 Hey guys, it's Monica. I am going to share with you some of my thoughts on the so-called anti-aging Thing if there is such a thing. Do you think you can anti-age? I don't know But anyways, this is a tag that was created for the mature beauty community. Actually anyone can do it but it's more applicable I think to the mature beauty community because many of us in this community are definitely trying to anti-age or At least slow down that aging process so this tag was created originally by Sarah the retro anti-ager and I was actually tagged by Karen Renee beauty now. I've seen many many women do this tag So I'm sure I would leave someone out if I started to mention them all so I'm not going to but where Karen was the last person Or the only person probably that tagged me. I'm going to link her a channel So I'm going to look down on my iPad to read some of the questions for you The first one is pretty easy. What is your age group and you know, everyone knows I'm in the 60 plus age group I just turned 64 on February 14th, and I can't believe I'm that old But I am so question number two. What bothers you the most about aging? I think what really really bothers me the most about aging is That as I get older, I will be more dependent on other people to help me out my kids or You know, who knows maybe even eventually into a health care facility or nursing home where I'm going to be dependent on others And I'm not terribly super independent at least I never thought I was But I don't want to depend on anyone to take care of me and that I think Bothers me the most. I don't want to be in a position where I can't wipe my own Twishy and Need someone to do that for me or need someone to help me get dressed or eat So I think that's what scares me the most bothers me the most about aging. Have I had any procedures done? I have not had any procedures done. I'm not against it. I I'm not in a financial position, you know to afford a facelift It isn't covered by my insurance or anything of that nature I would entertain having fillers these bother me a lot my jolly things or whatever they are They bother me a lot and maybe someday we'll have a filler or whatever you would call it there I am very very interested in zapping out my veins. I have not done that yet I know a number of my close friend subscribers have done it They've encouraged me to look into it and when I go to my termatologist for my one-year Check-up in the summer. I'm going to explore that as an option because my veins do bother me a lot So yeah, no, I am You get what you see you get what you see so if not would you I think I already answered that Question number five. What is the pivotal point where you realized you wanted to tackle anti-aging? I really don't think there was a pivotal point. I think even though for the first 60 years of my life, I didn't really think much about anti-aging. I also didn't think much about You know skincare in general. I always washed my face. I was removed my makeup I was used some sort of oils on my skin all my life I think that might have helped me with the wrinkles a little bit But I think it wasn't until I was 60 that I became more aware of the age spots and how quickly The wrinkles were happening So I didn't go in an anti-aging mission as I went on a I call a sort of on steroids Skincare program and that's what I did. I started to explore how to better take care of the skin I have to maybe maybe preserve it a little bit longer So do you think it's possible to anti-age? No, come on. Not really. I don't think you can anti-age I do believe you can Slow down the aging process and by good skin care and sunblock, but anti-age No, you know, maybe in the future, there'll be a pill you can take that'll bring you back to 16 if you want But right now, maybe it's in the development process. I don't know, but I don't know that it's there I don't know that'll be in my lifetime for sure number seven of all Solutions and potions for anti-aging out there. Which ones do you think are a gimmick? I really think probably all of them are, you know, a gimmick of some sorts I think you might have a product that works a little bit and then the hype makes it instantaneous. I never trust anything that says Within a week, you're gonna see dramatic results. It's just not gonna happen I really think that you need to try something and I've said this before You need to try something for a good long time before you actually see any kind of result at all So I think most of it is a gimmick. So the, to me, the tried and true would obviously be the retinae That's the gold standard that has been tried and true. So even that is not an overnight Fix. So there's a lot of awesome products out there But none of them are gonna be overnight and if you hear of an overnight wake up tomorrow of 20 years younger Nah, not gonna happen. Not gonna happen Which ones work? I think I already said that. To me retinae works. I am a big believer in in vitamin C I I love using a good high-quality vitamin C serum So there's a lot of face serums that I really like vitamin C matricle I love the ordinaries and buffet, you know I there's so there's a number of serums that I use that I really like but my creams I'm B. Venom lover. So, you know to me, that's a tried and true my retinae is a tried and true I've been using a Olay product around my eyes now for about a month Again for me, I wouldn't even say is a tried and true. I will tell you I'm liking it But you know until I go further into it. I I'm not gonna it's not gonna be something I'm gonna say you've got to try. I've also been trying a new eyelash serum Many of you know blink so I've been doing that just about a month now So I've really strong feelings on what's happening to my eyelashes with this new product But I also know from it for me really to tell how good it is I need to go another few weeks a month or maybe even two before I go forward with it or talk about it Number nine if you could change just one thing about your aging process What would it be? Getting fatter. I Really think the older I get The boobs drop I'll probably get demonetized for saying that sorry YouTube, but everything drops and You know, I your weight your weight fluctuates waste get thicker. I'm not a thin person I've never been a thin person. My sister's a thin person. So I inherited the fat genes. She inherited the thin genes So gaining weight so easily really bothers me about that process a lot. I that really disturbs me Number ten what one thing are you most pleased with about your physical parents at this point in your life? Well, I guess I would have to say it's my skin I am pleased with my skin. I mean, it's not perfect I have breakouts. I have wrinkles. I have veins but overall I think My skin doesn't look my age in general or maybe I don't act my age Maybe it's a combination of all that. I don't know, but I would say my skin. I'm the most pleased with Do you accept that you are getting older? Yeah, well, what's the alternative every day? I'm happy. I wake up and every day. I'm a little bit older and yeah I accept it. It's going to happen and and I'm okay with that. I've lived a good life. I Still have a lot of living to do, but I have lived a good life. I've loved. I've been loved. I'm blessed. I Have been fortunate. I've been misfortunate. I've had a Very well rounded life. I really I can't complain about that at all number 12 when it's all said and done What is it all about? Is it external or internal? It's internal for sure without a doubt for me because I believe in feeding everything You know like my collagen supplement from the inside out so to me the inside out is what makes The biggest difference. So it is definitely internal for me number 13 if you had to choose growing older more rapidly with your physical appearance yet having Vibrant health or vice versa outwardly growing slower, but declined health Outwardly aging slower. I messed that one up. I would say I would rather have good health Even if it meant aging rapidly, I would rather have good health because good health will make My life more enjoyable. So I can look young and beautiful, but be sick inside and I'm not going to enjoy it as much So yeah, I'll take you know the rapid aging if that's what it takes and be in good health for the years I have left then to be not in good health like I said earlier. My biggest fear is being dependent on someone I don't want to ever ever get to that point. I don't know, you know, those are the answers to my questions I don't know how many of you have done this keg. I think it's very interesting Again, I do not necessarily believe in the phrase anti-aging Although I do use it in my videos I use it as a tag because I know it's a searchable term But it to me has always been all about the inside out So I hope you enjoyed my answers and thank you so much for the tag Karen and Sarah for making up the tag It was a lot of fun I enjoyed watching everyone's videos and if you're new to my channel, please subscribe and Welcome and for all of you that watch all my videos huge huge hugs to you all. Thank you. Bye guys