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Is 33 too young for botox?

52 replies

Phillycheesesteak · 26/08/2020 21:30

I've always had lines on my forehead but they're becoming quite visible! Is 33 too young to get a bit of botox ?

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hastingsmua1 · 26/08/2020 21:56

No.

What is the issue with having it too early, aside from additional cost?

I had Botox at 21 (under NHS for health reasons though). There has been no impact elsewhere.

Phillycheesesteak · 26/08/2020 21:56

Can I just have my forehead done? I dont want full face

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ShrimpSymphony · 26/08/2020 21:57

No definitely not too young

hastingsmua1 · 26/08/2020 21:58

@Phillycheesesteak

Can I just have my forehead done? I dont want full face
Yes, of course. They won’t inject anywhere without your consent. They only offer treatment by individual area anyway, a full face of Botox must be ridiculously expensive
Potterpotterpotter · 26/08/2020 21:58

@userxx - yeh I did... I seemed to get lines on my forehead really young for some reason. I think when I have a picture taken I subconsciously raise my eye brows and i had the very start of lines on my forehead so took action. I know have none!

I love the stuff, after the first time I had it.. it went from the ‘want’ list to the ‘need’ list of thingsGrin

WorraLiberty · 26/08/2020 22:00

@hastingsmua1

No.

What is the issue with having it too early, aside from additional cost?

I had Botox at 21 (under NHS for health reasons though). There has been no impact elsewhere.

According to the programme I saw last night, the possible issue was that muscle wastage may occur eventually, as the muscles aren't being used much, due to the botox.
AllNaturalIngredients · 26/08/2020 22:01

I must say, research and personal recommendations are brilliant. I’ve went to 4 different people and never had a bad experience but there definitely have been ones betters than others. My lady now is always away training, learning different skills. She’s passionate about it and it’s not just a cash cow

userxx · 26/08/2020 22:03

it went from the ‘want’ list to the ‘need’ list of things

I hear you!!

AriesTheRam · 26/08/2020 22:03

Botox will get rid of those lines straight away.I first had it at 28.

hastingsmua1 · 26/08/2020 22:07

@WorraLiberty thanks! Did you catch the name of the show you watched?

Hopefully a decent practitioner would stagger the repeat of the injections to prevent that from happening as much as possible.

WorraLiberty · 26/08/2020 22:10

[quote hastingsmua1]@WorraLiberty thanks! Did you catch the name of the show you watched?

Hopefully a decent practitioner would stagger the repeat of the injections to prevent that from happening as much as possible.[/quote]
I've just looked it up and it's Here

The second part is on next week. It was a really interesting show.

WorraLiberty · 26/08/2020 22:11

Sorry, if the link doesn't work it's called 'The Truth About Cosmetic Surgery' and it's on BBC 1.

Thatbliddywoman · 26/08/2020 22:11

No. It's a preventative measure as well as a cure

Boatonthehorizon · 26/08/2020 22:11

I'm 44 and I've just started this year. Had it twice already. It's brilliant. It didn't exist when I was in my 20s!

I only wonder how people hide the cost from their DH / partner. (When they are keeping it secret).
I understand now that you don't tell or say you've had it but I can see it in peoples faces everywhere but especially on TV inc Jack Dee!
Having said that is not like you fear it will be. It's not super smooth or tight and you can still move. It's very natural and undetectable. Not at all like glamour model.

Good for work and promotion too. Not for sexy reasons but because you (I) look less old / tired / angry / sad / past it. I think it's added years to my career viability and massively improved my respect in workplace.

Hiccupiscal · 26/08/2020 22:20

Op, i feel exactly the same as you, im 33 too and this photo was from a few weeks ago, and absolute deversated me -
I totally sympathise with you, op

Ive had 3 years of terrible stress, poor lifestyle choices because of this (stress is still ongoing) I couldnt believe when I saw this photo that this was actually me.

What do you suggest mumsnetters? Is my only hope botox now :(

I do the sunscreen, the water drinking, the moisturising etc.

Its really getting me down :(

Is 33 too young for botox?
Butterfly3105 · 26/08/2020 22:33

No it's not too young I'm 32 and getting it as a preventative (just started getting wrinkles) its so common nowadays even Superdug adminster Botox i say Go for it! If its not for you it'll wear off

hopsalong · 26/08/2020 22:38

They're not really the right kind of lines for Botox. It works best for the 11s, above your nose. I did it when I was 33 on a whim, carried on sporadically for a couple of years, and stopped when I got pregnant. Now I am in my 40s and wouldn't dream of getting it again.

Whenever a make-up artist does my face (they are usually about 18) they always seem to comment on how expressive my face is. i.e. wrinkled, I felt to begin with. Now I have a slightly different point of view. People of our age thought that women got older by getting wrinkly. Young people think that people get older by losing function in their face. It's a bit like being thin or tanned: unfashionable in early 19c England when it was easy to be consumptive or underfed and work outdoors. Fashionable in the 20s, when people didn't work outdoors as much and there was tinned food, cheap calories etc.

So, as I see it, the more people get Botox, the more obviously ageing and aged a Botoxed face is. Did you read the Caitlin Moran piece in the Times last week? I enjoyed her self-recantation and thought it was funny. But in the photo she didn't look like someone with subtle magical line-blurring Botox. She looked like a middle-aged neurotic woman with the tell-tale panel of shiny flat skin in the centre of her face. And that's in a photo. People with Botox look much more conspicuous in real life because their faces fail to respond to normal cues.

So, no. Do not get it. It will make you look like a neurotic middle-aged woman. Young women have mobile faces. You are young, leave alone! Or try once, save the photos, and look back in a few years. I looked older than I do now and I have pretty dry sun-damaged skin when I was 33 and Botoxed. Either way, it won't make much difference now, but in ten years I strongly suggest you don't get it!

hopsalong · 26/08/2020 22:43

PS, Spend the money on going to a good dermatologist. Mine had Botox once (I have another non-facial skin condition so I go quite a lot) and I nearly screamed in horror when I saw her because she looked terrible. Thankfully she was laughing about it, said she thought she ought to try it to see what her patients went through, but hated the result. Now she's back to being a 40-something (maybe 50-something) woman with amazing clear skin and an expressive face that has, as it should, a balance of expression lines. The kind of (tiny) fine dryness lines you have would respond better to retinol, I think, anyway.

Suzi888 · 26/08/2020 22:45

Yes, you are too young.

userxx · 26/08/2020 22:53

They're not really the right kind of lines for Botox. It works best for the 11s, above your nose

It doesn't actually, if the 11's are deep only filler will help.

rosiejaune · 26/08/2020 22:56

YABU to get botox at any age, as regardless of feminist issues, every single batch is tested on animals to ensure it's safe (for you, obviously not for them), so you are murdering living beings just to have a smooth forehead.

stopgap · 26/08/2020 23:00

I would recommend Morpheus8 or Infini. They are both micro needling with radio frequency and do fantastic things for obliterating fine lines. However, I have those lines that you have. I’m permanently surprised I guess 😁 so I do Botox twice a year, but just be careful with the forehead and go to a plastic surgeon, ideally one who specializes in the face. Deep lines at a young age, when treated with a ton of Botox, can lead to eyelid drooping or a weakened brow over time.

schoolrummum · 26/08/2020 23:05

Never too young and it's your choice. Only consideration is this; once you start freezing the muscle it will deteriorate (think of the muscles in your arm in a cast) so if you want to go down that road you'll need to keep it up or you'll believe you look older when it wears off (you won't but you'll think that). This is my experience of trying Botox once at 33 and having great results in the forehead. Now much older and considering doing it again because micro needling - while good - didn't have the same 'magic' results. Just find a good practitioner who will give you all the info first.

Kaiserin · 26/08/2020 23:10

Never too young to pay good money to get injected with poison! Smile

BogRollBOGOF · 26/08/2020 23:17

The cheap solution is to cut yourself a nice heavy fringe. What forehead? Grin