30/01/2026
My self-image has changed so much over time - and honestly, thank God.
In my twenties, I thought self-image was about appearance. About looking a certain way. Being “presentable”. I believed confidence would arrive once I fixed enough things.
It didn’t.
When you’re younger, you’re hyper-aware of yourself — comparing, adjusting, trying to get it right. And the world encourages that. Be smaller. Be prettier. Be smoother. Be younger.
Now, in my thirties, self-image feels different. It’s less about chasing perfection and more about feeling like myself. Feeling well. Feeling comfortable in my own skin.
Midlife has a way of changing your priorities. Life gets real - stress, hormones, children, loss, career shifts. You realise your face isn’t the most important thing about you. It’s just the one you live your life in.
And this is where my relationship with skin - and aesthetics - has changed.
It’s no longer about fixing or fighting my face. It’s about supporting it from the inside & out. Caring for it. Helping it look as healthy and rested as possible, without erasing who I am or what I’ve lived through.
Because confidence doesn’t come from looking younger.
It comes from recognising yourself in the mirror.
I still have moments - I’m human. But I don’t treat every line or change like an emergency. I don’t believe my worth is sitting on the surface of my skin.
Good skin care — and thoughtful aesthetics — don’t create confidence.
They support the confidence that’s already there.
Self-image isn’t something you fix or perfect.
It’s something you grow into.
Something you make peace with.
If you’re choosing skin treatments, choose ones that support you - not ones that make you feel like you need changing.
