"Here’s a good follower comment- echoing a few others," Porizkova wrote. As you can see, I\u2019m suffering /mWijP55iAS - Paulina Porizkova Porizkova) It can be helpful to see people who are embracing their age, which is why it can be inspiring to see someone like former supermodel Paulina Porizkova confidently sharing photos of her 57-year-old self.Ī thoughtful reader comment on IG need an equally thoughtful response.\nThank you for feeling my pain, rickaroo777. It's natural to resist it in some ways, since the older we get, the closer we get to the end of our lives, which we certainly don't want to hasten-especially if we actually love living. Most of us live our daily lives somewhere in the middle of these two realities, wanting to embrace our aging selves but also hoping to stave off some of the more obvious signs that we're getting older. People will try all manner of creams, serums, masks, acids, lights, technologies and surgeries to try to prevent wrinkles, lines, sagginess, spots and other signs that our bodies are changing with time. According to Statista, the global anti-aging beauty market is estimated to be worth $58.8 billion. On the other hand, our society does everything in its power to hide the fact that aging happens. The longer we live, the more we grow and learn and experience life, and "aging" is simply the mathematical sum of those experiences.
Few people would wish for the kind of short, uneventful life that would remove aging from the equation completely. From one perspective, it's something we should be grateful for.