With stem cell therapy, 30 years could look like 20.
51 years old Lorraine.
Meet Lorraine Giannotti. Listening to the way she talks, you would decide that she’s a sweet teenager girl – delicate like how a child would tell a story. Yeah, she sounds sweet, but she’s 51 on that photo. That shocked me as well!
She had a stemcell facelift, and she attribute that for clearing away the stresses that bagged her face. I guess we won’t see that face for long.
Stemcell has been clacking some news these previous years. The scientists will extract cells from an embryo, which is undifferentiated yet. Meaning, those cells can potentially turn into brain cells, organ linings, skin dermis or any other. In essence, if you inject stemcells to a blind person’s eyes, it may rebuild the dead cells needed for sight. It may also repair heart tendons, or improve immune system. It could be anything your body needed.
The promise is a heap of a deal, but these scientists will have to extract cells from an emerging life, thus killing a chance of living. Of course, Catholic Church will go nuts if they extract it from human life. I would go nuts too. To lessen the crime, they resort to animal embryo, mostly from sheep.
That’s the battle – kill one life to save another. This is also another validation that human beings are dominant among any other beings on earth, but does dominance grant us the power to exploit other life forms?
Now, stemcell slipped to cosmetics. If it is pasted or injected to your face, it’ll regenerate fresh and young skin cells, thus making you look younger. That’s another subject for debate. Should we just accept aging, or should we welcome the aid of breakthrough technologies?
Are we the same person afterwards?
Lorraine said that she doesn’t intend to change who she is but to enhance the person that she was. There’s no reformation of nose or thickening of lips, only the disruption of the natural turnover of life.
How long do you wish to stay and look young?
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Wow, I just thought this was really amazing, and that I’d probably love to do this one day – but I’m not so keen on knowing that in order to give me that look, an animal had to die.
Yeah, that would be especially hard if you’re an animal or pet lover. Are you?
Well, I live in the land of ageless beauty, that haven of plastic surgery that is Los Angeles, where most women past the age of 40 have a frozen in place expression and tight smiles. I have so far resisted such temptations but would I go for stemcell? I hate the idea of looking haggard but I would like to think an acceptance sinks in. Or is it worth going to the grave with a 17 year old glow on my cheeks? Not sure yet….but great post
Ooh Los Angeles. Yeah, stemcell is controversial, even for us personally, we can’t fully accept it, but we also can’t to deny it totally.
yeah, to a degree I am an animal lover – although I’m hypocritical in that I’m not vegan or vegetarian or in any other part of my life paying real attention to animals. hmmm
I’m still hanging on to the eat right, exercise and age the way nature intended philosophy. I know too many people with surgically enhanced faces on top of saggy necks or chests full of age spots. Body parts should all match! I never want to be that woman who “looks great with her new facelift.” Although I do have those days when I feel slightly panicked when I look in the mirror! We’ll see if I feel the same way in a few years…
Ideally, body parts should match. But it’s cosmetics, they beautify only what is seen outside. Don’t know where I get this, but the hardest area to enhance was the neck. So that would gave the real age of a person. Well, maybe stemcell can fix that too
No matter what happens to one in this life, the die was cast when your soul decided to take a turn on the wheel. The taking of a life to help or save another life is a very difficult thing to deal with. Eye specialists honed their skills on animals and were able to give renewed sight to millions. I find that there is a great need to honour the sacrifice of lesser animal beings, it is proper to do so. We try to honour our war dead, they too were sacrificed, for the struggle they died in was not of their own making. Save every living thing you can, especially the ones you don’t care for, in that way you show that you honour life in all its forms. Bit of a rant, but there it is. Kristin.
Thanks Kristin. I like what you have contributed here. Doctors experiment on a few animals as investment of skill building that’ll aid millions. That’s a sacrifice for the greater good. What I’m not sure is if physical beauty is worth it, because if it’s for illnesses then it’s definitely worth it.
I like to think that as I age I become more exotic. In Southern California I am a dying breed – no botox, fatty injections in the face, fat sucking off the thighs – it’s just me. You can tell when I am happy, sad, or just eaten a big ol’ burrito. I never say never, but at this point I don’t think I would sacrifice an animal to change things. At the same time, I am a wee bit jealous of the women who make 40 look like 20… sigh!
You felt cheated right? How dare them look much younger haha! Well I also love expressing my emotions, because I’m good with it 😀
How old does she look to you, I’m around Women of her age all the time and they are not ejecting anything in their face. So how old does she look to you? I’m a Animal lover so grow old and be done with this world.
Not sure if I should answer your question, but she looks like in 30’s bracket. Though stemcell could help cure diseases too, like how our medicines were tested to animals before it can be used for us. I’m sorry to say this but animals are used for human’s survival
I think people are way too worried about their appearances. And while I do think it is nice to take care of yourself I also think that aging is part of life. Killing an animal just to look ten years younger doesn’t seem ok to me, we need to accept who we are because it is so much more than the wrinkles that we may have in our face.
True, I think for these people, they do enhancements via stemcell because (a) why not? (b) they have the money (c) aging sucks.
My outward appearance sometimes surprises me – I wonder who is that woman in the mirror. At 64 I face shows my age but I do the right things etc but I am tired of dying my hair and keeping it short because it might be more appealing to other people. Many woman my age (a local trend?) have let their hair go natural. Why can’t I just be me? I know that is not the issue here. I support anyone’s right to do whatever they want for themselves. Stem cell research is so very important for many medical reasons.
And it’s not just the women, men let their hair be their age too. But then, women are more conscious than men.
For medical reasons, yeah it’s damn important. Thanks for sharing!
I don’t really mind a few laugh lines on my face, its the baggage on my waist I can’t stand!!
At least that you can hide haha! I have on my waist too, it sucks! I think I got it from wearing tight jeans when I was, let’s say, much fed 😀
All I know is that this summer me and the gym are going to become quite well acquainted again! Before my jeans stop fitting me….
Have a great time!
It will be interesting when science can actually change our DNA back to our 20s and age us backwards, I read a while ago that a mathematician in England discovered through math that death is a genetic defect and is working on an equation to fix it extending human life to 1000 years
OH that’ll be awesome! Hope that happens within my lifetime. Plants are like that, they won’t die unless it’s due to external factors – drought, storm, etc. They could examine their DNA too.
On second thought, if we live up to 1000, and we keep on reproducing.. We’ll be fighting over Earth’s resources
I tried to stay out of this as I have a very unique perspective, but I have to speak up.
1. Humans kill animals every day for survival and for experimentation. Unless you are all vegan and never touch a cosmetic, medication, or one of the million other things that use animals for testing, animals die daily just for you to live at all and for you to wash your hair put on mascara (for the girls), pull your shoes on, use shave gel…I could go on and on. So exploiting animals is a tried and true survival technique.
2. For the person that posted about death being a genetic defect, you misunderstood the article or the writer misunderstood the genetics. Aging is a factor of genetic damage (one reason people with lots of sun damage or smokers look older). Some people’s DNA reacts better/slower to the damage, and other’s faster, and that’s how you get variations in aging.
3. Even with a face-lift like this that affects only the face, the cells being changed are localized. Which means aging is still taking place in the rest of the body. So her face may look young, but her heart is still 51.
4. Unless you are able to change the *entire* genetic makeup of a person so none of the damage to DNA occurs, you aren’t going to be able to stop aging. Even if you stop all outward effects, the organs and internal structures of the body are still working. Which means they will be damaged and dying over time. So you would get a lot of young-looking people crippled by arthritis, heart disease, Alzheimer’s, COPD, etc. [For those that think we would have less DNA damage if A, B,or C were to happen, the human body generates damaging radiation all by itself.]
So that’s my two cents…or more as I ramble a bit. Having studied genetics in college and being a licensed Esthetician for a couple years as well. I’ve learned that animals are used for the production and experimentation of a million products.
Yes, I think wanton animal cruelty is wrong, but expecting humans to stop exploiting animals entirely would never work. So asking for laws that require a minimum level of care, prevent severe and overt cruelty, and increase the ability of the FDA to do their jobs…That makes sense to me.
I’ll get off my soapbox now.
You are going to say good bi to this world know matter what you do, so live your life to the fullest no matter how you look. So your 50 with a pull back face, how does your body look.
Well thanks a bunch for speaking up! This is a treasure
Very interesting … post – personal would I love to have a 30 year old body … be 40 and have my 65 years of knowledge and life experience.*laughing I’m one of them that think every age has its beauty and I don’t think I will do anything differently if I had all the money in the world.
That’s a strong statement, you really wouldn’t change anything at all?
What’s so bad about looking your actual age? I’m a big believer in being happy with what I have, how I have it. And also taking care of it.
Well, like what the previous comments said, they live in a place where plastic beauty is the norm. It’s hard to escape these products, isn’t it? Soaps, lotions, makeups – they all permits deceit of the actual.
I’m pretty sure it won’t just be the Catholic church?
I had to laugh though – I nailed her age! I was guessing in her 50’s? As I’m aging and starting to get a few lines I’m trying to come to terms with them. I think I’m keeping them – I’ve earned each one! 🙂
She definitely looks much younger to me, oh well..
It doesn’t make sense to me to have a perfect clear face. I mean, it’ll look fake.
I think it was her eyes?
Perfection is overrated! 😉
An you sound level headed, so I’m sure your very lovely as well
I’m not sure if the question is would I want to stay younger looking and would I be willing to do a nip and tuck (or a “stem and cell”- play on words) here and there, but where does it end? I’ve had a couple small procedures done and I like the way it came out, but I realized I was sending a message to my daughters and my son. My 2 girls both struggled with anorexia and it remains to be seen how the strive for perfection has affected my son (and it has definitely has affected him). Two movies come to mind when I read this … the one is Gattaca and the other, In Time (where everyone stops aging at a certain point so, mom looks like she’s 20 standing next to her son who is 20 … it’s just plain weird). The question I had to ask myself was why is it so important to slap on a young veneer? What is it I’m after? For me, I’ve come to accept aging as a part of life and focus on staying healthy. It’s been a huge battle for me. I had a tremendous fear of getting older. Appearance was extremely significant for me. But, I’m coming to terms with the fact that there are so many more important things for me to focus on and exercise and eating right are 2 of those things. Just my 2 cents. Great post. So glad you visited my blog and liked my post. I’m really glad I found you and I look forward to following your posts.
Hey, I’m terrified at getting older too, bigtime! I guess with aging comes maturing, and we are matured when we accept the natural cycle.
I hope for the better of your two daughters and son.
Thank you so much. And I totally agree with you …
Think I’m like most women and just want to grow old gracefully, looking naturally fabulous no matter my age! Off course I’ll make the most of my assets, but I would like to think that I won’t be going under any knife or injecting anything into my body.
And you are fabulous Dija, keep being who you are 🙂
Like Dija, I’d rather just grow old gracefully and naturally. 🙂 I’m 54, so I think I’m a pretty good judge of that video, which I watched very closely. That woman has very obviously had work done on her face, Botox for sure, and plastic surgery at a minimum under her eyes, and one heck of a lot of facial peels. Even with whatever she’s done she still looks in her mid-40s to me. Notice that she’s wearing a turtleneck? It’s far more difficult to hide the changes in your neck as you age! If she really is 51, then yes, she looks somewhat younger than that. But I don’t think that anyone should be ever ashamed of their age, that just seems so sad to me. I am most definitely not perfect, and I wear my age proudly!
Yeah I’ve heard about neck reveals the real age thing. And you can see it in many celebrities – smooth face, saggy neck.
And at some point, we’ll all grow. It’s absurd to stop it
I’m all for growing old gracefully and letting nature take it’s course in the looks department although I have no issues with cosmetic surgery of any kind if it is for a good reason ie: you have become disfigured in an accident or maybe you are born with a disfigurment etc etc. But I have a aversion to it if it is just because you are not happy with a wrinkle or two and I have an issue with it if it involves killing an animal just because you don’t want to look your age. However, each too their own – we are all different and hold different values in life.
Once Noetic Science is understood and Genetic Engineering is mastered then humans will become something else.
I watched an old episode of the Outer Limits about two weeks ago with a friend. I can’t remember the title, but the plot was interesting in light of this topic. When a child turned 19 they had to choose between bodies they could transform into. The bodies were all beautiful, and would last a long time, but they all wore name tags because there were only a few body styles to choose from. One girl resisted, but was more less forced in the end. She changed personality as well. Very thought provoking in light of this conversation.