The title of this thread brings to mind a small sign which a female barber at the shop which I patronize has taped to the mirror behind her chair. It reads, "Beauty is only a light-switch away!"
As a septuagenarian I have not looked so great for years. But you kid yourself into believing otherwise. Until, one day, hitting on a young woman, you say to yourself "this is truly ridiculous, give up already. I am her grandfather's age."