Three weeks later, at my sister Margaret's house, I did a double-take when she opened the door.
Her face looked lifted. Not surgically—just naturally lifted, like everything had been gently pulled upward.
Her jawline was defined again. Her cheeks sat higher. Even her neck looked firmer.
"Maggie, did you get work done?" I asked carefully.
She laughed. "Are you kidding? I'm terrified of needles! No, I found this device online—an EMS lifting mask. It's the only thing that's actually worked."
She showed me photos from six weeks ago. I was stunned. The jowls she'd complained about—gone. The sagging—tightened.
"It's a mask that covers your whole lower face," she explained. "You put it on, turn it on, and it stimulates all the facial muscles at once—like a workout for your face. Twenty minutes every other day."
The device was called Naraskin Lab EMS Lifting Mask.