Other people’s Botox habits making me look old

We all have to pretend to enjoy aging as a tribute to not being dead yet. It's a curiously martyrish position, I find.

It's fine of course for women to do whatever they want with their appearance. Perhaps make your peace with that?

If growing old naturally is so amazing then why do women feel the need to criticise women who prefer to look less knackered as they age?

Nice

OP asked for thoughts on Botox and fillers. I feel it's ok for those of us twenty years older than her to say we are not having them, and why. Just so she knows that not everyone is succumbing.

Yes immaturity and Botox are 'my issues'.

It's your smugness, mate. It reeks.

Are you really in your 40s?
You reply like an immature 18 year old.
Perhaps that's the issue ?
Immaturity and inability to accept yourself as an older women?
Certainly the habit of looking at other women to reassure yourself that you look younger is a dreadfully toxic habit as is replying so childishly.
I think I've nailed it
Some women accept and like themselves and others don't?

Same reason they slag all procedures off. They don't know a thing about it.

There was an entire thread once where a woman was furious about Botox. She meant fillers but would not, could not, be told that they're different things.

Why do so many people think Botox and fillers are the same thing? No one is having Botox to give them plumper lips!! The clue is in the name.

I have a rigid skincare routine and use serums and light therapy. I’ve noticed some lines developing now and I’m 44. I do look younger which is something to be thankful for but you’re your own worst critic. I work with girls who have Botox and they are only early 20’s. They are striving for their forever youthful look. We all age yet seeing an older woman somehow never goes down well and they are criticised. Botox and fillers will only get you so far. I make sure my skin care routine is sorted, plenty of water, take marine collagen (mostly for severe joint and ligament pain - perimenopause) and I wear factor 50 sunscreen daily. Makes a difference.

Aaand everybody clapped 👏 👏 👏

I hate the Botox look, I think it actually makes you look older especially when the neck and hands show the signs and not the face. The worst look for me personally is the excess lip filler. Looks like they've had an allergic reaction.
I'd rather grow old naturally.

Lol.

I know many women in their early 60s who have some botox. They look fantastic. I don't know a single one who looks like a melted candle. I know a few women of 60 who look 75 though.

Why would people using Botox look like melted candles?

God the actual bitter judginess on every Botox thread is very cringe.

Dont give into peer pressure. In the end, you will look fabulous whilst everyone else using botox will look like melted candles 🤷🏻‍♀️😜 grow old gracefully. Embrace getting older and all that comes with it

My 14 year old daughter are sitting having a conversation right now saying 'imagine when we're 18, we'll be so old'.

Oh lord 😁

Look a few messages back at my last message as I have put on a link and a little about getting it prescribed 👍🏻

I’m still fuming about the time when my younger sister who was 6 at the time said to me “You’re a very very old lady, now”. I was 18.🤣🤣🤣

😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴

OK.

Yep, I get that. Not sure why getting botox means you don't respect that?

Honestly the pearl clutching on here is amusing. If you don't want botox, don't get botox. Noone cares.

I'm 60 (just turned) and of course, I've got a few lines, especially on my forehead and bunny lines.
I'm too scared to have botox in case it turns me into something very unnatural. If anyone remembers Jackie Stallone they will know what i mean!
I think there is too much pressure to look 'perfect' nowadays,especially with a lot of celebrities following the botox/filler trend, so embrace your little lines and wrinkles - it's all part of life.

It's a privilege to grow old, not everyone gets to.

I just make sure I go to a dentist rather than beautician, they charge a little more but spend 7 years learning facial muscles for their main job and I trust them more to get the proper stuff.

How do people know about the botox they get? is there a brand or brands that are recommended/medically tested or you just hope you get something that is ok. Does the salon/shop buy anything that could be made by anyone somewhere or do they have to buy from approved sources?

A very very dear friend of mine gets Botox and I kept thinking she's annoyed at me because her facial expressions are so much more muted than they used to be. Took me ages to realise it's the Botox. I would rather look old than impassive about everything, so I do look old and that's fine.

Oh blah blah blah.

I got to about 41 and realised I had a permanent furrowed brow, and it was giving me headaches. My left eyelid had started to sag and it feels uncomfortable. My crows feet were making my eyeliner smudge immediately after I put it on.

Why the hell should I not do something simple that remedies all those things? I like the look of it. I'm not bothered about looking younger, but I like to look awake and refreshed.

All the sneering on Botox threads is so basic; if you're ever dyed your hair I'm not sure what the issue is really; that's pretending you're not aging and involves chemicals too surely 🤷‍♀️