There comes a point in every woman's life when she must relax into the natural ageing process and, well, allow herself to look old. Botox cannot work forever - then what? -A mini facelift, according to plastic surgeons, then the full facelift, needing to be renewed at least every 15 years. But hair can be coloured right into old age. Greys can be completely covered. When - if ever - is the right time to stop?
Nothing can be more ageing for women than prematurely grey hair, which is probably why you rarely see a well known face crowned with silver. In fact it can be wonderfully shocking to see a young woman with defiant grey streaks - wonderful because you think ''good on you'' but shocking because it makes her look so much older than she really is. It's draining. Grey hair always starts at the hairline where it is most noticeable and seems to occur only in sections, never wholly which can be chic.
Modern colouring techniques mean hair can have its ''natural'' colour - or a more flattering lighter version - even when the original has long faded. Most women are colouring their hair by their 40s because they ''have to''. They have to because they’re told they have to by magazines, by the media and now by computer technology that defines a beautiful woman. Yes, this year saw two aussie scientists develop a computer program that defines what and who can be considered beautiful. It entails pictures of women’s faces being downloaded into a program, they then go through an apparent process of evaluation... then sure enough your face is returned with an mark out of 10- 1 meaning ugly and 10 meaning absolutely stunning.
Is technology prohibiting a woman’s natural aging process? Will we ever be able to grow old greyfully?
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