DR. PHIL: You know, getting old is a part of life,
but some people like my next guest, Randi, downright
refuse to face Father Time. She lies about her age, will do anything to look
and feel younger. Take a look. (VIDEO EXCERPTS) RANDI: I tell people that I'm 35 years old.
My mother is the only person walking on this earth who probably knows
my true age, and she'd better not be telling anybody.
I obsess on my face and wrinkles. I use
every cream I can get my hands on -- good makeup, good products. Conceal
and cover. As my friends get older, I see a lot more wrinkles,
saggy boobs. I know it natural but I don't want it.
They can tell their real age, but it's just a fact that I'm gonna fight it tooth and
nail
Less is not more. Like paint on a barn ... I try to dress younger.
My kids, they kinda don't like it most of the time, cause
I will raid their closets on occasion. I'm definitely not ready to
be rocking in the rocking chair, calling myself Granny.
My family would say this is probably an obsession.
Dr. Phil, please help me get over my fear getting old.
DR. PHIL: Well, Randi is here, as well as our good friend
Dr. Freda Lewis-Hall, Chief Medical Officer of Pfizer.
Freda, so good to have you back. FREDA: Thank you. Always great to be here. Always great. DR. PHIL: So, how old are you
really? RANDI: Dr. Phil...
You do not ask a Southern lady how old she is.
But I'll tell you, I have been 35 for
quite a few years now. DR. PHIL: Alright, so that's back there somewhere.
RANDI: Somewhere. DR. PHIL: So, look, Dr. Freda, fear of
getting old just really isn't that uncommon,
is it? FREDA: No, it's not uncommon at all. In fact, we have some new research
in which we found that 87 percent of Americans --
87 percent -- have a fear of getting old. We started calling that FOGO.
DR. PHIL: FOGO (laughs) FREDA: FOGO, right? And
there are a number of fears, but the number one fear is physical decline.
DR. PHIL: Physical decline ... You mean health or
apperance? FREDA: Health and ability. DR. PHIL: OK, to do different things. FREDA: To do different things.
FREDA: Let's start this dialogue. For example, let's talk about -- let's tweet.
@DrPhil and @GetOld
hashtag FOGO. Let's get that dialogue started
and then, also, to start learning about
aging, cause it's never too early to learn. DR. PHIL: People have different fears when it
comes to getting older.
We'll talk about more of them throughout the season, but what is your biggest
fear? RANDI: Uh, well, I would
say, just like I said, the wrinkles, and
the health decline and even death. And, uh,
you know, we can't all age gracefully
and be as beautiful as Miss Robin out there.
I have a feeling I may go the opposite direction, you know? It's a fear of
mine. DR. PHIL: Well, but it's
inevitable though. Freda, what...
FREDA: And I think one of the important things to remember -- and I agree with you,
Robin is beautiful. And she's beautiful inside and
out. So, one of the ways that that happens
is -- and you know, right? -- that she focuses on
healthy decisions and good lifestyle decisions that aid
in, you know, good, healthy aging, and that is so important. So, the
inside -- you know really feeling good inside --
is a determinate for outside, So, inside --
physical, mental and emotional. The better you feel that way,
the better it shows outside, and that's at any age.
And I really want to underscore the relationship between
outside and inside, cause I think it's so important. Lots of examples,
but I want to use your example, cause you seem really worried about wrinkles. So,
wrinkles can be associated with osteoporosis.
How can that happen, right? How can that happen? Because
skin and bone share a common building block -- collagen.
When collagen starts to break down in your skin and shows up as wrinkles,
it can be a signal that it's also breaking down in your bones
and shows up as osteoporosis. So, yeah, work on those wrinkles on the outside,
but work with your doctor to make sure that your bones are healthy
on the inside, cause you said, you know, 'I want to be in a rocking chair.' Those
wrinkles are not likely to get you in a rocking chair, but
broken bones as a result of osteoporosis -- they might. DR. PHIL: So, seriously, if you've got a
lot of wrinkles,
then your bones may be getting less dense and softer.
FREDA: Yeah, recent research showed that deep furrows and wrinkles --
and the number wrinkles -- can be associated to a higher risk for
osteoporosis.
DR. PHIL: I bet nobody knew that. Dr. Freda, in the audience we have a positive role model
for health and aging, right? FREDA: Yes, we do. DR. PHIL: I mean, come on.
FREDA: Yes, we have the positive role model, and that's my father, Harvey Lewis.
He's here with his wife, Linda. DR. PHIL: Good to meet
you sir. I have heard so much about you, sir. It's
so good to meet you. How are you? Good to see you. Hi, how you doing? Good to see you. how you doing to the sea
So, how old? Can we ask? FREDA: Yes, you can. Well, first of all I should say
they're out here celebrating their sixth
wedding anniversary. So, now ask my dad how old he is. DR. PHIL: OK, so how old are you, sir?
HARVEY: I am 96 years old. DR. PHIL: You are 96? (APPLAUSE)
FREDA: Do that math. DR. PHIL: And been married six years. FREDA: He got married two days before his 90th birthday, that's right.
Age is just a number. DR. PHIL: Well, Randi, I hope -- I mean, come on.
I hope that you see that age is just a number.
And if you embrace life, you can look fantastic at any age.
FREDA: And, you know,my father inspires me to so many things, aging being one of them.
He really made me aspire to want to be
aging like him. I, you know, I want the grace and the wisdom and the style that he
has at 60, and 70, and 80 and 90.
And now he's pushing me to a hundred. I'm like, 'Oh my goodness!' So, I really want to challenge you,
Randi,
I want to challenge you to not only
face your fear of aging -- your FOGO -- for you,
but to do for you girls. That you have an opportunity to inspire them and to
empower them
to age healthily, starting right now. RANDI: I never thought about it that way.
FREDA: Oh, absolutely. So, there's my role model, and you can be a role model to your
children
and to others. And then I think we should also challenge others, because you
stepped up to the plate and you said, 'Yeah, let me tell you, I
have a fear of aging and here it is.' Many people haven't done that yet.
I think it's important to get started now, and of course, for more
information people can go to GetOld.com
for good tips and information on aging well.
DR. PHIL: There truly is -- people talk about reversing -- but you can
age well, and that's GetOld.com is about, right?
You can get tips where it's gonna happen, come on, it's
not going away, so do it right. I mean, if you're gonna do it, do it right.
So tweet @DrPhil and @GetOld
and go to GetOld.com.