BodyMax

It seems like every AgingButDangerous woman we know is struggling with an unwanted bulge.  Although there are many opportunities on the female body for this “added attraction” to occur, my primary focus, is the tummy.  There seem to be a TON of other women who will commiserate with my flat to flab frustrations, OH and do we see a few men on that bandwagon also?

When Spanx introduced its men’s ‘shapewear’ last February, it immediately became an easy layup for late night comedians and talk show hosts.  But who is laughing now? Neiman Marcus, who was the retailer that launched this “man girdle”, couldn’t keep them in stock.  Now there are several major retailers; Saks, Nordstrom’s, Bloomie’s hawking this new category for men, as well as several manufacturers in addition to Spanx;  Equmen and Sculptees. 

On line sales of these new “enhancers” is even stronger than in the stores.  Men seem to want to ware them, BUT don’t really want to be seen buying them.  (Chuckle, chuckle.)

This new phenomenon looks like a regular T-shirt, but has a magic internal sucking vortex at the mid section.  Another product which is referred to as “profile-enhancing” underwear is like a push-up bra for men (the man bra)—sorry but we just can’t go there.  The visual is way too much at this point.

EASY ON THE EYES!  During allergy season the temptation to rub your eyes is excruciating—DON’T.  A plastic surgeon told me once—(the same one that “did” my eyes)—“rubbing your eyes will create wrinkles and bags faster than anything else”.  When women cry they should BLOT the tears.  When your eyes itch so badly that clawing them out of their sockets actually sounds like a good idea—use a simple saline eyewash, (you can buy that OR make it).  When putting on eye makeup or taking it off be gentle— always merely pat the eye area.  And when you MUST scratch, use a Q-tip.

There are 2 schools of thought about visualizing something that you want very badly in your life.  One is, that if you conjure up too grandiose a picture of what you would like to see happen in your life, you are sure to be disappointed.  The official AgingButDangerous philosophy is that if you put your most magnificent vision into the universe, and it comes from a place of passion and faith, that it will happen exactly as your mind has seen it, or even better.  Opening yourself up to accept magnificence is an essential part of this entire drill.  Add a little hard work to that formula and it is failsafe.