Why Can't They Just Leave Well Enough Alone!

This afternoon I turned on my t.v. while I was doing my weekly ironing (yes I am one of the few housewives left in the world who irons on a regular basis!). I was flicking between channels when I came across the Rachael Ray show. Today's guest was Rupert Everett. You may remember him for his adorable role of Julia Robert's gay best friend in "My Best Friend's Wedding".

Well, had you tuned into Rachael Ray today you would have recognized his voice... but holy smokes... what happened to his face?

Caption reads: This is an impressive difference. He looks 10 years younger...
but I say he looks like a complete different person!

I completely didn't recognize him from the ghastly work he's had done to his otherwise, previously handsome face. It reminded me of another celebrity who really should have thought long and hard before going under the knife.... Kenny Rogers. Not even HE likes it I've read.

First time I saw Kenny's new face I had to find
an old picture to remember what he looked like

Now I get that none of us enjoy the aging process. I have to take a double look some mornings when I take a gander into my own mirror but seriously... did these guys really think they looked THAT bad that they would actually pay someone tons of money to do THIS to their face and LIKE it? I shudder at the thought!

I worked for almost 7 years at a clinic where every year the sale of Botox and Restylane and/or Perlane dominated the books. Women in their early 20's would come in frantic because they found a wrinkle on their brow. Are you kidding me? Why do you think they invented bangs?

I confess. I color my hair. I vowed I would never do that EVER when I was in my late teens and then by my 30's the gray stragglers were starting to pop up and I gave in to the pressure of the L'Oreal ads. But I also confess... I'm cheap and somehow $22 every 4 months to keep away the gray hairs doesn't bother me, or the budget too much. But some of this other stuff. You need to remortgage the house, get a second job AND sell your children to the highest bidder to keep up with the costs of "maintenance".

When I worked, we had one woman who came to the clinic and had about $350-400 worth of Botox treatments (which I might add need to be reapplied every 4-6 months depending on the area it's injected). She paid by cheque and then two days later asked if we could hold her cheque. Long story short, the woman was going through some relational trauma and needed a "pick me up" of Botox and then couldn't pay the bill after it was done. Hello... it's called a LUXURY for a reason! As far as I know, when I left 18 months ago, the woman still hadn't paid her entire bill.

I do get concerned with our society that what was once a Hollywood addiction has now become the neighborhood addiction of having to be perfect and forever young. There is something just not right about a 70 year old woman looking younger than her grandchildren. I'm just saying! And as we can't help but stare at those whose lips look they've been sucking the pool drain (yes, you Meg Ryan), I just have to ask, "why can't you just leave well enough alone?"