Posted August 13, 2009 in Beauty, Blog, Botox and Facial Fillers, Uncategorized
The film “The Picture of Dorian Gray”, based on the 1890 novel by Oscar Wilde opens next week. It is the dreamlike story of a young man who sells his soul for eternal youth and beauty. The ads for the movie cry out “FOREVER YOUNG” and “ETERNALLY PERFECT”. The parallels between Wilde’s 1890’s and today’s facial cosmetic surgery are striking. Our desire for beauty and looking our best pre-dated even Wilde’s era by thousands of years. The African beauty Queen Nefertiti and Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra stand out among others in “the quest for beauty’s” long history. Preceding the cosmetic use of Botox by 100 years, one of Wilde’s characters, Lord Henry tells Dorian, “Good heavens, my dear boy, don’t look so tragic! The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.” Sound familiar? Looks familiar looking at the Botoxed faces of “Desperate Housewifes”. Most of us wish to look our best, or at least “as young as we feel”. Lord Henry seems to agree when he tells Dorian, “The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.” Well, enough of this gibberish, enjoy the movie, even better read the book, and as Rod Stewart says, “May you stay forever young.” Be well. Dr. P
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