职业女性最应警惕的“电脑脸”

职业女性最应警惕的“电脑脸”

 A growing number of women are developing something called 'computer face', a leading cosmetic¹ surgeon said.

一位权威整容外科医生指出，越来越多的女性正在患上一种被称作“电脑脸”的症状。

Dr Michael Prager said professionals who worked long hours in front of a screen were ending up with saggy² jowls, 'turkey neck' and deep-set wrinkles on their forehead and around their eyes.

迈克尔?普拉杰医生说，职业女性长时间在电脑前工作，将会导致她们面颊下垂、出现“火鸡脖”、前额和眼睛周围皱纹深陷。

The Botox specialist said that, of all his clientele, office workers were most likely to show premature³ signs of ageing.

这位肉毒杆菌整容专家表示，在他所有的客户中，办公室女性最易显现出提前衰老的迹象。

'If you are one of the unfortunate people who frown or squint⁴ while they are concentrating at the screen then, over time, you will inevitably⁵ end up with frown lines,' Dr Prager, 42, said.

'What is perhaps more surprising is the number of women with saggy jowls because they are sitting in one position for so long.

42岁的普拉杰医生说：“如果你在电脑前专心工作时常常蹙眉或眯眼斜视的话，那么很不幸，长此以往，你的面部将不可避免地出现皱纹。”

'If you spend most of the time looking down then the neck muscles shorten and go saggy, eventually giving you a second neck.

“可能更令人震惊的是，竟然有这么多的女性有面颊下垂的症状，因为她们长时间都保持同一坐姿。”

'We are seeing a lot of women who work in executive jobs in offices who have this problem.' Dr Prager, who has a practice near Harley Street in London, said he encourages his clients to put a mirror next to their computer so they can see if they are frowning at the screen.

“如果大多数时间你都埋头俯视状态，颈部肌肉就会萎缩并且变得松弛，最终导致双下巴。“我们看到许多在办公室里担任管理职务的女性都有这个问题。”在伦敦哈利街附近执业的普拉杰医生建议客户在自己的电脑旁边放置一面镜子，以便能看到自己是否在皱着眉头看电脑。

'When people are stressed or thinking hard about something then they will often put on a "grumpy face" without even knowing what they are doing. When my clients put a mirror next to their desk they are often shocked by the angry, frowning face which stares back at them.'

“当人们压力大，或在努力思考某件事情的时候，常常会摆出一副‘暴躁的面孔’，而自己却意识不到。当我的客户们在自己桌旁摆了镜子以后，她们常常会对镜中瞪着自己的那张愤怒、眉头紧锁的脸感到震惊。”

He warned that a generation of younger men and women who had grown up with information technology were developing 'computer face' at a much earlier age.

他告诫说，伴随着信息技术成长起来的年轻一代男女正在出现“电脑脸”，而且呈年轻化趋势。

He said: 'The women I am seeing at the moment have only been using computers at work for the last decade or so. But women in their 20s have grown up with them and use them for every single task.

他说：“目前我所治疗的只是在电脑前工作了十年左右的女性。但是那些20多岁的女孩则是在电脑的陪伴下成长的，她们的每一项工作都离不开电脑。

'It will be completely different for them and I think the problem is going to become much, much worse. In another ten years, they could be looking quite awful.'

“对她们来说，情况就会完全不同，而且我认为这个问题将变得更加糟糕。再过十年，她们看起来可能会相当恐怖。”

Dr Prager said there were several simple steps which could stave off computer face such as regular screen breaks and stretching the neck muscles. And, of course, there was always Botox.

普拉杰医生说，有几种简单的方法可以延缓“电脑脸”的到来，诸如定期离开电脑屏幕休息一下，伸展颈部肌肉。当然，注射肉毒杆菌也会有作用。

He said that, after a couple of sessions of Botox, the habit of 'grumpy face' could be broken.

他说，经过几个疗程的肉毒杆菌注射，爱摆“暴躁的面孔”这样的坏习惯可能得到改正。

1 cosmetic   

n.化妆品；adj.化妆用的；装门面的；装饰性的

参考例句：

• These changes are purely cosmetic.这些改变纯粹是装饰门面。
• Laughter is the best cosmetic,so grin and wear it!微笑是最好的化妆品，所以请尽情微笑吧！

2 saggy   

松懈的，下垂的

参考例句：

• Daisy: Would you still love me if I were old and saggy? 当我的皮肤变得又老又松弛时，你还会爱我吗？
• My darling, if my breasts were saggy, would you still love me? 这是女人最担心的一个问题。

3 premature   

adj.比预期时间早的；不成熟的，仓促的

参考例句：

• It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
• The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。

4 squint   

v. 使变斜视眼, 斜视, 眯眼看, 偏移, 窥视; n. 斜视, 斜孔小窗; adj. 斜视的, 斜的

参考例句：

• A squint can sometimes be corrected by an eyepatch. 斜视有时候可以通过戴眼罩来纠正。
• The sun was shinning straight in her eyes which made her squint. 太阳直射着她的眼睛,使她眯起了眼睛。

5 inevitably   

adv.不可避免地；必然发生地

参考例句：

• In the way you go on,you are inevitably coming apart.照你们这样下去，毫无疑问是会散伙的。
• Technological changes will inevitably lead to unemployment.技术变革必然会导致失业。