There comes a point in our lives where, all of a sudden, we begin to notice signs of aging, whether that be a wrinkle in the forehead or a few extra sunspots on the chest. While it’s evident that physically rewinding the clock on aging is impossible, Spokane, WA dermatologist Wm. Philip Werschler, MD says what is possible is looking younger than you really are, and the trick of the trade is known as prejuvenation.

What is prejuvenation?

I remember probably 25 years ago, I had a conversation with colleagues discussing millennials as we joked about what we called the ‘pig and the python’ analogy, meaning the large lump of the population who was getting Botox Cosmetic, also known as boomers. As the pig and the python continued to move through life and onto their next phase, they aged out of the game. What came behind them were gen Xers, who were aging in front of the millennials but behind the boomers. Fast forward to 2021, millennials are about the same age the boomers were when they started getting Botox Cosmetic, and many of them are seeking what we now call prejuvenation.

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Philip Werschler – Oct 6, 2021