No more plastic surgery for Shirley MacClaine

Shirley MacClaine may be a little more famous than usual at the moment because she’s Godmother to Dennis Kucinich’s daughter. And things took a turn for the worse when Dennis had to admit on the campaign trail that he’d seen a UFO. Of course Shirley was there to support him, but what about the rest of the Democratic Party?

Well Shirley is using her platform, and her newly released book, Sage-ing While Ageing, to say in no uncertain terms that she is DONE with plastic surgery. She says, "I'm not gonna do anymore... I want to play good parts that are my age. I don't want to have the audience wonder if I'm making an expression or not."

Sorry sweetie, you’re about 30 years too late for that. You should’ve thought of that before you had your first facelift. We can’t tell anymore if you’re lifting your brows or not.

Botox May Improve Scars

Botox, the cure-all magic elixir of youth that saved your face from an aging penitentiary has swooped in and awed us all once again. In a study recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, doctors found that if they injected Botox immediately after completing facial surgeries, scars were far less visible after healing. So that means those “tell all war wounds from the weary that’ve fought their way through a facelift” scars may be a thing of the past? Fantabulous. But what about those of us who didn’t know the revolution was only a day away? There’s still hope. The Fantabulous Fairy Godmother always grants three wishes. Giving us Botox was wish number one. Helping us heal was wish number two. Now wish number three: Botox may also help reduce regular scars – I mean the ones that already exist.

Injecting Botox paralyzes the muscles below an injection site. By injecting Botox at the site of a scar, it obviously paralyzes the muscles below the scar. Studies are showing that this lessens the tension on the tissue which forms the scar. With reduced tension the affected area has an enhanced ability to heal. Enhanced healing equals less visible scars. So any way you see it –reduced scars or wrinkle free – Botox means “smooth” sailing… I mean skin.

Hiding wrinkles with make-up

There is nothing worse than that awful caked on look of three day old make-up that you haven’t had a chance to wash off your face. You admit, you woke up late on the first day and just put more foundation on top of your make-up from the day before, and the next day you put powder on top of that, until you hit the three day mark of caked on wrinkled up make-up. So you gave yourself wrinkles. And now you want to get rid of them?

The truth is make-up does not hide wrinkles. In fact, foundation often exaggerates wrinkles, especially if it’s in a slightly different color than your natural skin tone. And none of the age-defying or age-erasing make-ups really do what they say. But I do have some tips: you can keep your foundation; just don’t use it above your mouth, around your eyes or around your nasolabial folds (the lines that run from the bottom of the nose to the chin, also called the "marionette lines"). Wrinkles in these areas seem to stand out the most when foundation is applied. Sorry there are no astonishing tricks to be had when it comes to hiding those wrinkles, but a little botox, a good moisturizer, and good dermatologist should help you on your way.