Many women are defying their age and embracing their looks

IT’S obviously a First World problem — but within the context we live in, continually bombarded by mass media “anti-ageing” messages, how do we deal with the loss of our youthful looks as we still live on for decades afterwards?

It’s a question being voiced more frequently as this generation of ‘baby boomers’ — those born between 1946-1964 — are living longer and healthier lives than their parents.

It’s not as superficial as it sounds, as the mismatch between feeling vital physically and mentally, while being told by society that ageing is unattractive, is creating a type of identity “panic” among post-menopausal women, according to 60-year-old New York-based psychologist, Dr Vivian Diller.