I am 22 and had botox 3 times. AMA!

[iamtinkabella]

Due to a recent thread of AMA (which i commented on) i thought i would start this thread!

I'm nitpicking here but a medical practitioner to me means a qualified doctor, not a nurse. Having said that, nurses are held to very high professional standards so if something goes wrong you should have some recourse.

I wonder why at your very young age you're worrying about the totally natural phenomenon of getting frown and laughter lines, to the extent of paying to have a risky procedure done which you've said yourself you don't understand. If this is how you are at 22, how will you cope with normal ageing in middle age?

@MrsDimmond

Im trying, and its not working, and im not quite sure why! Send help

Lol. I'm the "one person" who thinks that having botox at 22 is more to do with your sense of self than your forehead.

You are funny. You came here offering to answer questions and i have not been unpleasant but you label me the one person.

Do you think anybody who doesnt validate your decision to have botox a 'one person'.

If you seriously felt you had value above and beyond just pure youth, you wouldn't be labelling me.

@RueCambon I would love you to do an AMA "I am a very judgemental and arguementative human being, AMA". No im not looking for validation and i am answering questions. Im fully aware that people's views on Botox are widely ranged, but i just dont have time for you, sorry. That said, if you want to change your tone of speaking towards other HUMAN BEINGS and stop looking down on me then ill thing for a moment and consider replying to you.

This is it @gasp0deTheW0nderD0g, ageing is going to happen. If OP is already worrying about ageing when she could hardly be younger and - still be an adult it suggests some unusually eccessive fear of ageing.

@RueCambon having migraines isn't to do with my sense of self. Getting rid of my forehead lines was a bonus! Do you not do anything to make yourself feel better?

Do you see a time in your future when you won't have regular anti aging cosmetic procedures? Poorly worded, I mean will you have Botox all your life or stop at some point?

Are you worried about ending up with a "frozen face" and unable to change your expression?

I have considered BOTOX before but this has always put me off

@MoonahStone

The botox i get dissolves, which is why i opted for it done so that i didn't have to carry on getting it if i didn't want to. Im currently getting the migraines investigated to try and find another cure so that Botox wouldn't always be my only option. As for the frown lines no. Im pretty comfortable in my own skin and that was just a bonus.

You must earn a good salary to be able to have botox repeatedly.

Do you feel that the botox has made you look better or just stopped you looking worse?

Do you feel like now you have had some 'smaller' procedures it seems less of a big deal to have more evasive procedures?

How much does it cost?

What would happen if you stopped getting botox? Would you go back to normal or be better/worse than you were in your natural state?

Do you think you have low self esteem?

Are you trying to look like a 'better' version of yourself, or are you trying to look different?

Is it something that you expect to be doing for the rest of your life?

Does botox 'solve' the issue you thought that it would? i.e. does it make you feel/look better?

Youvare missing the point OP.

It is not that i am judging you. Although you may feel judged.

I think you would be better off thinking about the question I asked you. Seriously. Give it some thought.

You are confusing a question that was given to you to make you think.

Search my posts. You will see I am not a judgemental poster. I think you are defensive about a decision/issue you have some doubts about yourself.

This is often the case with AMA

You are looking for others to confirm they understand and a poster a little older than you who has had botox herself got a very self-affirming response. "Thank you, exactly".

I asked you a very reasonable question given that you are 22 and scared of ageing and already fighting it.

I think it was Gloria Steinham who said if something pisses you off, you need to look at that. So maybe you need to ask yourself why somebody asking you why you fear ageing to this extent and why that simple question threatens your narrative.

Good luck!

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Thanks OP glad to hear you are following up on the migraines with health professionals. I assume your Botox practitioner has warmed you about the high risk of your migraines worsening when you stop the Botox?

Where do you go to get it done? You mentioned it’s your brother’s oncology nurse (I’m sorry to hear he has cancer) so I take it it’s not an NHS service for migraines as she wouldn’t do both in her job, so does she do this as a private sideline in a clinic or a salon or something? What is her licensing situation?

@RueCambon

I think it was Gloria Steinham who said if something pisses you off, you need to look at that. < hmmm, you've clearly told the OP she has a fear of growing older even though she has never stated that so perhaps YOU need to turn this phrase around on yourself? Has your ageing process not been a great one?? Shame, but don't bring anyone down with your inner issues.

You say in your post the first reason was wrinkles and the second was migraines so I think naturally people assume that’s the order of importance for you i.e. primarily wrinkles, rather than your later post which states the wrinkle effect was a fortuitous side effect to sorting migraines.

Are you paying privately for your BOTOX?

Did you get an NHS referral?

Have you not tried any preventative medication before trying BOTOX for your migraine?

What sort of investigation are you having for your migraine?

@RueCambon

You have been pretty unpleasant from your first post actually. Very persistent and determined to accuse a stranger of deep rooted fears of ageing. Very odd

@ruecambon

Must admit I agree with pp that you have got very worked up about this very quickly. Perhaps look at why it's pissed YOU off so much

@brainstormer123 well this is not my AMA but i think im dealing with ageing! In my 20s, like the OP it would have seemed a terrifying prospect but decades later and a lot of the right reading, i have the perspective to accept ageing and i feel more valuable as a person than i ever did even society may not place as high a value on an older woman as it does on younger women. Happy to answer questions. But this isn't my AMA

If i ever do find cause to do an AMA i would try really hard to answer as truthfully as possible without denial. Id try! Nobody sees their own blind spots. If something pisses you off though, it might be nearby.

How's it hanging?

(When the botox wears off? I hear it makes your facial muscles waste away through lack of use)

Im not worked up! :-)

It is easy to dismiss me as "worked up" because i point out that the OP offered to answer questions but then couldn't do so.

Oh well.

I'll leave the OP to it.

I’m not a fan of @RueCambon AMA!:

And what's wrong with being a middle-aged woman IDon't?