Ageing may be one of life’s inevitabilities, but gone are the days when men were expected to adopt a laissez-faire, hands-off approach and simply let nature run its course. Now, the overwhelming consensus is that if you’re planning to age exquisitely – like a full-bodied red or a Mr Paul Rudd – you’ll have to lay down an investment. Those who frequent The Journal will (we hope) be well aware of the long-term merits of daily sun-protection, skin-sloughing acids and retinol. But for that glowing, smooth complexion that seems to defy one’s date of birth? Well, you’ll have to go beneath the surface.

The city of Rome wasn’t built in a day, and nor is an effective grooming and fitness regimen. High-tech ingredients are nothing without consistent application, futuristic lasers pale in comparison to a solid sleep schedule and even the most sought-after results-driven personal trainer will require sweat, steel and saintly patience.

There is perhaps no better advertisement for the power of spray tan than Mr James Harknett. Forget that he’s been in the business for 21 years, or that countless celebrities and models have him on speed dial, or that he’s won more awards than you’d have time to count. Harknett doesn’t look like he’s had a spray tan. If you weren’t aware that giving people a radiant glow was his full-time job, you’d struggle to believe his own subtly tanned complexion wasn’t entirely natural.

Forget the gruesome stunts, the full-frontal nudity and the repeated testicular abuse. Perhaps the most shocking thing about this year’s Jackass movie, Jackass Forever, is just how good Mr Johnny Knoxville and company look after all these years.

Ageing may be one of life’s inevitabilities, but gone are the days when men were expected to adopt a laissez-faire, hands-off approach and simply let nature run its course. Now, the overwhelming consensus is that if you’re planning to age exquisitely – like a full-bodied red or a Mr Paul Rudd – you’ll have to lay down an investment. Those who frequent The Journal will (we hope) be well aware of the long-term merits of daily sun-protection, skin-sloughing acids and retinol. But for that glowing, smooth complexion that seems to defy one’s date of birth? Well, you’ll have to go beneath the surface.

The city of Rome wasn’t built in a day, and nor is an effective grooming and fitness regimen. High-tech ingredients are nothing without consistent application, futuristic lasers pale in comparison to a solid sleep schedule and even the most sought-after results-driven personal trainer will require sweat, steel and saintly patience.