Courteney Cox Arquette opened up to Marie Claire magazine recently, candidly sharing what life is like for an aging actress in Hollywood. Apparently, it's a living nightmare, as you come to realize your once-radiant good looks are being ravaged by time, pulling you kicking and screaming into middle age and beyond:

"I have issues with getting older, sure," she tells the mag. "There are huge changes in my body and my face, and I obsess over them. I just try to not have too many mirrors around."

Courteney also says that while she doesn't have a problem with those who have plastic surgery, her husband, actor DAVID ARQUETTE, does. "David has a huge problem with it, but I don't. It's hard getting older; it's hard not to be the young one anymore." That, along with Courteney's admitted self-judgment, has led her back to therapy. "I was starting to notice some things, and I wanted to stop judging myself so much ... I'm such a nurturer of others, I thought maybe it was time to start nurturing myself."

Some mental health professionals may disapprove of the band-aid solution of prescribing an aggressive round of facelift therapy to battle existential blues, but then this is Hollywood, where the best way to attack the root of a problem is to address its surface. Look for one-stop happiness clinics to start springing up all over Beverly Hills, where aging, desperately insecure (but still busy!) actresses can see to all their eyelift, tooth-whitening, and molestation-discussing needs, all from the convenience of a single, automatic reclining chair over a 45-minute lunch hour.

• Courteney Cox on Plastic Surgery [ETOnline]

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