Good for Esther Rantzen

MY OP was not intended to be judgmental sue - it was just nice to see Esther being and looking as she wanted to be without feeling she had to look how the media seem to want.

I totally agree with the sentiment Mishap- well done Esther.

'Letting oneself go' is such a horrible expression and yes, so judgemental I feel too. A big difference though between not caring for oneself, as in washing, having clean well kept clothes and nails, etc- and not putting make-up and being dressed to kill. I'm afraid many of us just do not have the energy to be perfect.... and if I had to choose between letting my mind and attitudes 'go' or my looks- I'll choose the latter (well, I have ;) )

I agree with Mishap things like botox seems to make people look dreadful, they rarely look natural.
A decent "nose job" for some I can understand, but it seems that messing about with skin tissue itself does not always give an improvement. If your skin is saggy due to your genes, smoking, too much sun etc, it is surely due to problems with the quality of the tissue itself and really that is not likely to improve.

Quite apart from the fact that the media etc should not be so critical of personal appearance and that woman age. Older men do not get all this pressures and criticism.