late. I am not naive about this face of mine, but I don't want to look like someone else. I don't want my friends to whisper, "What has she done to herself?" and mean, "WHAT has she done to herself because she looks ridiculous." I know I need the indentions taken out of my cheeks that make me look like Howdie Doodie, and I could use some lifting around the eyes. When I pull the skin back behind my ears, I do look better. Duck tape might work. I've read about that. I know that if I lost weight my face would look better. No one thinks a fat face is becoming except on a baby. Then again, if I were thin, this face might sag What is a woman to do? What is a woman to do? I won't trade in my face for a new one because I might get a lemon. I'll just dodge mirrors, stay out of photographs, and run from video cameras!- Carol Perkins (My second book, Let's Keep Talking, has just been released and will be on sale beginning today at Ivy Bookstore in Glasgow for $15. Please contact me at cperkins@scrtc.com if you have questions. -Carol) This story was posted on 2010-11-21 07:33:36
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