Jamie Lee Curtis continues to be a powerful voice for changing how we think about aging.
The 63-year-old actress, who has previously spoken out about the unrealistic beauty standards in our culture, disclosed some of the coping mechanisms she uses to not be so self-critical amid a society obsessed with youth.
The “Halloween” icon shared her truth at the online Radically Reframing Summit hosted by Maria Shriver.
"When I brush my teeth, of course, I look in the mirror. When I pluck my eyebrows, of course, I look in a mirror. But when I get out of a shower, I just don't stare at my now 63-year-old body in the mirror," Curtis said, according to Yahoo. "I'm not denying what I look like, of course I've seen what I look like. I am trying to live in acceptance. If I look in the mirror, it's harder for me to be in acceptance. I’m more critical. Whereas, if I just don't look, I'm not so worried about it."
Curtis also touched on the pressure to reach unattainable levels of physical beauty.
"I am an advocate for natural beauty because I do feel there has been a genocide of natural beauty. It is perpetuated by the media, it is perpetuated by magazines big time, and it is even in our life," she added. "There is a Zoom setting where it says, 'touch up my appearance.'"
The Hollywood veteran is worried for younger kids who are especially susceptible to what they see on social media.
"My concern is that we have a generation of young people who believe they have to alter their appearance to post anything, anywhere," she continued. "That then becomes a baseline of that's what that is, and we're never going to be able to go back to looking like natural women."
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Last year, the “Knives Out” star got frank about her own experience going under the knife.
“I tried plastic surgery and it didn’t work. It got me addicted to Vicodin,”Curtis told Fast Company. “I’m 22 years sober now.”
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Despite surgical enhancements becoming more and more common, Curtis expressed why the search for physical perfection can be very dangerous.
“The current trend of fillers and procedures, and this obsession with filtering, and the things that we do to adjust our appearance on Zoom are wiping out generations of beauty,” she said. “Once you mess with your face, you can’t get it back.”
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