19 hours Ago By Ingeborg van Lotringen
Midlife actresses are showing off sculpted arms on the red carpet. These are their weapons against the inevitability of ageing skin This year’s Oscars red carpet will feature the usual parade of sumptuous décolletages and sculpted arms – displayed, more than ever, by actresses well over 40. With Nicole Kidman and Pamela Anderson leading the charge of midlife actresses bearing glorious flesh on the big and small screen, it’s obvious, at last, that mature women can give the young ones a run for their money.
As ever, it takes some commitment and maintenance. Personally, as a lifelong exercise fan , I was incensed to discover loose skin on my body at age 54: no cardio or weight-bearing training can halt the collagen loss and subsequent thinning skin that comes with age. It will show up as crepey, less-than taut bits all over your body.
That’s life – but of course, Hollywood has antidotes for it, and so does the beauty industry . Luxuriant flesh, it seems, can be maintained – but how? We asked the skin gurus of the rich and famous..
