I am really annoyed at seeing actresses and celebrities in print ads that are in their 50s and 60s with hardly a wrinkle on their face!

I mean, give me a break! Do these companies think we are really dumb enough to believe that this person's face has less damage than a 20 year olds?

Am I supposed to believe that Christy Brinkley at 50 has hardly any lines on her face and her forehead is smooth as silk? Does Diane Keaton really not have but one or two small wrinkles at 60+?

It just makes me mad. If these people DO look like this, then obviously it isn't because of the products they are being paid to represent. We know that. But they do a huge disservice to women by making them think that their smooth-as-a-baby's-you-know-what face is normal. No wonder women feel like they need Botox and other things!

This is starting to drive me insane so I just had to comment and see if any of you feel the same way.   

Exactly! And where are the lines on their forehead?

These are people who have stuff put on and taken off their faces thousands of times. Tell me it doesn't take a toll. I guess they just all do Botox and other remedies and then the companies alter the photos. But please don't try to tell us that those photos are real.   

Yep. It is.

Even if that means injecting yourself with a potentially deadly toxin that only numbs the nerves/facial muscles (giving you no real expression) for the sake of what our society deems is perfection/ beauty? That seems ass backwards to me. 

Good thing it's expensive eh?

yeah, Ginger, I've seen some celebrity pictures and they are really not that attractive. Most of us common people are more attractive. Think how great you'd look with someone doing your hair and makeup every day.

It just disappoints me that they create this illusion that women can or even should look the way they do in ads. Oh well...marketing.

Sassy, I think you are a nurse from previous posts I have read. I have been a nurse 18 years and am well aware of what Botox is. I think that it is the individuals decision. I would never have a cosmetic procedure because of "society" but rather because of what made me feel good. I personally can't stand the crows feet I have at age 39. If there was a way to get rid of them, yes, I would do it. And I predict like most everything else, the price of Botox will come down. Can't wait!!

Exactly.  My 8 year old struggles with her image DAILY!  WHY!?!?!?!?  It's insane.  We want our girls to know that image doesn't matter, we tell them that it's what's INSIDE that counts, and then we live in a society that is obsessed with thin and flawless.  I was looking at my mother's eyes the other day, realizing how much older she was looking, and I just thought she looked beautiful.  There are days I think as a push closer to 40 that I wished I felt younger, but I just don't fear not looking young.  Seems to me we should wear our age like a badge of honor! 

Oooo, 'sweet' granny... not a nice thing to say! 

But I love reading what you all have been having to say about this celeb wrinkle stuff.  I just think that celebs should not be allowed to endorse all these skin care products.  You know darn well they don't even use it... and sure haven't been using it for years prior to being in an ad for it!  We all know the pics are airbrushed... each woman has small pores, no zits, no lines, no wrinkles, etc.  We'd all look amazing if we were airbrushed to perfection!  (Ever notice how Oprah looks BETTER on the cover of her magazine than on her show?  She's always much slimmer on her mag cover too!  ~~  Wish someone would airbrush my middle roll away!  Ha!!)