Recently, we’ve seen an outpouring of young people on social media showing off elaborate skincare routines. It's a society obsessed with youth that's to blame
When I was 14, my skincare routine consisted of splashing my face with water, rubbing it briskly on a towel and occasionally smearing some Clean & Clear blackhead clearing cleanser over my nose. To complete the beauty regime, I might have sprayed some Impulse body spray and inadvertently turned my hair orange byIt’s a far cry from the beauty regimes some teenage girls are practicing today.
I’m not suggesting my teenage ritual was one to be copied, or by any means the right way. But it was a lot less bleak, when you consider what it says about today’s society that 14-year-olds are already worrying about ageing. But then, growing up, I wasn’t exposed to infinite images of supposedly flawless faces and bodies on social media every day as they are today.
For all the progress we think we’ve made when it comes to speaking out about the lack of older women on our screens, this shows how far we still have to go. If children think they have to begin an anti-aging routine at an age where they probably still have pocket money and a curfew, the responsibility lies on us as adults to make clear they’re perfect as they are.
It’s perhaps understandable that women succumb to it when they’re older because it’s hard to escape a society which places a massive premium on youth. If it makes some people feel better about themselves then fine, but it’s a different ballgame when it’s teenagers.
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