I have no business in this discussion, but I have to say that there are three things that will make you need airbrushing faster than anything. They are age, sunshine, and smoking. You can't do anything about age.
Howard

> > I found the website portfolio of a professional photo retoucher (http://www.glennferon.com*), and it really drove that home for me in a way that nothing had before.
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> I had a friend show me the same site months ago. A few things I noticed specifically:
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> - Even models have cellulite. It's a fat pattern. The only thing that ever makes it go away entirely is Photoshop.
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> - Even women with 14% body fat or below have lines and wrinkles on their torsos when they bend in certain ways.
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> - Even women whose abdomens are pure muscle have their stomachs airbrushed out. Entirely. Concave, even. Anatomically impossible. So I don't worry about having a "flat tummy" anymore.
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> - Posture is everything.
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> - Many of the "imperfections" that get airbrushed out don't look bad at all.
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> - These women are beautiful before their bodies are morphed into an unrealistic ideal.
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> - I don't really look that bad.
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> Ri "Not that I don't need to get into better shape for other reasons" a