“Floss or Die” Really? By Angie Littlefield I was surprised by a recent smattering of headlines that stoked fears of heart disease for failure to floss. My brother, Dr. F. Michael Eggert, a successful periodontist, researcher and retired professor of dentistry, has long emphasized prevention and good oral hygiene as the best route to a Read more
The New Me with Cosmetic Surgery by Cheryl L. Correia When a familiar song blasts on the car radio, my mind immediately fades into a past memory. In seconds, I’m removed from the mundane tasks of everyday life and transported to a time when I was a fun, freaky, frolicking younger self. My body gets Read more
The Horror of Thinning Hair by Lucy E.M. Black Healthy, thick hair was one of the few remaining vestiges of my youth. And although I allowed the color to naturally change from the darkest of browns, to a much lighter shade of brown, to salt-and-pepper, and finally to silver-grey with only the tiniest amount of Read more
On Tanning by Lucy E.M. Black Visualize a raw turkey breast in the grocery store: white dimpled skin covering a rounded, fleshy chunk of poultry. That’s what I thought my un-tanned legs looked like. I was reckless with my skin as a young person, tanning myself for hours under a slick coating of baby oil—essentially Read more
Celebrate Movember in Style: 5 Tips for Men’s Facial Hair by J’Nel Wright It looks like my entire neighborhood has gone hairy. The postal worker who delivers my mail now has a burly beard. The grocery cashier is sporting a dapper moustache. Since the weather has turned colder, even I have let the hair on Read more
Sins of My Youth by Lucy E.M. Black Something that I have noticed recently is that the sins of my youth have finally caught up with me: the sunburns, the lack of moisturizer creams, and the erratic cleansing routines. I am referring to my aging skin, of course. My skin, like the rest of my Read more
7 Ways To Look Seven Years Younger by Rebekah Yahoves One of the best parts about passing forty is that other people’s opinions begin to matter less (in my opinion!). You are suddenly uninterested in impressing people you don’t really like anyway. That being said, we all like to look our best whenever we are Read more
Top 7 Makeup Tips for Women This Summer Wearing makeup can vary from occasion, time of day or even season to season. Makeup for Silver Sage women may be different than what you used to do in your twenties and thirties as our skin tone, transparency, elasticity and fragility changes with age. Typically, makeup in Read more
My euphoria is soon interrupted by a group of men walking past me. “Wait! something’s not right.” I suddenly realize that they didn’t turn to take a second look. As a matter of fact, they barely took a first look. I’m a little insulted but I’m not about to let that ruin my day. Denial is a great survival technique. I suddenly felt old. For the first time ever, I felt really old. I walked the rest of the way home, mourning the loss of my je ne c’est pas quoi. All the while trying to tell myself that I was just being silly. As soon as I fell in the front door, I dropped my bags and ran for the nearest mirror. I stood in the bathroom, looking at my face. I pressed my hands against both cheeks and pulled slightly toward the back of my ears just to see how loose my skin was. Surely, this couldn’t be happening. Not already! But it was. Read more
A Charitable Shave Proctor & Gamble has taken their personal care products to a new level with the invention of the new Treo razor. The Gillette blade was first invented in 1901 by King C. Gillette who brought disposable razors to the common people. Although not credited with actually inventing the disposable razor blade, Gillette Read more
