this is. >> tonight, the glamor makeover. >> when you're this young and this fabulous, it's called glam mom. >> the real housewives star nene leakes may have coined the phrase, but more and more women are saying they want to look as

good as they feel. the growing trend of women in their golden years turning to cosmetic surgery. >> well, i want to look good no, not later. >> well, doctors say you should know before going under the knife. plus, the far out career of william shatner from captain kirk on star trek. >> risk is our business to becoming the oldest man in a real life space mission board. >> blue origin taking us along for the ride and sharing the secret to grabbing life by the reins. >> don't just have a dog. >> i have a dog, you know. >> embracing his legions of fans. and what about that side enterprise as a price negotiator? >> you know, there's an urban myth that you made $600 million on that deal and thanksgiving day spectacle. >> i'm really happy that we're here armed with ponchos and umbrellas. thousands lining the streets of new york city to take in the sights and sounds of the annual macy's thanksgiving day parade. >> the bands and the floats and the dancers and santa's.

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to care for all that is you. and happy thanksgiving. tonight, women of a certain age redefining what it means to grow older from glow ups and grandma makeovers to tummy tucks and facelifts.

ladies hitting the o.r. in order to look on the outside like they say they feel on the inside. here's nightline co-anchor juju chang with another look at the fabulous, glamorous from cher rocking the victoria's secret fashion show at age 78. >> down and up and up. we're trying to real housewives of atlanta star nene leakes telling conan she is not a grandma. >> i'm a glam mom. >> okay. very nice. >> when you're this young and this fabulous, it's called glam mom. >> aging looks different now. gone are the golden girls. >> and you let her march out that door with your best piece of crystal. hello, police. yeah, i'd like to report a robbery. >> now, carrie bradshaw and friends are being fabulous in their 50s end. and just like that, carrie. party of three. >> nice. >> that's us. >> it seems that everywhere you turn, older women are taking center stage. >> we're seeing a new type of older woman right now. you know,

older women are not staying at home and knitting socks for their children and their children's children. >> and to look as good as they feel. some are turning to plastic surgery. >> i think this is to me, this is the best age. i mean, you are much more confident. you were so sure of yourself or what you want. you don't care about what people say. you make your own choices. like plastic surgery. >> maria inés morales was 61 when she decided to get a tummy tuck. >> to me, it's just a matter of self-care. like when you know, we all take care of our teeth. we exercise. we eat healthy. and to me, plastic surgery is just something natural. like that is part of life. >> maria, who is originally from brazil, has never been shy about her plastic surgeries. >> i had a facelift eight years ago and that changed my life. and again, people around me, most of my friends are saying

you're too young for that. you shouldn't do that. and i said, well, i want to look good now, not later when i'm in my late 70s. >> now 64, maria, who has two grown kids, says the saggy skin on her stomach began to bother her. >> a lot of women forget about their bodies because you cover your clothes, right? but to me, even even if i don't have to wear a bikini again, i would have done the tummy tuck because it's me. i can take care of it. >> so maria turned to doctor darren smith, a plastic surgeon in new york city. >> plastic surgery is continuing to become more accepted, and i think that people are feeling more empowered to do what they want for themselves at any age. >> doctor smith specializes in the so-called mommy makeover, documenting the before and afters on instagram. >> mommy makeover almost always involves abdominal surgery, usually a tummy tuck or abdominoplasty, and some form of

breast surgery, which could be anything from a breast augmentation to a breast lift or a combination of those things. >> but increasingly, he's doing similar surgeries on even older women. >> we've seen a 20 to 30% uptick in women over 50 over the past year or so. and i think that's a pretty interesting change in trends in patients over the age of 70. >> the american society of plastic surgeons is reporting a 30% increase in body surgeries, like tummy tucks and butt lifts, from 2022 to 23. in patients ages 55 to 69, the increase is 15%. >> i really think it's a new a new found freedom to be able to take the reins and say, hey, i might be a little older, but i still have the power to look the way that i want to look for me. >> 62 year old gina nagle is enjoying that freedom. >> i feel younger and more vital today than i did in my 20s. because now i'm doing things for me. i'm doing what i love to do.

it's like i do what makes me happy. >> gina has two adult sons and a four year old granddaughter. >> she's the most amazing human alive. of course, just eight months ago, she decided to have a breast reduction and a tummy tuck. when i was in the process of raising my children to me at that time, it seemed. it seemed frivolous or vain. i thought about it, but i was just like, there's always something more that i could be doing with this money. like, i could be sending my children to, you know, music lessons or doing something like that. >> recently divorced, she says she began a journey of self-discovery, one that led her to the operating table. >> at this point in my life, it wasn't because i had to or because i need to. i wasn't trying to impress anybody. i was comfortable in my own skin. i was doing it because i wanted to, because now it was like this. this body no longer reflects who i am. >> while plastic surgery used to be something people hid. now

many are talking openly about their decision to go under the knife. >> since it's come out of the bag that i've had this done, i've had two of my sisters friends reach out saying, wow, i thought i was too old to get this done. >> but now i think once you accept yourself, you know, you say, hey, i'm 64 years old. yeah. what am i going to do? i am, but i can do this and this and this for myself. and why am i going to hide that? you know, that's that's very empowering. >> 57 year old grandma and real housewives of orange county tamra judge posting her plastic surgery recovery on instagram. >> i got home from the surgery center about an hour ago, giving her 1.8 million followers a graphic peek behind the curtain. but i'm going to keep you guys posted. >> women of amplified platforms are being far more forthcoming about work that they're doing. it's opened it up for other women to also be forthcoming and to be honest about what they're doing. >> i think talking about things that you've gotten done, for

example, cosmetic procedures, is helpful again, to reduce the stigma. but i also with that think it's so important to also talk about what risks did you discuss with your provider. >> like any medical procedure, plastic surgery is not without its risks. >> so as we get older, we're more likely to use variable medications. these can interact with medications that we're using to sedate. i focus on sedation because that is one of the most highest risk parts of a procedure. and many people don't realize how risky it is. >> and although there have been some improvements on how we age, i think we're more aware. >> we're more conscious of what we're putting in our bodies. we're more aware of this healthy lifestyle that benefits us, and then also the advancement of public health measures. you know, these things change the way the population looks for good reason. >> some are still choosing to get by with a little help from their surgeon friends. >> aging gracefully means different things to different people, and a large part of that is personal satisfaction and comfort. >> i'm coming back here soon. i've been talking to doctor smith for my next procedures, and i happily have. every time i come. i come in the morning. i said, wow, what a way to start

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more@starlight.org. >> welcome back. he's been a global celebrity since playing the iconic captain kirk in tv, star trek in the 60s, and life since then has been very good indeed. to william shatner. shatner still always seems to stay in the middle of the cosmic action, and he says that's just how he likes it. here again, my co-anchor juju chang, with

another look at the legend's meteoric lifestyle. >> william shatner does not act his age here, here, here, here. at 93, he still rides his beloved show horse in the same way he's lived his life with uncommon talent and lots of gusto. >> not only is your lifespan a testament to longevity, and i'd be curious what your secrets are and if it involves horses. >> yeah, well, horses being an example of doing something you like. >> is that the secret to longevity? >> i'm surrounded by things and people that i want to be with and want to do. >> you're in it. you're into it. whatever you're doing. >> well, i think so. i'm not just don't just have a dog. >> i have a dog. >> you know, completely his outsized passion. >> risk is our business infused into his long roster of memorable characters, turning

him into one of the most recognizable actors across decades. >> the needs of the many outweigh. >> the needs of the few. >> star trek's captain kirk got it. >> boston legal, denny crane, denny crane, t.j. four. >> adam, 30, now westbound on ellendale, and before that, he ventured into the twilight zone. >> there's a man out there. >> what? >> the other day, i was walking with my daughter on one of the streets and somebody waved. hello and passing by in a car. hey, bill, we love you. and my daughter said, imagine walking around people waving at you and saying, we love you. that's a product of a lot of time, a lot of shows. so you started working? i started working on it, and i thought we caught up with shatner in his happy place on a windswept day in the santa monica mountains, with his prized horses and his equestrian

wife of 24 years, elizabeth. >> and he is not slowing down. >> he's still throwing himself into countless projects, hosting the popular history channel show the unexplained, which needs no explanation. >> what is it? >> where does it come from? how many are there? hello? >> of course there are the endless tv appearances on classics like the big bang theory. >> you're william shatner, you can call me bill. well, can i call you captain? >> no. >> and third rock from the sun. >> i looked out the window and i saw something on the wing of the plane. the same thing happened to me. >> plus his indelible roles in movies like miss congeniality. >> describe your perfect date. >> i'd have to say april 25th, because it's not too hot. not too cold. >> born into a jewish family in

montreal, his career started early on tv and on stage. when you think back to your boyhood in canada, was hollywood always the dream? was acting, always the dream. >> i've been led by some unexplained force, but i was in a play when i was six years old and moved the audience and applause, and my father picked me up and said, my boy, bill. so something that approbation made me continue on. i've never done anything else. >> for many fans, it's his swashbuckling portrayal of james t kirk over 30 years, headstrong and charismatic, that helped launch an enduring franchise with movies and merchandise. but the original star trek show was canceled in 1969 after just three seasons. >> well, i had just come off of the shakespeare company. >> you were a shakespearean thespian. >> now you're a starship captain, right? >> in every revolution, there's

one man with a vision. >> except that there's an energy that stage actors need to have. so i gave it that kind of impulse. i think i've learned over the subsequent years to do less, but i'm not sure that if something else came up like that, that i wouldn't have that same theatrical energy that i think is commanding your attention. >> star trek broke boundaries with a multicultural flight crew. there was that famous interracial on screen kiss, not to mention kirk's many intergalactic romances. it gave fans a glimpse into a new world of possibilities. >> star trek offers a ray of hope. star trek is a future. star trek is 400 years from now when technology, instead of demeaning us, has brought us forward. that saved us. >> star trek has earned him generations of devoted fans, but i think there was a sense

afterwards where you were typecast. people saw you not as william shatner the actor, but as captain kirk, as a leading man. >> that's not too bad. >> for a time, he struggled to find other tv roles. he even poked a little fun at the trek phenomenon on saturday night live. >> some of you have traveled, you know, hundreds of miles to be here. i'd just like to say get a life, will you? people? >> ultimately, he embraced the legiof fans who still show up at conventions like this recent galaxycon in columbus, ohio. >> what i got introduced to star trek, i was like three years old. he's one of my first, like early childhood memories of watching him and the captain's chair. >> james t kirk, james t >> i go autographs, posed for some pictures, but i go basically to spend an hour in front of an audience having the

best time. everybody's laughing. we're having a great time. we're discovering i'm discovering. it's a shame to have to leave. >> yet in some ways, he's never left. he's authored bestsellers in the tekwar series, won a couple of emmys for denny crane, recorded a dozen spoken word albums, and launched a one man show about his life on broadway. >> got a guy? >> of course. he famously became a pitchman for priceline.com, for which he got paid in stock. >> a four star hotel in chicago. i'm honored. >> priceline negotiator and the .com bubble would ruin it. i thought, wow, we're rich. i couldn't sell it for a year and a half and i'm watching it go down. and finally it was less than what it was worth. it was like $0.25 and i sold it for $0.25. and a year later it was up about $1,000 or something. >> oh, no. you know, there's an

urban myth that you made $600 million on that. that's it. >> i was supposed to make $600 million. it never happened. i think what i'll do, shatner says it's not money that motivates him. >> it's that endless sense of adventure highlighted in his new fan funded documentary, you can call me bill. >> i haven't changed the world, but what is a legacy are the good deeds he did ultimately boldly go where not many have gone before launching at the age of 90, the oldest man in outer space, literally with blue origin, i am. >> i am overwhelmed. >> i have no idea a journey that he says profoundly changed his view of our precious planet. how did it move you? >> seeing the world as many astronauts have with this overview of how small it is, how precious it is. but imagine all

the things that are going extinct that we don't know existed. how sad is that? and that's what i realized made me weep. >> after a seven decade career, shatner says he is grateful for his three children and five grandchildren, and for his life's work. still eager to explore the final frontier, is there a thread that connects those dots of your career? >> i don't see a connecting thread. what i see is anticipation of things to come. i don't want to die. >> you're just going to keep living and working. you hope perhaps you're immortal. i hope we hope so too. >> our thanks again to juju. coming up, thanksgiving day spectacle and millions didn't let the parades pass them by. let the parades pass them by. despite the soggy like a relentless weed, moderate to severe ulcerative colitis symptoms can keep coming back.

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