Taking A Shot At Beauty

Dermatologist Dr. Jeanette Graf Says Injectable Fillers Can Help Turn Back The Hands Of Time

(CBS)  Fountain of youth in a needle?

Is this what Madonna and other celebrities use to turn back the hands of time and look years younger?

Although people are cutting back on unnecessary expenses these days, for some, the price of beauty is non-negotiable.

As part of The Early Show series, "Extreme Beauty," Dr. Jeanette Graf, author of "Stop Aging, Start Living," talked about the latest in injectable fillers with Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez.

For more of this story, click the Play button below:

[credibility2]

A sad comment on an individual's not accepting their natural aging process, and society's pressure to be something an individual isn't any longer. We're crazed with youth and abhor aging. The youth may have tauter skin, but they lack depth and breath in experience, knowledge, intellect and wisdom. That is what should be celebrated, not superficial tune-ups in a person's looks. What's even more tragic is individuals thirty or younger getting these superficial tune-ups. The practitioners of these procedures are enablers to this lack of self-esteem.