Page 18 | How much do you end up spending on Botox and fillers per year

Jodiewa · 2020-09-15T20:12:30+00:00

I am 45 and beginning to look like hell. I know the price of Botox per thing but don’t know how much it ends up costing per year. How much do you end up sending year in year out? I am a Londoner. Thanks.

GoldfishParade · 17/09/2020 13:55

@bluebluezoo Its a synonym for "bitter" used by people who want to look "on trend"

ShebaShimmyShake · 17/09/2020 14:02

[quote GoldfishParade]@bluebluezoo Its a synonym for "bitter" used by people who want to look "on trend"[/quote]
Is it? I thought it was regional.

Snoringferret · 17/09/2020 14:08

I bet you’d be frowning right now if you could wouldn’t you?

Once again for the people at the back, having Botox doesn't mean you can't frown.

Frankola · 17/09/2020 14:10

I recently had my lips filled with 1.1ml. Cost me £150.

As someone who has been insecure and self conscious about having teeny tiny lips all my life its the best money I've ever spent.

My concern, as with many others, was that I would look duck faced and fake. However, my beautician was amazing and they just look a little plumper and more symmetrical now. Its made me look more youthful too.

Ive already booked my next appointment for 6 months time.

Ive also thought about botox to smooth out some wrinkles coming around my eyes. Maybe thats next - I'm 35 and never done any of it until now.

My stance on this is that if it makes you feel better and doesn't hurt anyone doing it, then do it. You are the key to your own happiness, no-one else. It really bugs me when people who have never tried it and who are staunchly against it get so smug and sanctimonious about it. Age comes to us all, and if someone wants to enhance their appearance or slow the look of aging then let them bloody get on with it. You don't win medals for having eyebags and wrinkles!

Ifonlywecouldwishuponastar · 17/09/2020 14:19

Never
I wouldn't trust what's in it if I'm honest.

knittingaddict · 17/09/2020 14:32

£0.

I like to think my excess fat fills me out nicely.

morefun · 17/09/2020 16:12

Haven't had it and I'm not really commenting on the cost, but as people are talking about whether it looks fake etc. I thought I'd mention that it doesn't look fake from what I've seen.

One friend had Botox at 40 for her forehead and crows feet, and they just looked reduced. She looked good.

A colleague years ago was 36 and had Botox since she was 30 and again, just looked good.

I get a bit torn as I'm seeing more wrinkles now (I'm 40) and it's tempting... but I'm kind of a hippie type and it doesn't really suit the way I want to think!

BlokeNumber9 · 17/09/2020 16:40

Now this is a thread I can get behind.
Should a bloke of 65 get this kind of thing?
Asking for a friend ofc.

Potterpotterpotter · 17/09/2020 16:42

@BlokeNumber9

Now this is a thread I can get behind. Should a bloke of 65 get this kind of thing? Asking for a friend ofc.

If it makes him feel better about himself then yes.

I had a bloke who was approx 50 in the waiting room with me once.

Bloomburger · 17/09/2020 16:47

£180 3 times per year.

BlokeNumber9 · 17/09/2020 16:48

@Potterpotterpotter: but what if I he just wants to look better for the laydeez, bless you, and is indifferent to feeling better about himself?

lazylinguist · 17/09/2020 16:57

If you don't want Botox, by all means don't have it, but stop the moralising and doom mongering. It makes you look wilfully ignorant at best and totally unable to recognise an actual moral issue at worst.

Yes, it's a moral issue as well. Nobody's claiming that huge numbers of people have terrible side effects. Personally I'd have a necessary or advisable medical procedure for medical reasons and accept the possibility of side-effects, but would not be willing to risk it for the sake of frown lines or looking a bit brightened up in the face, because I'm not at all fussed about looking my age.

I would also be put off by the awful look of many women who have had botox and fillers (though I accept that doesn't apply to all) and morally don't like the constant societal pressure on women to look as though they haven't aged.

I don't see that any of that makes me 'wilfully ignorant', nor do I see why people shouldn't moralise about things tbh.

malificent7 · 17/09/2020 17:15

Don'y get the moral issue tbh. We all like to look our best. If your best includes wri kles that's fine. If like me, you dont feel ready to embrace wrinkles then that's fine too.

lazylinguist · 17/09/2020 17:18

I was talking about the moral issue that women feel pressure to look as though they are not aging. I wasn't saying it's morally wrong for an individual person to choose to have botox.

malificent7 · 17/09/2020 17:26

Men don't like the signs of aging either. Msny feel bad about balsing/ a paunch etc. I do agree that it's an agist society we live in and that the industry makes 10000000 from people feeling insecure.
I intend to get botox but will leave behind fillers, more piecings and tats.

malificent7 · 17/09/2020 17:26

Vanity is a human trait and i think we are all allowed a bit of it.

lazylinguist · 17/09/2020 17:34

Men don't like the signs of aging either. Msny feel bad about balsing/ a paunch etc. I do agree that it's an agist society we live in

It's also a sexist society. I imagine some men do feel bad about paunches and balding. I wonder what proportion of men (outside of media circles) go as far as having invasive cosmetic procedures for their insecurities, compared with the proportion of women.

ShebaShimmyShake · 17/09/2020 17:51

@lazylinguist

If you don't want Botox, by all means don't have it, but stop the moralising and doom mongering. It makes you look wilfully ignorant at best and totally unable to recognise an actual moral issue at worst.

Yes, it's a moral issue as well. Nobody's claiming that huge numbers of people have terrible side effects. Personally I'd have a necessary or advisable medical procedure for medical reasons and accept the possibility of side-effects, but would not be willing to risk it for the sake of frown lines or looking a bit brightened up in the face, because I'm not at all fussed about looking my age.

I would also be put off by the awful look of many women who have had botox and fillers (though I accept that doesn't apply to all) and morally don't like the constant societal pressure on women to look as though they haven't aged.

I don't see that any of that makes me 'wilfully ignorant', nor do I see why people shouldn't moralise about things tbh.

Backpedalling, backpedalling, backpedalling. You absolutely tried to make it a moral issue and highlight the potential side effects and toxic nature of the substance with a sneering, morally superior tone. While obviously downplaying the risk of the cosmetic procedure you happen to like:

You can try likening injecting poison into your body to 'maybe getting a fungal infection' or an increased risk of follicilitis if you like, but it doesn't really sound like it's on the same scale to me. Personally I'd never have gel nails because I don't like them, and in 35 years of shaving my legs I've never had folliculitis....Looks like Botox can have some pretty nasty side-effects if you're unlucky.here

The side effects thing was especially embarrassing for you, as SnoringFerret proved. You didn't read or understand it or put it in any context, you just saw an opportunity to concern troll and ran with it.

Now you're trying to qualify it all because your points have been torn asunder, but it's all there for anyone who cares to read it. You don't know what you're talking about, you just want to scaremongering and sneer, and it's obvious.

It isn't a moral issue.

Snoringferret · 17/09/2020 18:04

It's also a sexist society. I imagine some men do feel bad about paunches and balding. I wonder what proportion of men (outside of media circles) go as far as having invasive cosmetic procedures for their insecurities, compared with the proportion of women.

I agree that we live in a sexist society, however I do know many men who feel very insecure about the way they look due to pressure from society too.
I live in the north east and I would say it's actually quite common for men to get veneers which is a very invasive cosmetic procedure.
There's also a lot of steroid taking and jaw fillers going on at the gym I go to.

It's obviously not to the same scale but it's becoming increasingly common, as is going to turkey and getting hair transplants which is a BRUTAL procedure.

I think you might have a skewed idea of what getting Botox is like if you think it's invasive, my one and only time getting a bikini wax was much much worse.
People imagine huge needles and buckets of snake venom when it's just like getting an acupuncture needle in and takes about 90 seconds.
I remember being a bit disappointed at the anticlimax the first time I got it.

pineappleenzymes · 17/09/2020 19:49

£175 three times a year for 11's and a bit in crows feet.
Nobody except DH knows because I feel a bit ashamed, that I'm somehow shallow and vain.
I don't look younger, just less cross.

malificent7 · 17/09/2020 19:54

I don't think vanity is necessarily shallow. It's not extreme vanity to get botox nowadays.

iklboo · 17/09/2020 20:00

£0. It's none of my business if anyone else chooses to, though.

lazylinguist · 17/09/2020 20:16

*The side effects thing was especially embarrassing for you

You don't get to decide what embarrasses other people. I can assure you that I am in no way embarrassed. I stand by everything I said. And I'm not sure how you think mentioning possible side effects was a moral comment. Nor what you think SnoringFerret 'proved'. She said side effects were rare, especially for botox in the forehead, unless it wasn't done properly. I don't take issue with that at all - I still wouldn't take that risk for a cosmetic fix like that. Were you really trying to compare that with me shaving my legs ('a cosmetic procedure that I like'?)

As for backpedalling and points 'torn asunder' - which ones do you mean?

These have been my points:

I've seen botox, fillers etc which look bad. They would put me off if I were considering such a procedure.
I don't think having toxins injected into your body for no good medical reason seems like a great idea.
Some people can get side effects, although as SnoringFerret (calmly and politely) pointed out, it is rare.
I think it's bad that people are made to feel that they should look as though they haven't aged, and I think it's an issue that predominantly affects women.

NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace · 17/09/2020 20:59

Fuck all. I'm happy to look like hell. Its everyone else's problem: I can't see myself

FranklyImCringeing · 17/09/2020 21:14

@Frankola