Other people’s Botox habits making me look old

Really? That's interesting. I don't know anyone who has had it, but imagined it would be a weird sensation and would be uncomfortable afterwards.

I just had it today and honestly you barely feel anything at all.

Fair enough if it's not for you but don't let that put you off, it's almost pain free.

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I have never been a looker, so the lines I noticed at 50 don't bother me much. Probably different if you are used to being complimented on your looks. I just moisturise a bit.
I couldn't do having anything injected in my face. Wouldn't fancy it at all.

It runs through my head sometimes, I suppose when it's quite pronounced. I'm not arsed what anyone thinks of that quite honestly.

I've been on dozens of threads on here where people sneer at those who get Botox to know how the other half thinks of me so...

some women age quicker depending on skin type, sun damage, lifestyle etc and others are more lucky
It’s not other people getting Btox making you look older loads of women don’t have it.
Im mid 40s snd look older without Botox but look more fresh with it. It’s very much down to personal choice

Do you really look at other women like that? Maybe they don't have hundreds spare to look more "well groomed".

100% agree. I am looking forward to the day in future when we look back at pictures from 2020s and laugh at some of the crazy beauty trends.

Personally, I prefer to spend my money on taking care of my body with good food, regular exercise and treatments that make me feel good (rather than needles). I use tret for maintenance of acne (have done since my teens with a break for pregnancies); the anti-aging effect from it is a bonus!

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*less lines!!

Botox doesn't make you look younger, it just means you have less lives. Also over an extended period of time makes the skin look waxy

Um, nobody is saying she's not entitled to THINK everyone over 25 is ancient.

But if she's old enough to have a job she's old enough to realise you dont insult your customers! Being 17 doesn't equal brain dead, most people know not to say everything in your head out loud by then, and if she didn't then someone pointing it out is doing her a favour so she does realise before her age stops being an excuse.

Tbf i think only 1 person referred to "tearing strips off her" and I agree shouting at her would be inappropriate but doesn't mean I wouldn't show i was unimpressed- just an "excuse me?" Or "wow, that was rude" would make the point. And I agree with the posters that said they wouldn't be getting a tip!

Hmmm, i'm 35 in 2 months, and i don't think i look my age at all. I don't have any wrinkles or lines, i have noticed on SM my school peers getting both especially round the eyes, but i haven't yet.
Quite possibly, it's because i'm fat, but also, because ill health made me pretty much housebound at 16, so i've had a hell of a lot less environmental damage like sun, pollution etc in the last 19 years than the average person. I also do not wear makeup, other than the maybe once every few years i relent and update my SM profile pictures, and it's on half an hour at most.
I'm recently trying to take up skincare, but i'm so forgetful with it that i skip a day, then its a few days, and suddenly its been weeks since i did anything but wash with soap and water in the shower, and i don't even do that every time, infact, i probably only actually wash my face once or twice a week.
My dad easily looks 10 years younger than he actually is, and my sister doesn't look her age either, so i think it's partly good genetics too.

I mentioned at work the other day that I was off for my Botox appointment and everyone chorused 'what, you don't need it' and I was like...you think that because I get it.

Without it one of my eyelids goes wrinkly and saggy and I hate the feeling of it.

But yes it's more 'you look like you had a great sleep' than a 'you've had work done' thing.

You wouldn't know if someone had had good botox. They would just look healthier and fresher.

I think Botox & fillers have become so normalised that a lot of people think natural now doesn’t look right. IMO I think these procedures more often than not look bloody awful and give a stretched shiny face often with strange shaped lips. Nothing about this looks younger it just to some people has become a more ‘acceptable’ way of looking.

Many people in their 30s are still fresh-faced and wrinkle free. Doesn't mean everyone can be that way.

However, Botox isn't the answer though as most people who use it may be wrinkle-free but not fresh-faced. They look like older people who have tight and puffy faces rather than young as they think they do.

Cut the 17 year old some slack. As far as they're concerned, anyone over the age of 20 is considered old!

OP, get botox if you really want to, and not because of what everyone else is doing.

My 2p's worth: Not everyone looks better with it, but I am only talking about a small sample size in real life.

4 out of the 7 women in our department have regular botox treatment, but I think the oldest of them, who is in her 50s looks the best.

One of the younger ones who is early 30s looks as though her skin has been stretched across her face and her eyes look smaller. It's not that I think she looks awful, just that I know she's done something to her face before it was confirmed that she gets botox.

I've just had my first lot of Botox at 57.

It's knocked 10 years off me. People keep telling me I look great. I don't have a frozen face. I love it! Getting a tiny bit of filler in my top lip in a few weeks.

I have noticed on tiktok a lot of young women with filler etc. They all look weird with their unnaturally plump cheek bones and pumped up lips. I don't think they look good. This 17 year old probably thinks weird chiseled duck face is the ideal look to aspire to

I second this.

My DSD (12 yrs) said I look 20. I do look younger than my age apparently, but I am 45 and most definitely do not look like I’m 20 except in very, very dim light 😂

Teens have no clue about what age people look, and neither do some of us adults.

Embrace your face!

Edited to take away a comment about Botox. I don’t want to judge people who do use it, I just don’t see the point as I like faces with a bit of wear and tear to them.

This is such a toxic habit
Looking at other women to find flaws
It's a sign of low self esteem

I’m a long term (over 30 years) user of tret and a high factor spf. I’m over 70 and my skin looks in great condition. Tret doesn’t stop you aging but it does take the edge off a bit.

anyone who wants to see an awful warning go look at Madonna. i mean her face her choice but its not a choice i'd EVER make.

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