Jezebel: Anti-aging

Human Growth Hormone Is Hollywood's New Botox for Dudes

Anna North — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:55:00 EST

When we talk about Hollywood's unrealistic beauty standards, we're usually talking about women. And with good reason — it's actresses who get relegated to mom roles at 35. But guys in Hollywood have standards to live up to also — and apparently they're using human growth hormone to do so. More »

9 Bizarre Japanese Beauty Gadgets To Build A Better You

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:30:00 EDT

Beauty Nose

10 Years Of Hearing That Anti-Aging Crap Doesn't Work

Sadie Stein — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:37:00 EST

Uh oh! Looks like it's time for another discussion of what liars all the skin-cream manufacturers are, and what suckers we are to believe their lies. More »

Lotion Is Not Magic, Say Scientists

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:10:00 EST

Scientists are perturbed by pseudoscientific claims made by expensive anti-aging lotions, as they won't really make you look younger. Guess the only way to age well is to go back in time and get a hotter mom. More »

The Science Of Anti-Aging Still Kind Of Sucks

Anna North — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:01:00 EDT

There's a new anti-aging cream on the market which may work better than all the others. By which we mean: slightly better than nothing at all. More »

Airbrushing Betty White For Hot In Cleveland? That's Cold!

Dodai Stewart — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:00:00 EDT

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The pitch for Hot In Cleveland? "Three fabulous L.A. women of a certain age" unexpectedly end up in Ohio. We get it: They're not spring chickens. So why did someone spend so much time airbrushing the ad? More »

It's Time To Confront Our Fear Of The Aging Female Face

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:00:00 EDT

Actress Harriet Walter has curated an exhibit at London's National Theater called "Infinite Variety," which celebrates something we seldom see in magazines or advertising: "the beauty of the aging female face." More »

Aging Gracefully

Katy Kelleher — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:20:00 EST

A study of 100 British women aged 35-69 reports that they worried about their physical appearance an average of 36 times a day. Results of the experiment will be shown tonight as part of a television special on aging. [Telegraph] More »

Everybody Panic: President Obama Looks Old

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST

"President Obama didn't look his age when he took office in January," writes Jane Ridley for the NY Daily News. "Ten months later, nobody would mistake him for a kid." We have a Commander in Chief who ages! The indecency! More »

Allure Editor Defends Pushing Beauty Products That Don't Work

Margaret Hartmann — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:20:00 EDT

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The documentary Youth Knows No Pain, which premiered on HBO last night, featured Allure editor-in-chief Linda Wells, who says it's OK that anti-aging creams don't do what they claim, since they make women feel better about losing their looks. More »

Bananas

Dodai Stewart — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:20:00 EDT

From the Department of Flat-Out Erroneous & Ahistorical: "Since the beginning of time, women (and men) have been testing out solutions for under-eye stress." [Zoe Report] More »

Can You Avoid Falling Into The "Anti-Aging" Trap?

Hortense Smith — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:30:00 EDT

I have no intention of trying to look 25 when I'm 65. And yet I still slather my face in anti-aging cream at night, as a "preventative" measure. But, upon reflection, what the hell am I trying to prevent? More »

Some Women Choose "Youth" Over Money

Dodai Stewart — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:20:00 EDT

According to a study, women are willing to give up 10% of their savings to look 10 years younger. Of course, the study was conducted by a company called Sustainable Youth. More »

Sick & Twisted: "Anti-Aging" & "Cosmeceutical" Ads

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:00:00 EDT

Not only is the completely false and made-up term "anti-aging" loathsome, the ads associated with "anti-aging" products are, without fail, offensive, cruel and chock-full of misleading language. Let's take a look, shall we? More »

What If Women Weren't Afraid To Grow Old?

Dodai Stewart — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 12:00:00 EDT

The following two words make absolutely no sense together and yet are pitched to women, daily: Anti-aging. More »

What's More "Important"? Your Face Or Your Ass?

Dodai Stewart — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 10:30:00 EDT

A story in the Times of London claims that every woman eventually has to choose between maintaining a youthful face or a great body. Fashion editor Lisa Armstrong quotes actress Catherine Deneuve: "A 30-year-old woman must choose between her bottom and her face." Basically, the "theory" assumes that as a woman gets older, she can either maintain her face or her body, but not both. Armstrong writes that while attending fashion shows, she found that though the front row celebrities may focus on Botox and face-lifts, for the international editors, stylists and buyers in attendance, "being thin has always been more important than having a dewily youthful complexion."

In the fashion world, a skinny 60-year-old who can carry Lanvin or Prada gracefully and doesn't have to confine herself merely to wearing the handbag because she can't fit into any of the (diminutive) sizes has as much cachet as a slightly plump, clueless 20-year-old, if not more.

Jennifer Garner: Young, Gifted And Cracked

Jennifer — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 10:03:09 EDT

Baby-faced baby mama Jennifer Garner will soon be shilling anti-aging products for Neutrogena. [WWD, 1st item]