Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Anti-Aging: The Reality of Aging Now #shorts

20 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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A short YouTube video by board-certified dermatologist Shereene Idriss reflecting on personal aging as she approaches 40 and addressing viewers' anxiety about lines and wrinkles. She explains that people today tend to age better than in the 1970s/1980s due to reduced smoking and hard-drug use, earlier sunscreen use, and access to higher-quality skincare ingredients (e.g., retinols) and cosmetic procedures. The speaker frames aging as inevitable but generally improved in outcomes for modern cohorts.

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If this article title triggered your anxiety. When it comes to aging, I am a board certified dermatologist. Let's get into it. I'm almost 40 years old and I could tell you guys aging sucks. My knees hurt. I don't know why. I have lines, I have wrinkles I never had before. But the reality is this, if we're not aging, we're dead. This is coming from a board certified dermatologist whose focus is on cosmetics. I'm going to tell you what I tell my patients. Take a step back. The way we are aging today is so different than it was in the 70s or 80s. Taking out any access you have to cosmetic procedure. Think about it. We're not smoking as much. Most of us are not doing hard drugs. We're wearing sunscreen at an earlier age and we have access to higher quality ingredients like retinols. So regardless of whether or not you've done cosmetic procedures, you are going to be aging better by the time you're 4045 in 2023 versus 4045 in 1978.