Aging by Numbers: Interesting Facts from Allure Magazine
The April issue of Allure shares interesting tidbits about aging in its “Beauty by Numbers” section of the magazine. Below are a few of the facts I found most interesting.
1965: The term “midlife crisis” was coined by 48-year-old Canadian psychoanalyst Elliott Jaques.
42: Percentage of American women age 35 to 64 who said in 2006 that they had never used and did not plan to use anti-aging skin products.
28: Age at which Cindy Crawford began seeing a dermatologist for anti-aging treatments. By the way, Cindy Crawford has her own anti-aging skincare line Meaningful Beauty, launched in conjunction with her dermatologist Dr. jean -Louis Sebagh, one of Europe’s premier cosmetic doctors.
80: Percentage of aging process attributed to lifestyle after age 50; the other 20 percent due to genetics, according to chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic’s Wellness Institute.
2008: Year the New York Times reported that red wine might slow aging, since the resveratol in the wine slowed the age process in mice. For those unfamiliar with resveratol, according to the New York Times, it is “a chemical found in the skin of grapes and in red wine that has long been conjectured to be a partial explanation for the French paradox, the puzzling fact that people can enjoy a high-fat diet yet suffer less heart disease than Americans.” Click here to read more.
25: Age at which a person’s short-term memory slowly begins to weaken.
2010: Year a skin dye called My New Pink Button was marketed to women whose labia had darkened with age. Really? My New Pink Button is described on its website as “a simple to use genital cosmetic colorant that restores the “pink” back to a woman’s genitals.”
252: Average times per week women ages 35 to 69 felt anxiety over aging, according to a 2009 British survey.
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