Anti-aging is a new age phenomenon. We can hardly scroll through a social media page without being encouraged to try a new anti-aging product. No wonder anxiety about maturing penetrates the hearts of young women every day.Adelina Winfield, known as “The Flying Granny” Instagramis one of several mature women working to change the way we view aging today. Her positive journey through fashion, skin care, and gray has inspired women of all ages to embrace her journey.
Both online and in person, Ms. Winfield seems confident and genuinely comfortable in her own skin, but she wastes no time letting us know it’s been a journey. Ta.
“When I turned 40, I started to feel the changes in my age. My body had changed a lot and I didn’t feel young or beautiful anymore,” says Winfield. Winfield has been open about her experience with menopause, which she said forced her to “re-learn myself.” The side effects of menopause can be active and isolating for women.she said study According to a study conducted by Post Reproduction Health, 94.1% of women were never taught about menopause. This is largely due to women keeping their experiences of menopause and aging private. “At the time, no one was discussing these topics, so I felt lost,” Winfield said.
“When I turned 40, I started to feel the changes in my age. There were many changes in my body and I no longer felt young and beautiful.”
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The next few years were a period of growing pains for Winfield. Divorce, menopause, and homelessness were just a few of the shocking changes in her life. As time went on, she started dating and felt more comfortable in her own body, but there was one challenge that Winfield had been avoiding. It was her gray hair. She said: “I’ve been dying my hair for decades. Her son tried to convince me to go gray and embrace my inner ‘storm,’ but I never thought it would make me look older.” I was afraid and refused. ”Her family trip to Italy changed her mind. Winfield opted for silver faux locks, which drew the attention of onlookers to her. She said, “She complimented my hair the whole time we were traveling, so I had the confidence to let go of her hair.” [grey]”
At the same time, Winfield shared her gray hair journey online and found what she calls a “silver sister community.” Her story reached thousands of mature women who were ultimately able to relate to the influencers who shared their own experiences with her. Winfield also noticed that her other mature content creators were redefining what her post-60 life was like. “In our community we don’t say ‘anti-aging’ anymore. We call it ‘pro-aging,'” she says with great joy. Listening to Winfield, the idea of pro-aging is music to the ears of millennials.
“In our community, we no longer call it ‘anti-aging,’ we call it ‘pro-aging.'”
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Millennial and Gen Z women are deeply obsessed with staying young. This is mainly due to the beauty industry constantly pushing the aging process of their products. Additionally, most beauty brands are not conscious of who they are marketing to. There has been a buzz online about girls under 18 buying anti-aging products.
This led Dove to create the #FaceOf10Ten campaign to move the conversation forward. We encourage young girls around the world to embrace their youth. It’s about time beauty brands start putting age restrictions on their products, and as a society we need to talk more about pro-aging instead of anti-aging.
“I want women to know that life doesn’t end at 40 or 50. It’s just beginning.”
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