However, a lot of women don't look like actress and model Heather Locklear.
As these pictures show the blonde star has a figure to give Hollywood's younger actresses a run for their money.
Enviable figure: Blonde bombshell Heather Locklear at 46
Fun-loving Heather films a surfing scene
Wearing a tiny red bikini, Heather looked sensational as she filmed surfing scenes from her new movie Flirting with 40.
In her latest role she plays a woman who goes on holiday to Hawaii after a divorce and falls in love with her surfing instructor.
Best known for her roles in Dynasty, Melrose Place and Spin City, Locklear has always played the foxy blonde bombshell.
And if these shots are anything to go by, there's no reason she needs to stop now.
Heather Locklear in glamorous form with former husband Richie Sambora at the Golden Globes
