Justine Bateman Says There is Nothing Wrong with Your Face

Justine Bateman, the former actress, director, and sister of fellow actor Justin Bateman, has been trending in recent days for her empowering message to women about their face.

According to Batemen, there is nothing wrong with your face.

The director has written a book called “Faces: One Square Foot of Skin” where she spoke to 47 women about their aging faces and turned the stories into a collection of short narratives.

Bateman asks deep questions that disrupt what the beauty industry today stands for. She asks about rejecting the idea of botox and other fixtures that keep a woman from aging.

Bateman writes in her book, “I hated the idea that half the population was perhaps spending the entire second half of their lives ashamed
and apologetic that their faces had aged naturally.”

Bateman, who is 55, argues that even when we think we’re buying more time with cosmetic procedures, it’s an illusion.

She writes, “You’re looking at f***ing determination and truth and creativity. You’re looking at loss and sorrow and the effort for a deeper perspective. You’re looking at satisfaction and happiness. You’re looking at a manifestation of a connection so deep and rooted that it’s more real than I am. You’re looking at my face.”

In an interview with Vanity Fair, the former Family Ties actress laughs off that her new book is being called brave.

“I think that whole phrase is such bullshit. To me it says, “I’m so embarrassed for you. This is so brave.” I fucking hate that term. No, I don’t think it’s brave at all. I’m just saying that we as a society somehow leapfrogged from “Wow, that plastic surgery is so extreme” to

“When are you getting your plastic surgery? Is it going to be at 20, or is it going to be at 40?” It’s almost your duty now as a female to start cutting up your face. How did this thinking become so set in our society? How about just saying no?” Bateman exclaims.

When asked what she had hoped to achieve with her book she answers, “I really wanted to touch on all these different reasons why women have this vulnerability. Because it’s not really tied to the actual look of your face. It’s tied to what we think that means. In essence, a lot of these women are getting plastic surgery because they don’t want any of the things they assume will happen if they have wrinkles on their faces. They want to shove those things off. But the truth is those things could still possibly happen. And then you have two problems: You’ll still have the things you were afraid would happen as a result, and you’ve also cut up your face.”