celebs

[Guest guest]

for whats its worth, here's my opinion on celebs and perfection:

being a 22 year old woman and an absolute product of the generation

of that allowed the media to almost assume a parenting role for young

women and forcefeed the concept and image of the ideal weight, skin

color, breast size, height, hair color and texture of the perfect

woman into adolescent girls, i am as impacted by the media as i am

disgusted by it. i recognize that men feel similar pressure by

comparing themselves to their own relative icons, but the impact this

pressure has on young women - taking the form of a host of mental

dysfunctions - from eating disorders to manic depression to an

inability to function in healthy relationships is, quite frankly, an

epidemic that is even more overlooked than rosacea. lucky me, i can

speak from experience because i have been terrorized by both. what's

more, i can say with close certainty that my rosacea was caused by

the eating disorder that held me in its icy grip for almost six

years. if i were to say that my own distrubances weren't a by

product of media, i would be lying. if i were to say it was the only

factor, i would also be lying. but it definitely contributed.

as for celebs with rosacea, i often speculate. its comforting to

remind myself, especially with the latest assault on my self esteem

(rosacea), that others, especially the people we iconize as

representing beauty, aren't in fact perfect. now lets speak

logically- if there are 13 million people with rosacea, and some of

them do not know it, and most of these actors get their start in

their early twenties - before most people see signs of rosacea

(excluding the lucky ones like me), it is practically impossible that

some of our favorite, beautiful faces don't also suffer from it.

it would be a fabulous thing if one came forward. however, they have

a lot more money working for them, allowing them to probably more

effortlessly avoid triggers, which may never make them as terrorized

by the day to day trials we struggle with.

sandy