to be freaked out by the frozen, filled faces littering our media

[PhelanGood]

Seriously. And I bet they all think nobody can tell! Will this trend ever end?

I'm often too distracted by the botoxed plumped juvedermed visages on display, to concentrate on what the bearer of said face is actually saying! Doesn't help that they can no longer engage viewers with natural facial expressions.

I find it fascinating and alarming that paying to have the world's deadliest poison injected into you is becoming the norm, especially when all it achieves is a face that doesn't move, and ultimately a weakening of the muscles, which surely are the thing we should be strengthening to prevent wrinkles long term..!? And concentrating on eliminating toxins!

(Obviously I'm not talking about its medicinal uses such as preventing migraines.)

Fillers are even worse, they look absolutely repugnant to me. Especially in the lips! Who wants to kiss a pair of plumped up plastic lips that look like you've had an allergic reaction.

Am I being unreasonable, and am I alone in finding this trend so disturbing and weird... do I need to get with the times? Are injectables just today's "whalebone corsets"? It's got to a point where I actually adore seeing lovely wrinkled faces on the screen as it's so rare now.

[Userlavender]

Ps @loranmumsnet funny how it was ok when OP was personally attacking real life people in the media. Have I upset them? Been reported? Childish people getting out of their depth.

[Floisme]

Women always had elevenses - there just wasn't always something they could do about it.
Yes they've always had them. I was watching ''Some like it hot' again the other night and Marilyn Monroe had them. I very much doubt anyone thought she was less beautiful. But now we have young (and not so young) women worrying in case someone might think they look angry and paying £200-£300 a pop just to get rid of them for a few months. Yes I find that weird, so shoot me.

[PhelanGood]

@Floisme - well said! To me beauty is not about looking younger or line free. Each to their own. Your rationality has been a breath of fresh air through this thread.
@userlav I didn't make a point of personally attacking anyone. I and others commented that some particular women looked unrecognisable or that their faces didn't appear to move naturally after procedures, which made us question why they wanted this done and it led to a lively, respectful debate. Obviously if people pull a Zellwegger n rock up with a completely different face people are gonna talk about it.