September 2002
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I have had enough of people saying that "it comes with age" to explain all ills, pains and aches - as if the process of living requires that you enjoy life less and less.
There is a world-wide interest in the field of anti-aging and billions of dollars, pounds and euros are spent by the aging generation of baby boomers.
There is a smorgasbord of products and services to choose from - ranging from the natural to the most extreme - some harmless, others less so.
So the question asked is how do you achieve an ageless body and face - but in reality what really should be asked is how a person can achieve an ageless mindset.
You can drink and inject human growth hormones, procaine or a selection of herbs and vitamins - cover, wrap and rub in a selection of creams, lotions and balms - but all of this will be in vain if your mental attitude is not geared into enjoying life.
Sure, looking after your nutritional needs, and having a great skincare regime and doing regular exercise will ensure that you keep your body in great shape, but should you neglect your mind, you may still not have a wonderful life.
How you look after your mind is really one of the most private ways in which you can program yourself, since it touches on to all different realms including your spirituality and religion - and the way you experience what happens to you.
In the process of getting older (and hopefully wiser) your joints may become more stiff and your pace slow down a bit, but that still does not mean that you have to give up the enjoyment of life, since it is when you give up the joy of living that you really are old.
I know people in their 30s and 40s who I classify as old, yet my Grandmother at 98 was not an old lady as she kept her mind active, alive and positive - never mind what befell her or her family.
Although a positive mental attitude will go a long way to making every day irritations and petty things seem less important, you may also get through life far easier if you have a more philosophical way of looking at problems that come your way.
When bad things happen to us, it is not always easy to work through them, yet we are required to do so, since only when we have done so, will we be empowered to become bigger than the problem itself.
With all of the above in mind, people may ask what has this to do with aging? And the answer is simply that if we allow the problems of everyday life and growing older to become a fixation, then we are more likely to age faster, since we would allow life to rob us of our peace and joy, leaving us only to ponder and talk about problems.
These days most of us have to look carefully at how we spend our money, and on what we spend it on, and for good reason since money only goes so far.
Some people think that going to a beauty salon / day spa / health clinic is a waste of money and that you can achieve the same results at home.
Unfortunately that is not the case since a good salon will achieve far more than just simply doing a body or facial treatment.
We are all so busy living our lives and being a good mother / father / son / daughter / employee / employer / friend / relative etc. that we sometimes lose sight of the fact that we need to look after ourselves as well - and that includes pampering.
On the whole, body and facial treatments performed at a salon are done so with far greater skill and effect, since the therapists attending to this, studied in this particular field in order to provide the client with the best possible treatment.
Many salon items are now made available in home-use form - such as high frequency and faradic machines, yet these watered-down versions are still not the real thing, and my personal feeling is that if used incorrectly by unskilled people could do more harm than good.
When choosing a salon, first of all look for a professional looking salon, and do not judge on price alone, since I have come across some pretty expensive salons that offer very inferior service.
Secondly look at the people working at the salon - the last thing you want to feel like is an intruder, and some salons have this terrible habit of making their clients feel like they are trespassing on hallowed ground - so also look at the attitude of the staff.
Also you must never feel like you are being pressured into buying any particular product - only buy when you feel comfortable in doing so.
Personally I would go to a well-appointed salon that offers a range of treatments from which I then could choose what fits my budget.
So - when you next have a couple of dollars, euros, pounds, francs, rands or yen - consider going to a salon to treat yourself. Not only will the treatment be beneficial to either your body or face, but the mere pampering can be balm to the soul in our impersonal stressed-out lives.
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