My daughter is a news anchor for one of the network stations. People in her line of work are feeling increased pressure to have botox work done, due to High Definition broadcasting, which can show every wrinkle and line that you have...

At 39, she is very beautiful, and still looks young to me. The lines I see are few. I sure don't like thinking that she, or anyone else, for that matter, might have to resort to this treatment at some point, in order to keep a job...

Cripes... Remember the good old days when stuff like this didn't seem to happen, when you felt good if your doctor said "whatever" was "safe." Or did we just not hear about problems???

Cathie

Cathie,

Your daughter can use one of those "tightening marvels". such as Sudden Change.

I tried it once. It's made from egg whites (albumin).

I'll never forget. I was meeting my friends and I wanted to look 10 years younger. I was 50 at the time, so I wanted to look 40.

Worked fine. All the stuff under my eyes went away. I looked great. My skin was tight.

I walked into the room and said hi (with a big smile), and the whole thing cracked. Everybody started getting hysterical, including me). I had to go to the bathroom and wash my face.

But they can shoot her through special filters, if they think they want her to look a bit younger. And I completely understand how sharp a high definition picture can be. I was in the tv store the other day (I had no idea how sharp a high def picture can be and I wanted to see for myself). I saw the guy's hair follicle on the tv screen. Who wants to see hair follicle's???

It's a shame we are a youth oriented society. I watch NIP/TUCK and I get hysterical.

My husband's first cousin died last year at the age of 47 after having a face lift in Costa Rica. Some complications of the anasthesia.

Alan looked at me and said 'I know you, if you won the lottery, you'd do an extreme makeover on yourself". I said 'yeah, you DO know me".

But after hearing all these things, people dying, and getting reactions, well, I just clean my face and use a good moisturizer.

I can't imagine being 39 and thinking you look old for the camera.

I'm 60 and feel 30!!!

If only I looked it!!!!!! lol

HI everyone:

All along I have been nervous about these botox injections to smooth out wrinkles. After all, it is a poison and nothing to fool with in my opinion. I wouldn't want it in my body in any location.

I can understand how TV and movie personalities find it necessary to remove any signs of aging, but at what cost? I wish that in this country we could get over this obsession with looking younger than we really are. I have seen some mighty handsome faces with many wrinkles, which add to the beauty of the face in many people.

Actually, I find the look of having had botox injections, not attractive. Not having the usual facial lines makes people look blank - completely different and unlike their usual appearance. I don't like the look at all. I can always tell when there have been botox injections. Ugh.

Shirley H.

I'm still trying to figure out how Susan Lucci, who is my age, can look so darn good in those closeups.???

I mean, I know she's a little bitty thing and weighs about 100 lbs, but honestly, when that camera gets up close, well they either shoot her through 10 filters, or she has had the best plastic surgeon in town. Or Botox???