NEW YORK -- It's not easy to be 50 and fabulous. Aging skin -- especially dry skin at menopause -- can make it a challenge to continue to look good. But if there was ever a question whether screen queen Meryl Streep has still got it -- cast it aside. According to The Effects of Menopause on the Skin, a new survey of women 50 years of age and older, 46 percent singled out Streep as the celebrity who best personifies "50 + Fabulous."
NBC's TODAY Show host Kathie Lee Gifford took the first runner-up spot, followed by other Hollywood big wigs: Sigourney Weaver, Madonna, Helen Mirren and Kim Cattrall.
Other findings of the survey, sponsored by Vichy Laboratoires, show that out of 686 women surveyed over the age of 50:
- 82 percent reported that they experienced changes in the appearance of their skin, including increased dryness, increased wrinkles and a sagging neck once they entered menopause
- 53 percent reported that the most common issue they faced after entering menopause was dry skin, followed closely by an increase in wrinkles and a sagging neck
- 67 percent reported that entering menopause caused them to change their beauty routine by purchasing new skincare and color cosmetic products to address these issues.
After discovering that 40 million women over the age of 50 experience accelerated skin sagging caused by menopause, Vichy Laboratoires created the Vichy NEOVADIOL Gf collection to specifically address the needs of women experiencing the effects of hormonal slowdown due to menopause by stimulating the synthesis of growth factors (essential proteins naturally produced by the skin).
