To ask what age you started cosmetic procedures?

You don't even need that because you can get fluid from food as well, especially fruit and veg.

Filler and it works very well to soften them. It makes a huge difference to how I look .

Never. I'm 63.

Excellent 👌! I used to get that a lot when I was younger, from men "cheer up, darlin!"
Used to give me the rage.

A guy said “Cheer up love, it might never happen” to me in Tesco one day. I truthfully told him that my mum had died the day before so he was a bit late. His face was almost worth it.

Well, I'm sad for you, but a good lesson for him.
Women's faces should be blank or always smiling sweetly for our menfolk!

You may as well extend that theory to HRT, dental work, medications, x rays , scans , eating chicken and anything else medical taken by women. Why don't you just accept life and hurt and suffer vaginal incontinence and prolapse ? We know there can be issues with some things - such is life. You can get cancer and die within weeks. Life is not guaranteed. You can never travel on a plane and see the world. You can't avoid every risk. As my male doctor said it's about quality of life not quantity. Yes you can argue that some of those are essential but are they ?

36 I got my first session of co2 laser resurfacing to help with acne scarring rejuvenation. It definitely helped, second session will be once summer is over.
No botox, fillers, I'm quite happy with my face, its just the skin texture that gets me down a bit.

Would you mind sharing whjch products makes you use please ?

Absolutely ludicrous comparators. None of those things are undertaken purely for vanity.

There's a difference between medical and cosmetic procedures. Most women would not relish a prolapse or to die of cancer. They may, however be cautious about injecting toxins to deal with lines on the face.
Big difference.

It's on a line though isn't it ? It depends on where you stop or start eg the mesh repairs done for incontinence caused extreme problems for some women. Are you better just go wear the Tena pants. I'm referring to the being cautious because you never know the end results and how far you take it all. HRT is a very good example too - it almost crosses the border . It relieves physical "discomforts " but also creates better hair, skin etc which you can deem as cosmetic. Everyone's line is different.

Indeed.
I think, however, most women would be prepared to have surgery to relieve urinary incontinence. Less so for "marionette lines".

Better hair and skin are desirable side effects of HRT, that isn’t why most women use it. Botox and filters are used purely for cosmetic reasons. You can try and provide false equivalence all day, it will still be false.

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I’m 50…Never fillers for me … migrates all over the face really on dangerous ground

Currently Botox , face yoga, creams/serums even surgery in the future if I’m up for it …

you knew what you were doing OP when you posted in AIBU 😉

While this is your view you cannot say that is a generational thing. I know many women of that age and older and they don't talk or act like this. They are interested in fashion, they travel, they live life to the full and yes they get cosmetic procedures ranging from semi permanent make up to Botox to eyelid surgery. They enjoy happy families, a range of hobbies and socialise.

I am 46, had nothing done. For the past 10 years I haven’t bothered with make up and I don’t dye my hair. I like looking like me.

I also think that some of you vastly overestimate how much other people notice your face.

Exactly 💯

I had never heard the term "gummy smile" before, but just recently I've heard it several times now. It's hard not to conclude that these terms are fed to us and used to make us feel insecure about normal features of our faces. Crows feet, marionette lines, eye bags, gummy smile, all terms used in ways to make us squirm and feel uncomfortable. Now we can give a name to and zero-in on every single imperfection. Classic coersion technique.

I'm just as susceptible as the next woman. I've heard "pizza face", "crater face", etc for years, not directed at me (apart from a handful of incidents), but it didn't have to be. It gets internalised anyway. I've had prcedures done for my acne scars, which have helped me to put to bed some of that niggling feeling, but i am hyper-vigilant not to go too far or allow other insecurities to follow. There are so many better things i can do to improve my self-esteem.

Edited to say i'm not pro or anti cosmetic proceedures. I'm not looking down on anyone who has them done at all. I think we need to keep a healthy mindfullness about it, especially when it comes to an industry that wants to make money out of us.

Early 40s but wished I’d started a couple of years before

52 - i have botox twice a year - keeps me fresh- i also had my teeth done at 59 - now have a lovely smile ( not too white to avoid the Turkey teeth look

Do you use HRT? Are you not concerned about the possible risks?

I’m 47 with 22,15 & 16 year olds & I regularly get told the same. People think I’m in my early 30s & all I follow is a skin care routine & use spf 50 on my face. No aesthetics, don’t trust them, don’t think I need them.

I couldn’t use HRT, there’s a history of breast cancer in both sides of my family. The risk was clinically unacceptable.