Teri Hatcher, Linda Evans and Cybill Shepherd Talk Aging and Skin Care on Oprah

As part as Oprah Winfrey's 25th (and final) season on the air, yesterday, she welcomed Teri Hatcher, Linda Evans and Cybill Shepherd to her show to discuss aging gracefully.

The first segment featured "Desperate Housewife" Teri Hatcher who, - revealing that all the best skin care in the world doesn't work miracles. On "Oprah," Hatcher took things a step further by having a crew follow her from waking up at 5:3o in the morning - replete with bags under her eyes, blotchy face and wrinkly cheeks - to the set of the hit show where she underwent hours of hair and makeup to emerge looking like the glamorous Susan next door that we've come to expect. "It's all about the lighting, the wind machine and the retouching," Oprah and Hatcher agreed.

Shepherd, who was one of the top models of the 1970s before starring in movies like "The Last Picture Show" and TV series like "Moonlighting," talked about how, as her beauty faded, she found it hard to take. Then she started to work on the inside instead of the out and is now in a happier place. "Learning to love ourselves as we age is one of the most challenging things we can do," she told a rapt audience.

Linda Evans, who got her start on the 1960's western series "The Big Valley"and then rose to crazy heights of fame playing Krystle Carrington on "Dynasty" in the 1980s, has long eschewed the cameras for a simpler life but came on the talk show to discuss how important it is to look inside oneself as you age.

"What you look like has nothing to do with what you think about yourself," the 68 year-old actress said. "Everything we're basing our values on is outside of us and has nothing to do with the truth of us."

Unlike the other two actresses, Evans says she got plastic surgery because of her relationship with Yanni who is 12 years her junior. She said that she was 50 at the time and wanted to keep things in place for him - to keep looking great -- for HIM. The she learned something.

"You can't erase time," she said. "But you can get relief from some of the things you're critical of." That's the catch. As Evans put it, "The best thing to do is just to get rid of the criticism."

What do you think? Do you believe that the media sets out to make us feel bad about ourselves? Do you appreciate beautiful actresses showing us that it takes hours of hair and makeup and airbrushing to make them look "cover" worthy?