The day I ditched ANTI-AGEING
In 2016 I started to work with a skincare brand and it took over my life. Having experienced cystic acne through every decade of my life, even into my 40s, I was obsessed with any potential solution which presented itself, especially through skincare.
As a caveat to that, I can’t speak highly enough of the products I worked with. I use them to this day for myself and my clients. The obsession however has dwindled.
Over-use of the term ‘anti-ageing’
I struggled with the over-use of the term ‘anti-ageing’ and had to dig deep to figure out the reasons why. I thought to myself
- Surely ageing is a privilege
- When I look at a client’s skin, the lines and wrinkles are the last thing I notice
- When I ask a client about her skincare concerns, she normally wants to look brighter and less tired
- Why are the signs of natural ageing demonised?
Knowing all of this, within myself I was still seeking ‘younger looking’ skin. Social media was a big culprit with the barrage of before and after photos. Wrinkles = bad. Looking 10 years younger = good.
Dr Zach Bush
I’d become an avid follower of Dr Zach Bush and still am to this day. I listened to one of his fantastic webinars called ‘The Skin: Discovering Beauty from Within’ and the deal was sealed so to speak. I decided to
- Never use the term anti-ageing again
- Never post before and after photos of skin
- Look at my skin from an holistic perspective
- Start to look at my life as the medicine I need
I wanted to share this poignant introduction to Dr Zach Bush’s webinar – CLICK HERE
Our skin is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood organs of the body, with less research dollars and hours committed to it than any other organ. In the US alone, we spend $55 billion yearly on cosmetics that bury our skin in a vast array of synthetic chemicals known to disrupt hormone signaling, damage the immune system, and even increase risk of cancer. This market is rapidly growing into one of the most long term, steady consumer markets in the world
Besides this powerful introduction, the panel talked about recent research into the possibility of the skin storing memory. That would mean every line and every age spot holds important information. If we’re trying to erase these all the time, what kind of a message are we sending to ourselves?
Ditching the term anti-ageing
As well as ditching the term anti-ageing, I decided to start focussing my work and time around the idea of living healthier rather than living longer. The age old cliché remains firmly in my mind – ageing is a privilege and indeed it is. However, if we don’t have our health and we’re not living a good life then what is it all for?
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Have a lovely day,
Sughra