To feel under pressure to get Botox or similar things

I know this is sarcasm but yeah, actually it is cool. I'd be delighted and proud of her if DD is confident enough to resist all this when she's older

It's so cool that you're not like the other girls 👏

You can absolutely tell if people have had botox - it is in the way the face moves (or rather doesn't).

I am not entirely conviced that long term using a food poisoning toxin to paralyse facial muscles is the best idea.

I’m not sure I’d call those things beauty treatments. I’ve never seen anyone look better after Botox and lip fillers.

If I were surrounded by botoxed, trout mouthed people it would make me even more sure of staying natural. I’m not a sheep anyway so the last thing I’d want to do is join the club and I’m not easily pressured by peers. I’d revel in my naturalness amongst them.

Don't feel pressure. Ageing is not a crime.

P.s those treatments are designed to keep you coming back for more. The fashion is changing for big lips and now they're all getting them dissolved! Next week it'll be big again... It's just a money making scheme. Lashes, nails, lips, hair, teeth, tits, tan...I couldn't feel confident if I knew it was all fake.

• Drink lots of water
• Drop alcohol consumption right down.
• Cut out processed food, even "fresh" deli stuff with stabilizers, emulsifiers etc.
• Pay attention to your omega 3 to 6 ratios. More 3 less 6. Consume olive oil daily, avocado, oily fish. Capsules no good here. Get it from the whole food.
• No caffeine after lunch
• Get out in nature/fresh air each day
• Move your body (not necessarily gym..but just move)
• Clear out your digital diet of insta-toxicity, violent telly etc
• Make sure you're cleaning teeth v efficiently. Proper flossing, mouthwash, use an electric toothbrush if you don't already. Get round all the angles. (P.s you don't have to have perfectly straight perfectly shaped teeth either)
• Moisturize. Doesn't have to be fancy or expensive. Just Moisturize. Don't forget your neck/chest area.
• UV exposure: don't sit in the sun, not that there is much of it now. 😂 You'll want to use SPF more often that you think you do in the summer months.
• Have a night time routine for yourself. What do you do before bed? Doesn't have to be massive. I dim the lights 15 mins before I turn in and have the same herbal tea.

^^ these things will make you look younger in the long run.

Bonus
They'll be good for your insides, too ☺️

Urgh, this is said all the time on Botox threads.

It's such a privilege to be Not Dead that you should pay for it by resisting beauty treatments.

Means nothing, makes no sense.

I’d absolutely do it all myself if it actually looked good on people. It so doesn’t

I think it is a bit silly to start doing any work in your 30s. I did try Botox at 41 and didn't like it. Luckily it wears off after 3 months or so. I also wouldn't advocate fillers for wrinkles specifically. I do have a small volume of filler in my lips approximately once every 3 years. This is only to put back the natural volume which is lost through aging, not to blow up a fish pout. Other than that, I just try to take a good care of my skin and overall health.

Yes. But some of us are philosophically opposed to that too. Especially at 23

A lot of people also have no idea what they’re talking about. Botox is not supposed to be overtly obvious. It’s completely different to filler.

On lip filler: I have never seen lip filler that looks good. It's always obvious that it is filler.

Don't do it.

Stay natural.you will age so much better

No. Aging is a privilege. Lip filler looks horrendous, other facial filler makes people look older in the long run. The only thing I would maybe consider would be microblading but that’s more because I am not gifted at doing make up.

Well I’m 41 and had Botox and it’s flipping amazing! Highly recommend it in fact.

Absolutely! I have no one in my real life who’s done this, thank God, and I don’t follow anyone on social media who has, as far as I can tell.

I sat opposite a staff member in a travel agents a few years ago whose lips were so swollen. They looked utterly ridiculous and I felt very sorry for her as it looked as though she was embarrassed. I had to use all my self control not to stare - they were so awful. That alone was enough to put me off ever contemplating having myself injected with filler.

Save your money for other things.

I’m in my 40s and feel no pressure at all. And l do take pride in my appearance.

l feel horrified by some of the results of botox and fillers when walking down the street though. Some look like extras from Thunderbirds.

I am sorry you are feeling pressure. You do know so much on SM is largely fake right? And there’s no way you need Botox at 30. Maybe work on your self esteem? I bet you look great! I have no issue with Botox btw, it has its place as do other treatments and tweakments, in my view. Some people like it, some people seem to put others down for doing it. I do it, but I’m nearer 50 than 30, and I do it for myself not anyone else.

I think there is pressure on women in some professions. And in young industries. But we need to resist it.

I’m in my fifties and wouldn’t dream of doing this. It always looks fake. I can’t get my head around people doing this in their thirties!! All women of my age who I know are beautiful in their unique way. I don’t personally know anyone who gets it done but I can see it around me and it looks awful, very unnatural.

Find other ways to boost self esteem OP and maybe look for other mums to hang out with?

I get sick of this 'pressure' word for people who can't think for themselves

No i don't need to look fake and no I have never felt 'pressure' to do so

Don't do it! That look is going out of fashion fast.

Within 5 years you will look so much younger than them.

I’m 34 and no. I don’t like the way it looks on people so I don’t feel any pressure. I think having it done younger can make people look older too.

😁