How Do Women "Really" Feel About How They Look?
We asked women in their early 60s and late teens to take a survey about body image. How do they compare? You may be surprised.
Are You Happy with Your Looks?
Unlimited options to "fix" every "problem," with knives, needles, or lasers-not to mention Photoshop-have created a standard of beauty (Bambi eyelashes! moonlike white teeth!) practically guaranteed to make you want to shatter your mirror.
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What's a sane woman to do? Keep reading for a rich mix of viewpoints, including a surprising glimpse into what O readers, young and older, really think about the way they look.
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Do You Like Your Appearance?
60s: 64%Teens 69.3%
Do You Look Good for Your Age?
60s: 88.3%
Teens 80.2%
"Isn't it great that we seem only a little less satisfied as we get older? I wish more than two-thirds of both groups felt that way!"-Valerie Monroe, Beauty Director
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How Do You Feel About the Way You Look?
(The most-selected from a list of nine descriptors)
60s:
Grateful: 52.2%
Satisfied: 46.1%
Self-conscious: 32.6%
Dissatisfied: 28.7%
Happy: 27.4%
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Teens:
Self-conscious
Satisfied: 42.9%
Grateful: 40.5%
Happy: 36.9%
Dissatisfied: 26.2%
"I see in magazines how my hair should look, and girls on TV who are 20 pounds lighter. If I had someone to do my hair and a trainer, I could be like that. But it's hard to both think that way and be happy with how you look."-Kateyln Labarre, 18, Southborough, Massachusetts
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Are You Concerned About Aging?
60s: 67.6%
Teens: 43.2%
"Guaranteed: In five years, these teens will wonder what they were concerned about!"-Valerie Monroe
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