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Thursday, August 1, 2013 at 01:34PM 
A Park Avenue dermatologist offers procedures that stop the clock between 45-54. Her clients are women executives who seek to erase 10 years to help keep their jobs, vs. their men. 45-yr old Dr. Macrene Alexiades-Armenakas helps her clients create an image that says "old enough to command respect, yet fresh enough to remain vital." (NYT "Seeking a 'Middle-Aged' Look by Karen Schwartz, 8/1/13).
These women who want to keep their top jobs well into their sixties defy the iconic image above, which can be interpreted as either an old woman ... OR a young lady. Maybe like the Goldilocks fable, they project a classy image that is "just right."
Dr. Alexiades-Armenakas does not take out ALL the wrinkles, to maintain an authentic image. I think Mark Twain would approve. He said 'wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been."
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