It's not like they are ebign FORCED to make themselves look younger. In the end, it is still their choice. If they are insecure and feel the need to copy everyone and make themselves fake, they can. I'm not saying it's bad, and I'm not saying it's good.

It's a toughie, I've been colouring my hair since I went prematurely grey at 26, I have my roots done every 15 days - weep for me! Of course it's my choice, no one is forcing me as Aschwebb says, but my roots are as white as the pic above and on a brunette that looks too too Cruella DE Ville meets Morticia.

I really think it's down to the individual, Nicole looks vastly different from how she used to look, I think she's gorgeous now but it's a very mainstream manufactured look.

As to the whole botox and filler debate, I think that as long as it's not overdone then it's just a modern day extension of an old fashioned beauty regime.

Of course, taking it to the Jocelyne Wildenstein is a whole other can o worms or should that be Whiskas?

There is nothing wrong with wanting to look your best, but it is sad that we keep pushing this idea that a 40 year old woman should look 25. No they are not being "FORCED" to do this, but it is alot more difficult for them to get magazine covers, endorsements, or roles if they do not.

Well, asch, I think the issue here is that they HAVE to look young to get work in Hollywood. When you have worked hard enough to get to be say, a Nicole Kidman, and the only thing hindering you from getting roles you have skills and experience for is your your body/ face... I think it would be hard not to get "work done." There just aren't that many roles out there for older looking women.

i'm all for creams and serums that help improve the texture/appearance of your skin,.. i do however draw the line at scalpel's...

Of course it's a lady's decision as to whether she wants to reverse natural aging, but I have to admit that it is sort of sad to see it go overboard....like these women who get so much collagen that their lips look like flotation devices.

not even sure what to say on this subject.. it feels like a touchy one

I'm all for it, if it's done in a modest and realistic sense.

I mean people like Joan Rivers think the more they get that they'll somehow be able to beat father time-you can't and won't.

I think people need to be realistic of what actually needs a little boost vs. just nipping and tucking everything. Some things are just fine and people should leave them be!!

I'm 25, had lip injections and my mother is 53 and had a face lift, her eyes done and fillers, but in all honesty you see a difference and it looks natural. If I ever start to have thethooded eye look our family is notorious for later in life I'll be getting it taken care of!!

I think living in the limelight like that, having new YOUNG up and coming actresses really puts the pressure on people like Nicole Kidman to try and keep the appeal and look of youth going...

It's still their choice though. They knew that being in that business would insts upon them being permently young, and if they want to continue working, then they have to follow the rules I guess...just liek we all have to at our jobs.

While I'm all for the myriad of miracle serums/creams/vitamins/etc., I don't agree with the surgery and/or botox. Who are they fooling? Whether you look your age or not, you're still your age and there is nothing you can do about it.

There is definately more pressure on the women than the men too.
I think that bugs me more than anything. They are under so much pressure to look good.

The human vanity is such a undefeatable force. I'm going with no judgement here, it's your body so do whatever you want with it

While I think it's important to take care of yourself and maybe get a little help every now and then, you'll see actresses so worked over that it's kind of eerie. But there will always be someone "younger and prettier".

and if she had wrinkles everyone would say oh my god she looks so old, the whole thing is unhealthy for the actresses and for society. aging is a natural process but until we as a viewing public accepts it than hollywood wont

I'm for things that help reduce line and things like that. I'm not cool with surgerys and things that extreme. But in the end it is their body, their decision........ pressure or not!

Of course it's partly the pressures of Hollywood and her career. And most women don't want to look like their aging. I don't know any women who just accept it and don't put any effort into stopping the clock (or at least slowing it down).

I personally would probably never have a facelift or anything of that sort...it's just not me. But Botox, sure, that may happen someday. And I certainly use the wrinkle creams and serums.

I guess it's whatever makes you happy and pleased with yourself...when you look good, you feel good, right??

even with all that plastic surgery, it's still exceptionally difficult for a woman over 40 to get any gigs at all.

just ask demi moore. i'm pretty sure she spent $40,000 on plastic enhancement and she's still complaining that no one will hire her. (maybe it's TALENT that really matters, demi. just ask meryl streep and helen mirren--they are wonderfully, beautifully wrinkled and working like whoa.)

the whole anti-aging thing is just ridiculous. i personally would never get plastic surgery unless it was to suck some fat from my bum. but whatever, man, if it makes you feel better about yourself, then i'm all for it.

I don't think she looks young at all, she looks nipped and tucked and Botoxed to within an inch of her life. Most of these women would look so much better if they just let themselves age naturally.

Wow, it's so interesting to see the responses for these. Good to know there are other people out there who just want to get old without being hassled, eh?

I hate when people get botox and all that crap, they try to out run aging but EVERYONE ages and gets wrinkles, it's sad that you can't do what your body is meant to do, GET OLD!

People see it like as a sin to get old

I don't like it when older women go too far in trying to look young. I think they suffer from insecurities and just can't accept that people age, and if anything it's just better to be alive and healthy, rather than younger looking.

European women have such wonderful outlooks about aging. They look like their age, but they look really good just by keeping themselves natural and working with what they have without going to extremes. They don't try too hard to look young, but they don't project an aged look either.

Then again, it's not good to judge someone's self-perception on beauty. If cosmetic surgery is something that will make a person happy, then she may as well do it.

Maybe I missed something here. Isn't it a shame that anyone should feel they HAVE to be anything but themselves to be accepted? I mean I get the whole "Hollywood made me do it" argument but if one person refused, if they all just stopped going for it, Hollywood would have to start listening. I have never been the kind of person who won't leave the house without makeup or felt like I had to be perfect, so I don't feel the pressure. And believe me I feel for those who feel it daily, but I think at some point each person has to make a decision about how far they are willing to go to be "it". At a certain point I don't think it's worth it anymore.
Maybe if we all started to really believe that talent and character and values are really what matter instead of paying lip service to them and then talking about how horrible a naturally aging 40 year old woman looks without the highlights botox and collagen injections we could get back to reality and stop kidding ourselves

I think she is beautiful but her skin is looking "plasticy". (If there is such a word!)

Of course I would never presume to tell someone that they should or shouldn't have treatments to prevent/reverse aging, but, that said, I do feel it's terrible that we've made aging something to be so ashamed of!

Everyone gets older, whether they show it or not! As I like to say, it beats the alternative!

In this picture, she looks kinda old around the eyes. I mean, if you put Hayden P next to her, we know who is naturally younger.

Women should learn to embrace what comes with age, not fret too much about making themselves look young. It is ok to use anti-aging products that are good for the skin.

Hollywood women are constantly subjected to scrutiny and criticisms and to get certain roles etc, they are pressured to look young and perfect all the time. Remember seeing a pic of Angelina Jolie on her latest movie set, the sun was shining in her face and she looked positively haggard. Then everyone is harsh on you for looking old.And she is only , like 32???

So we should embrace our natural looks, do what is good for our skin but not be a freak over it....

I have colored my hair since I was about 18 or so. Many different colors, and I always wear makeup to work. Would I get botox? I doubt it. There is a fine line and Nicole has crossed it. She used to be a very beautiful woman, but she looks too frozen now. It isn't a good look for anyone. They are all so thin too and that seems to age people and make them look older in my opinion.

I never tough of 40 as old, that the age most woman have kids in the age from 10 to 20 or now the just become kids. And the most woman dont really look old with 40.
But i don't know. i think everybody have to decide it alone. But i think its not really so terribley when the hair is grey with 60 or you just don't have the body from an 20 year old. And you should have to think about that your getting older and that you have there a little wrinkle. its natrual. And something everyone becomes with age. Nobody should have to hide his age.

Potions, lotions and creams are one thing. Scapels and injections are another. I don't think Nicole looks real anymore. *Sigh* Neither does Meg Ryan. It is a travesty.

Every time I see a picture of Nicole Kidman I think she looks too pinched and pulled tight.

I'm totally on Team Nicole, but she needs to lay off on the Botox! She would look so much better if the skin on her face actually moved. And I agree that Helen Mirren looks absolutely amazing, not even for being her age, just in general. It's the confidence to accept who you are and what stage of life you're in that really exudes beauty.

I don't think she looks anywhere near 25! Geez, she's just changing the face of 40 year olds to look like fake 40 year olds. Its sad to me.

As far as Nicole Kidman is concerned, I think she IS starting to show her age and have to disagree with you on the photo shown here.. I see lines, especially around her mouth. Not that that's bad or she looks old by any means, I just feel she's aging beautifully. Now as for some OTHER actresses out there I think some do go a little far, and sometimes it's just not worth it. So many of them are so beautiful naturally and they don't continue to see it with age even when we do and that's sad.

And may I also say that it's always bugged me that men age so much better than women? UNFAIR!!!

Personally, I am just going to age naturally but if someone else wants a little extra help with graceful aging well so be it. I think it's great that people have options.

all thing have to be getting old at last ...i don't think stop aging is the best thing to do (except if u played the sims2 that's great!) for me i would accept my older age with the growing thinking & attitude...don't be afraid coz anyway u have to be old someday...u can't fight it even if u got all surgery on ur whole body...when u got stuck on being perfect & younger (or life longing forever) it will make u unhappy with ur present time...u will always be in the future & u'll never know how happiness feel like! lool it's real...just caring everyday & feel it today..right now ...feel ur natural aging & happy with it...it's the best way for my thought

one day it will be like a Twilight zone episode--her real face will come out! Ew!

I think it okay as long as you keep it natural and don't go for extreme looks. It's very easy to say you'll never get anything done when you're still young, but it's more difficult to perdict how you will handle getting older until you get there.

I can't make a decision for someone else, but ... I do think it's weird to see the "transformations" of celebrities via plastic surgery, botox, collagen, facial peels, etc. I barely recognize Nicole! Her hair and clothing choices only serve to further enhance the false youthfulness she's trying to portray. I miss the days when she was fierce donning classic silhouettes and elegant hairstyles. Those looks were timeless.

ok, i can talk from experience here, i am going on 50, but still look like in late 30's on a good day,{compared to how my mom looked at this age} i take great care of my skin{and always have} with cremes & gentle washing, but nicole looks fake now. smooth skin is great but stretched & "plastic" is terrible. she looked better with red hair & curls- the blonde is just too fake on her

I think she looks plastic and like she can't emote.

I'm all for the vanity and looking younger but it's weird when all the actress are going for the same look. It's almost like they have the same surgeon. After a certain amount of surgeries
they start looking nightmarish. Ashlee Simpson had a whole makeover and she's so young!

For me, I will never say never. I have breast implants. Best move I ever made. Love them! So a lift here or there might be an option. Just not yet. I'm 42.

The thing that bothers me is that all these women stopping the clock in Hollywood can afford it, and they're raising the standard of beauty too high for everyone else. Most people can't afford all that plastic surgery. I wouldn't get it even if I could because I'm afraid - the anesthesia from my last surgery caused me to have memory problems for a year. It's not worth the risk to me to look younger. It's also sending a message that aging is bad. It's something we all do and we really shouldn't feel ashamed of it. I admit, I don't want to get old and wrinkly, but I wish I lived in a world where it was viewed more like a badge of honor than a horrible sight to behold.

I'd like to start out by saying that men DO NOT age better than women. Women are simply held to an insane inhuman impossible standard and men are allowed to simply be. My 27 yr old boyfriend has more forehead and eye wrinkles than my 65 yr old mother. People think I am much younger than he is when in reality, I am about 5 years older. If you pick up a magazine some time, or even watch movies or tv, you can see that the wrinkles are there on the men; they are allowed to have them. On the women, they are removed with photoshop, makeup and lighting. This is the problem, the double standard. Men are allowed to wrinkle because teenage boys are not considered sexy or sophisticated. Young women are considered hotor beautiful or whatever it is, though. A rugged look is considered hot on a man. Wrinkles add to a rugged look. A smooth soft face is not as attractive on a man; it would look odd. Now quite unfairly, a rugged look is considered unattractive on a woman. The standard for women has always been clear, smooth, young, supple, perfect, flawless skin. The years and years of seeing flawless skin in magazines and on screen have made everyone's eyes very susceptible. If we see any teeny tiny line on a woman: alert the media: she's old!
I noticed the crow's feet on Jake Gyllenhall on a GQ cover when he was all of 23. I noticed the lip wrinkles on Matt Damon not too long ago. I am sure I could go on, but you get the point. No one points out flaws on men. On women, it's like a witchhunt. Until this double standard is changed, people will believe that men age better and that women fall apart and become old hags. It is just not true though. (my mother has aged better than any man I have seen, btw).

Nicole Kidman: What I think is the problem here is not botox. I think it's the lip injections. She looked good and normal to me until recently when I discovered that she has been getting lip injections. She was perfectly attractive with small lips; she should've left well enough alone. I think that when people get unnecessary procedures, in a lot of cases, it can make them look really weird and we can't always identify what it is, so we just assume it's botox or a facelift. But it is definitely the lips and the too blonde hair that are making her look so odd.

Nicole Kidman is a very pale Aussie. I read an article just the other day that said her mother wouldn't let her outside as a child for fear of her getting sunburnt. I know that she has probably been wearing sunblock religiously her whole life, more religiously than 99% of the population. So her skin should be in excellent condition. (esp combined with any skincare, retin-a whatever, just not surgery or peels, etc).

Also, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista, Marcia Cross and Virginia Madsen all have said they use botox. They all look great. I'd never have guessed they used it, just assumed they avoided the sun and used retin-a.
But look at Teri Hatcher, who has admitted to using botox as well. She looks weird b/c she had a bad nose job or something. But when I look at her, I think she looks weird and old, and it's really just her bad nose job I am reacting to.
Surgery may have worked wonders for Ashlee Simpson (who I saw eye wrinkles on when she was 19 on a magazine cover. 19!!!! With eye wrinkles! It's not all about age, it's about normal expression lines and normal skin having little creases and wrinkles). But surgery doesn't help everyone.

In Nicole Kidman's case, I do believe that the lip injections are destroying her looks, not botox. I also agree that she looked far better with darker hair.

pink cocoa. Good insight, and well put.

each to their own i guess

ya why not?!
its gud 2 have all that money and spend them on ur beauty cuz its da most important thing 4 a celeb who spends half of their liVes on redcarpets !
it seems people get a kick outta trashin them anyway!
if they do surgery they say ew she/he looks so unnatural
& if they dont they say uh how ugly overrated she/he is
POOR CELEBS!

your bf must be on crack. my ex looked like he was 28 when i first dated him... i dumped him... didnt see him for 7 months... he got into drugs.... and now he looks like he is kickin' 40 at age 22. Unfortunate, but thats life.

So, in your case Pinkcoco, it might be a little different, but i can see where you are coming from.

Now... i would like to start by saying that alot of older celebs do have wrinkles, but its the fact that the hire amazing makeup artists (such as the late Kevyn Aucoin (R.I.P.)), and airbrushing photos also helps as well. YES! Alot of them do have "stuff" done to their faces/bodies, but many still show the signs of aging because its inevitable and inescapable. i feel that we should be able to do whatever we want to our bodies, and if someone feels better and more confident by getting a lip injection(b/c they're getting thin and unnoticable), a boob job (because they're sagging to the floor), OR any kind of JOB then do it! Inner confidence is the key to a happy life, and this is what makes some people happy!

I'm somewhere in the middle on this one....I nip and tuck here and there are fine but some of our stars (i'm sure we can all think of one) take the surgery thing to far...

If I had the money... I'd get some work done too.

I do think it's great that there are treatments to keep you looking young *BUT* then it makes us poor to middle class people look & feel a million times worse when we get that age.

Having just turned 46, I can say that I'm more open to different ways to stay younger looking! I do think that eating well, excercising, etc. are your best ways to stay looking your best.

I turned 48 this summer. I accept it and have never wanted any type of Surgery or Medical Application done to my skin. I do Moisturize and use eye cream. The best thing for clear skin is the Fruit acids lotion like alpha hydroxy.I do that at bedtime. I quit suntanning at 30 and also quit smoking and drinking. These are realistic goals we can set for ourselves and be proud that we are making an effort. Denial is not a river, well, you know what I mean...