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\u201cI used to feel very strongly about facelifts. Not casually \u2013 morally. I had assigned myself as head of all women who would never \u2014 ever,\u201d she wrote. \u201cI thought it was a betrayal. Of feminism. Of aging. Of our team of women worldwide. And then I lost 50 pounds\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
She continued, \u201cIt wasn\u2019t wrinkles \u2014 it was gravity. I\u2019d look in the mirror and think \u2014 this isn\u2019t aging, this is melting with intention. I tried to be evolved about it. and say things like, \u2018This is natural. This is earned.\u2019 And then \u2026 \u2018Umm how earned does it have to look?\u2019 There\u2019s a point where acceptance starts to feel like lying.\u201d<\/p>\n
As O\u2019Donnell began to gather \u201cinformation\u201d about the procedure, her child Clay, 13, found out she was considering going under the knife and tried to change her mind. (O\u2019Donnell is also the mother of<\/a> Vivienne, Blake, Chelsea and Parker.)<\/p>\n\u201c\u2018You earned your wrinkles,\u2019\u201d she recalled Clay telling her. \u201cWhich \u2014 first of all \u2014 rude. But also \u2026 correct. Then Clay said, \u2018Young women look up to you.\u2019 And finally \u2014 with strong effect \u2014 \u2018I wouldn\u2019t be able to respect you if you did it.\u2019 And that one \u2026 landed.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell noted that Clay sounded \u201cexactly\u201d like her younger self, which \u201creally threw [her].\u201d O\u2019Donnell ended up delaying \u201cthe whole thing for months,\u201d while continuing to think about it. Ultimately, O\u2019Donnell realized she needed to teach Clay that bodies do not \u201cbelong to an idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause that\u2019s still not freedom \u2014 that\u2019s just a different authority telling you what you\u2019re allowed to do with your own face,\u201d she explained. \u201cI want [Clay] to grow up in a world where they don\u2019t feel like they have to change, but also know they can, if they want to, without losing moral standing in their own life.\u201d<\/p>\n
In January, O\u2019Donnell underwent the cosmetic procedure.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight before I went under, I grabbed my doctor\u2019s hand and said, \u2018I will never say, \u2018God, I wish you did more.\u2019\u201d And I meant it,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to become that voice \u2014 the one that keeps moving the goalpost, never satisfied, the one that turns their own face into a problem one can never quite solve. I wanted a limit. I wanted to still be me, just \u2026 less haunted. And I do look like me \u2014 A slightly more well-rested, emotionally stable version of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201c\u2018You earned your wrinkles,\u2019\u201d she recalled Clay telling her. \u201cWhich \u2014 first of all \u2014 rude. But also \u2026 correct. Then Clay said, \u2018Young women look up to you.\u2019 And finally \u2014 with strong effect \u2014 \u2018I wouldn\u2019t be able to respect you if you did it.\u2019 And that one \u2026 landed.\u201d<\/p>\n
O\u2019Donnell noted that Clay sounded \u201cexactly\u201d like her younger self, which \u201creally threw [her].\u201d O\u2019Donnell ended up delaying \u201cthe whole thing for months,\u201d while continuing to think about it. Ultimately, O\u2019Donnell realized she needed to teach Clay that bodies do not \u201cbelong to an idea.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBecause that\u2019s still not freedom \u2014 that\u2019s just a different authority telling you what you\u2019re allowed to do with your own face,\u201d she explained. \u201cI want [Clay] to grow up in a world where they don\u2019t feel like they have to change, but also know they can, if they want to, without losing moral standing in their own life.\u201d<\/p>\n
In January, O\u2019Donnell underwent the cosmetic procedure.<\/p>\n
\u201cRight before I went under, I grabbed my doctor\u2019s hand and said, \u2018I will never say, \u2018God, I wish you did more.\u2019\u201d And I meant it,\u201d she recalled. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to become that voice \u2014 the one that keeps moving the goalpost, never satisfied, the one that turns their own face into a problem one can never quite solve. I wanted a limit. I wanted to still be me, just \u2026 less haunted. And I do look like me \u2014 A slightly more well-rested, emotionally stable version of me.\u201d<\/p>\n
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