We often hear that it is never too late to start, or even start over! But in practice, it is not that simple. Below, check out 3 stories of courage from people who changed their lives after 40 through specialization in aesthetics.
After all, is it possible to change your life after 40? You will see that it is!
The biomedicine freshman bullied over her age
A person's age in relation to entering an undergraduate program has become relevant because a video recently went viral in which three young women mocked their fellow student Patrícia Linares, age 44. They are all biomedicine freshmen at the university UNISAGRADO, in Bauru (SP).
In the video, the comments suggest that Patrícia should be retired and that people over 40 can no longer go to college. Comments that, fortunately, did not gain traction.
Quite the opposite. The biomedicine freshman received affection from other classmates and from countless people who showed solidarity with her across the internet.
The good news you find in this text is that while few mock, many can find inspiration in this story.
The fulfillment of a dream
Patrícia says that pursuing a higher education degree was a dream that could not happen earlier. Today, with her family's support, the degree represents a fresh start in her life.
Indeed, it is never too late to start something new.
Age should not be an obstacle to anything. It is possible to change your life after 40 and we have brought stories that prove this statement.
The postgraduate program to change your life after 40
In Nepuga's history, many healthcare professionals saw in aesthetics a way to change their lives and don't mind their age when pursuing their dreams. Check out 3 inspiring stories with this theme.
1 – Fabíola Tolotti
Fabíola Tolotti is an example of someone who changed the course of her own career after 40. She completed the postgraduate program in aesthetic pharmacy after 20 years working in drugstores, where pay was no more than the salary floor.
When she decided to specialize in aesthetics, the pharmacist found her purpose in life. As she herself says:
“It's a really great thing, it enriches you a lot and I'm sure I found my life's mission. I'm 43 years old. After the pandemic I decided to find out what I really wanted to do. In aesthetics I found the answer”.
2 – Ezequiel Rodrigues
The second example of persistence and determination is very special because it is not just about changing your life after 40; this example takes place after the age of 60 of pharmacist Ezequiel Rodrigues.
He worked in oncology, spending more than 30 years dealing with human suffering, as he himself says. Then he began preparing for retirement and had the idea of continuing his professional life, but in another specialization.
“We don't retire. Because we keep on living”. And, faced with this desire to keep doing what gives meaning to his life, he decided to study aesthetic pharmacy in order to stop dealing with pain and start working with patients' health.
3 – Carla Montalbo Caporeli
Physiotherapist Carla Montalbo Caporeli, who has been in the field since 1999, began to think about working in aesthetics because requests for procedures kept showing up at her practice.
At first, she trained to perform lymphatic drainage on post-operative patients. But dealing with these treatments made her like aesthetics much more. So much that she decided to specialize in aesthetic health.
“I saw the younger girls in the class, who spent all day studying, doing assignments and talking about exams. Then I thought I would give up because I wouldn't be able to keep up. But I persisted.”
Specialization in aesthetics and life changes
The postgraduate program in aesthetic health is in high demand among professionals like Carla, who work very draining on-call shifts and have no time for themselves.
With the postgraduate program, Carla can increase her income and work considerably less, since aesthetic procedures are highly valued by the market.
Not to mention the nature of this change, which allows, unlike treatments that deal with patients' pain and suffering, working with people's self-esteem, which is very rewarding in the professional routine.
Therefore, working with aesthetic and integrative health is a path to changing the lives of healthcare professionals, as in Carla's story.
And do you remember the beginning of the text, when we talked about Patrícia, the freshman who faced prejudice? Soon, after graduating, she will be able to enter aesthetics, which is one of the fastest-growing fields among biomedical professionals. Without a doubt, she will not lack determination.
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