Anti Aging Beauty Products vs Cosmetic Surgery

At a recent luncheon of about sixty people, most of them over sixty, I couldn’t help but notice that a large number of the women, obviously concerned about their anti aging beauty, had acquired their “youthful look” not by using the best anti aging beauty products but by undergoing cosmetic surgery.

Since living here in Costa Rica, I can’t tell you the number of people I have met that have elected to have a face lift, or an eye lift, a chin tuck or, some, facial implants to restore a once chiseled bone structure.

This isn’t surprising, really. Next to the tourism industry, cosmetic surgery is one of the top money machines in Costa Rica.  Reportedly, the surgeons are well trained, clinics and at least one hospital offer state of the art facilities and care; and the cost here for a face lift is considerably less than having the same procedure done in the states.

A great number of these people (men, too) have absolutely no reservations of others knowing about what they have done to maintain their anti aging beauty. In fact, one lively and brave woman told her cosmetic surgery story,  including photos, before, during and after, on her blog.  She happened to be an ex-neighbor, so I was riveted to her story. It was painful…(for me) to see and read what she had endured all in the name of anti aging beauty. TIP: Don’t click there if you have a weak stomach.

Because the results of  so much elective cosmetic  surgery abounds within this community, I  flatter myself with an ability to spot someone who has gone under the surgeon’s knife. Skin is taut, eyes or brows are lifted wayyy up…most do indeed look younger. But not natural. Some have lost their natural facial expressions, leaving them with a perpetual deer-in-the-headlights look.

My apologies; my intent is not be cruel or judgmental; to each his or her own…it’s just cosmetic surgery, for me, is a severe and drastic option for retaining anti aging beauty.  Besides, I am a total chicken chit when it comes to any type of surgery.

Instead, I elect for a mild and gentler approach to my anti aging beauty regime using topical anti aging beauty products and nutritional supplements that have been proven to be safe, effective and per my own results, work extremely well.

Myself and thousands of others around the globe, have xtend-life, a company located in New Zealand,  to thank for providing anti aging beauty products and supplements every bit effective as any drastic measure such as cosmetic surgery.