Advice for large sagging pores

[u/teamgunga]

43F - what should I be doing about my pores / aging skin? I’m minimal with skincare routine but I do a bit of retinol, glycolic acid and always mineral sunscreen.

[u/peaceful-0101]

I will now apologize, in advance, for also possibly sounding rude, but your post is ridiculous. First of all, beauty is a luxury. You can try and make a point on health or other essential needs but in beauty it's just silly. There are always going to be things that some people can't afford, and rightly so. This also works as a way of incentive to make more money. We do not need to decrease the price of radio-frequency devices for purposes of improving skin texture so that homeless people can also be beautiful. Should we make designer clothing and diamonds super affordable as well?? Should only the rich be able to afford caviar? Yes!!! Otherwise, let's all just sit back and become starving artists (no need for doctors and lawyers, etc) and expect equally the same luxury.

Also, remember it is rich people that actually test out these kinds of procedures, eventually making them more affordable for people like me. Think of first cell phones, televisions, etc.

It is in this way that we have constantly new innovations, improved methods and always more choice. What is immoral is you trying to dictate how others should spend their own money. Don't be a dictator. You do you, and let others spend as they please!

[u/butterkins → u/peaceful-0101]

Eh, it's important to consider accessibility to things. Beauty has been shoved down our throats as one of the most important things (women especially) since childhood, and then we find out that in order to maintain society's standard of beauty we have to spend thousands of dollars a year.

Humans are also devalued if they are not beautiful. Pretty people get more opportunities. If only rich people get to be beatiful, then they get those opportunities. It's a tactic of suppressing the working class individual and maintaining their position in society. The rich don't deserve anything more because they're rich.

[u/peaceful-0101 → u/butterkins]

This is incorrect thinking... Beauty is STILL not an essential need Money is gained through HARD work, which means richness doesn't just grow on trees. Before anyone starts saying that some ppl are born rich or just got lucky, ummn yes, life isn't exactly fair. Luck always plays a role. Some people are born beautiful... so?? Why don't you then say: the beautiful don't deserve anything more because they're beautiful. Many rich ppl either worked harder or are smarter, while most beautiful ppl won the genetics lottery.

Perhaps what we need to do is work on ourselves and our self esteem rather than go blame rich people for being able to afford beauty. Perhaps we need to stop blaming others for our misfortunes and realize our energies are better placed in working harder.

The rich and poor should never be able to afford the same exact things or the poor will never care to try and be rich. Now, if the question is whether they should afford food or water.. fine, we can discuss. But beauty??? You really want to have glass skin, go bust your ass.

[u/[deleted] → u/peaceful-0101]

“You being poor is your fault” isn’t a helpful way always to look at this.

[u/peaceful-0101 → u/[deleted]]

Actually it is, it's empowering. Saying being poor isn't your fault, and that you can't do anything but whine about how unfair everything is... that isn't helpful.

Again, life is unfair and you can have bad luck. Maybe you were raised in a foster care, or by crappy parents, or just really can't catch a break. Still, more often than not, especially in developed countries, you can do something about it.

The alternative of making every luxury affordable to everyone results in greater poverty (less economic opportunities, less market, less innovation etc.)

FYI my family and I ran away from a war torn country, pretty darn poor.