Lately, my social feed has been flooded with stories about Kris Jenner’s face — and it’s got people talking. The buzz started when the 69-year-old matriarch was spotted in Paris, and the speculation ran wild about what new procedures she’d had done to look so youthful — kicking off yet another round of conversation about ageing, beauty standards, and influencer culture.
Let me be frank — Kris, like anyone, has every right to do what she wants with her body. Her family’s brand is built around their image, and that’s their choice. I’m certainly not saying people shouldn’t care about how they look — I care about how I look, too. There’s no judgment in what she (or anyone else) chooses to do. I live by: my body, my rules. Your body, your rules.
But here’s the question: Why do we care so much about other people’s choices? Why all the focus on what someone decides to do with their own body, especially when none of us have even met her? It’s strange, right? We’re obsessed with how Kris looks, reading about it, talking about it, staring at her face. It’s absurd!
There needs to be balance in the conversation.
The problem I see is the amount of praise and attention given to older women who look younger. What message does that send to the rest of us who are just trying to age (aka live!) without constantly feeling the need to fight it?
People say, “She doesn’t look her age, she looks so much younger!” But maybe it’s actually ok to look your age. Maybe wrinkles aren’t a bad thing. Personally, I’ve got my fair share of lines at 47, and guess what? It feels pretty great.
It’s okay to feel good about who we are at any age, without the pressure to look a certain way. We can be pro-aging and embrace the process. We don’t need to run to injections to feel better — we can feel good just as we are. You have a choice — you can have wrinkles and feel good about it!
For many people, this whole conversation is tough. Not everyone can afford treatments like Botox, but they might still feel pressured to look young. It’s easy to fall into comparisonitis, but we need more positive ageing vibes. We need a revolution to balance out the relentless anti-ageing messages that tell us we have to fight time at all costs.
Let’s embrace our age, wrinkles and all, and be okay with it. To me, that feels liberating.
Dr Stacy Sims. Image from
I’m all for optimising health and longevity — I love leaders like the forward-thinking international exercise physiologist and nutrition scientist, Dr Stacy Sims. I want to live as long as possible, and for me, it’s all about what’s happening on the inside, not the outside. It’s about investing in how I feel, not how I look.
The energy we spend chasing beauty standards can be a real time-vampire — and the balance is heavily stacked against women, who are constantly pressured to conform to unrealistic ‘ideals’ even more so than men. We have a choice in how we invest our time and energy. Just imagine what the world would look like if women dialled down the need to measure up and dialled up their voice instead!
For me, the lines on my face are a reminder that life is short, and the bucket list is long. I don’t want to become complacent or waste time thinking I have forever to live.
So, let this be a breath of fresh air in the never-ending tide of praise, admiration, and aspiration that the media, beauty industry, and society throw at us. It’s exhausting and unrealistic, and frankly, it’s a war we’ll never win.
If you choose Botox, fillers, or whatever else — go for it! Your body, your rules. But if you choose to skip it, that’s equally wonderful. The key is you get to decide — you may see them as crows feet or life’s brushstrokes, frown lines or wisdom waves, smile lines or kindness trails.
