I’ve read a couple of articles on Substack in the last week or so from brilliant women writers talking about their relationship with their face. It has got me thinking because many of their thoughts and experiences resonated with me.
For example,
published a piece last Sunday about how she has never felt pretty, something much to my mum’s disappointment that I have always felt myself, despite her efforts my entire life to insist otherwise.Then this morning I read a piece by
where she discusses the same thing, making mention of the stunning bestfriend she grew up with who always left her feeling in the shade.Anniki now has botox and filler to help her feel better about her face, and this is something that has crossed my mind recently especially when I look in the mirror and see lines appearing seemingly overnight and my top lip shrinking.
So what stops me? Well, I shall come to that, because I think this needs to be a two-part post. But first, I wondered why we women grow up with t…