The driver I feel for a lot of women who are coming towards the perimenopause, the menopause,

they're driven to, to say the cosmetic side of things, because sometimes the very first things that they notice

is that their skin is changing or they've got drier skin or you start to feel like you're getting the

gels or the turkey neck or you know the various other sort of cosmetic signs of aging that we see

because there are so many signs and symptoms I mean from the very top of our

head to the to our toe every cell in our body has got hormone receptors and

nitrogen receptors and so with the skin it's our largest organ it's a true reflection of what's going on

inside internally how healthy we are and so you know it's one of the first signs

that we see.

Livna Khan Salim is a surgeon now specializing in cosmetic aesthetics. She believes

beauty isn't about being wrinkle-free but about retaining our strength, vitality and suppleness.

Here, here.

Well, this is the Lizzo Well-being show, the podcast helping us all have a better second half.

I'm Liz Earl and I'm on a bit of a mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in later life

by investing in our health and our well-being today. And of course that includes how we look, how we look after our skin, how we age, particularly

front of mind for me at the moment as I'm coming up to yet another bigish birthday very soon as I leave the scary age of 60 and step into my 60s and turn 61.

Well, where do you stand on cosmetic tweakments and enhancements?

Do you know, it tends to elicit quite a visceral reaction one way or another,

but as always I want to have a more nuanced conversation than that.

Thinking about how looks and confidence are linked and really getting to the heart of the scientific

evidence, especially when it comes to ageing.

Well, Lubna is a Yorkshire-based surgeon who trained and practiced in plastic surgery

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