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I was home sick from work yesterday, which meant a lot of laying on the couch and watching tv.\u00a0 No, I don’t have Ebola<\/a>, I have a cold.\u00a0 I discovered that daytime tv, even with a million channels, is really boring.<\/p>\n

I also discovered that the big news is no longer Ebola.\u00a0 Apparently, even though it’s still ravaging countries in eastern Africa, we Americans have moved on to bigger and better things.<\/p>\n

The big topic of conversation?\u00a0 Renee Zellweger’s face.\u00a0 She looks a little different.\u00a0 Possibly plastic surgery, possibly Botox, but either way, the big discussion was how she has destroyed her face, how she no longer looks like herself, etc.<\/p>\n

Now obviously, this woman has put herself out there for people to see, and on some level, that does invite criticism on her looks.\u00a0 But why can’t we just leave well enough alone?\u00a0 She doesn’t look bad.\u00a0 Sure, she doesn’t look like her younger, more youthful self, but who among us does?<\/p>\n

The Hollywood obsession with age is really disturbing, and we don’t discuss it much.\u00a0 We talk about how thin celebrities and thin models show an unrealistic view of health and how that can be damaging.\u00a0 But we don’t discuss aging.<\/p>\n

Guess what?\u00a0 People get older.\u00a0 And we get wrinkles and things sag.\u00a0 It happens.\u00a0 The alternative is not living to old age, and I don’t like that alternative.\u00a0 But with the Hollywood obsession with plastic surgery, we forget that people get wrinkles at a young age.\u00a0 I’m 33 and have lines around my eyes.\u00a0 Do I think I’m too young for them?\u00a0 Absolutely.\u00a0 Am I too young for them? Clearly not, since there they are.<\/p>\n

In general, I’m not a huge fan of cosmetic surgery.\u00a0 The idea of a face lift terrifies me.\u00a0 I don’t know the details, but I’m pretty sure they peel your face off and put it back on tighter.\u00a0 Eeek.<\/p>\n

Of course, if you are terribly unhappy with a part of your face and want it changed, I’m not going to argue with you.\u00a0 I will suggest you not make yourself look different.\u00a0 A friend of mine had what everyone will agree was a large nose.\u00a0 And she went in for surgery.\u00a0 I supported her decision, but was worried.\u00a0 And when she came out, I was so relieved to see that she looked like herself.\u00a0 She just had a bit of a bump on the bridge of her nose shaved down.\u00a0 She still has a large nose, but it’s just slightly less prominent.\u00a0 She looks like herself and she’s much happier with what she sees in the mirror.<\/p>\n

But everyone ages.\u00a0 Everyone gets fine lines and wrinkles.\u00a0 We should just accept it and age gracefully.<\/p>\n

And maybe, just maybe, we should stop being so critical of celebrities.\u00a0 Sure, they put themselves out there.\u00a0 But maybe in judging them, we’re also hurting ourselves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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