Self esteem issues 🙁 Im so ugly.

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Having major self esteem issues at the moment.
Wondering, are fillers/Botox just for anti ageing? Or can they actually improve my looks in general?
Having been bullied for being ugly my entire life I’m looking to improve my appearance somehow.
Looking for other people’s thoughts and experiences with fillers/Botox.

Fillers plump out areas of your face that are less plump than you would like/than they used to be. Botox freezes areas to stop wrinkles from getting deeper/more visible. If you think that those interventions would help your self esteem then they could help.

What I'd advise though is that you book a consultation with an aesthetic dermatologist and discuss what changes you wish to make, what is possible and how much it would cost. If cost is no object, that will help, as some treatments are quite expensive and most are only semi-permanent and will require repeat visits.

You're not ugly,no one is. The toxic injections should go into those bullying you, not you as the victim.

I’ve never used any of the things you mention as I don’t care , (not because I’m beautiful, I’m not, just ordinary,) and hopefully something will be along with advice on those things.
But I do want to say look after yourself properly, have some therapy to explore how you feel about yourself. I bet you are a kind and lovely person and that is beautiful. Please don’t give yourself a hard time because of the perceived beauty standards on social media.
Take care .

I'm really sorry to hear you feel like this. Firstly, bullying doesn't mean that you are ugly. I was teased (not as bad as bullying but it still hurt) when I was younger for being "ugly" but then I look back in pictures and I was far from it. Now as an overweight hairy woman pushing 40 I would kill to look like that again!
It's very hard to judge your own appearance, we are very critical of ourselves. You say you have big self esteem issues - is this something that you've addressed or spoken to anyone?
I actually think that some self care, some beauty treatments are positive. I find that looking after my nails, skin, hair and exercising do make an improvement and make me feel a lot better. Or going shopping for lovely, well fitting clothes. It's not a bad thing.
However self esteem is much more deep rooted. It could be that self care /beauty is what you need - often we neglect ourselves and that's a little push to for is to love ourselves
It could be that there's more too it. My self esteem improved a lot with my career - it gave me validation and I didn't "need" to look nice, I was respected anyway.

If you have low self esteem, alterations won’t permanently fix this issue for you.

You need help for how you feel, rather than sticking a plaster over the issue.

You’re not ugly, and I can say that confidently without even knowing what you look like. Every single human on this planet is different, and that’s the beauty of it.