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

[Jodiewa]

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.

@MrsCollinssettled

How do you know that it's not noticeable? Most people aren't going to point out that they've noticed. If you are telling people you've had it done they're not likely to tell you that it doesn't look good. People with a vested interest aren't going to tell you if it isn't great either. Genuinely not sure how you can know whether it is noticeable or not.

Well, I can look in the mirror and if I thought I looked like shite I wouldn't go back for more. But like I said, the difference for a normal Botox round really isn't very noticeable; botch jobs, sure, but those are comparatively rare. And again as before, I've listened to judgemental rants about it from people who also think I'm beautiful and a good person. So while I suppose they could be bluffing me, I think it's more likely that they just have the misguided idea of what normal Botox looks like as many posters on here with no experience of it either. Honestly, if it turned us all into spoons with hair, it wouldn't be so popular.

I know a lot of people want to think it makes you look awful because they've loaded it with a moral value it doesn't possess and need to believe that we vain and vapid hags are getting our comeuppance, but it really doesn't work that way. It's honestly not a very big deal.

Sheba just comparing it to haircuts - no one has ever told me a cut doesn't suit me - other than a different hairdresser. Looking back I could really have done with someone telling me when a style didn't suit me.

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I was offered Botox by my dentist when I told him my son was getting married and (bc he's a semi mate) he said ooooo wanna get some Botox for the pics? I politely declined but did have a chat about it. He admitted some people 'overdo it'. Including, incredibly some of his nurses. And yes, it is apparent. I'm only a little shocked that he's continuing to do it for them if even he thinks it's overdone! So it does happen; people do get sucked into having work done which tips over the young really can't tell' line.
But like I say, MN is full of very very classy people who only get the appropriate amounts done.

Sheba just comparing it to haircuts - no one has ever told me a cut doesn't suit me - other than a different hairdresser. Looking back I could really have done with someone telling me when a style didn't suit me

The equivalent would be your hairdresser telling you how terrible a Pob or pixie cut looks on everyone whilst you’re just happily sporting that new exact haircut. Not going to happen

@MrsCollinssettled

Sheba just comparing it to haircuts - no one has ever told me a cut doesn't suit me - other than a different hairdresser. Looking back I could really have done with someone telling me when a style didn't suit me.

Hmm, they've told me and I could see it myself when I had that very ill-conceived bob. I'm not blind. A bad haircut is obvious. A standard Botox job isn't. I guess I could ask why some people are so determined to believe Botox makes you look awful when they have no experience of it, but I think I know the answer.

The truth is that a standard, normal level Botox job really isn't that exciting. For most people, it gets rid of lines between your brows and that's really all. You can still frown...not as much, I'll grant you, but your face doesn't completely arrest. It's really not this dramatic spoon-face thing. You just look less angry and frowny. If anything, I've had people comment on how much happier I look. It's a piddling little procedure and will wear off anyway if you don't like it.

Of course some people overdo it I don't think anyone has said that no one ever overdoes the Botox.

But that is an actual look that some people like. In the nail salon I go to the girls there ALL have an incredible amount of Botox and fillers that they get done there. Its really cheap too, it's only £60 for one zone of Botox.
They think they look great, it's not my style but who am I to judge, I also don't like tattoos or piercings.
These women know they look overdone though, they ask for that, when the Botox and fillers man comes round they says 'give me huge massive lips and I want to not be able to move my forehead' they joke about it. They also have big fake lashes and huge fake nails, there's nothing natural about their look nor do they want there to be.

This is totally different to having a tiny bit of Botox done by a medical professional.

It's like people who won't lift weights in case they 'accidentally' get bulky. You don't accidentally look like that unless you've been very unfortunate, it's usually very deliberate.

My husband and sister would totally tell me if my haircut looked bad (and have done in the past) and I trust them to tell me if my Botox looked obvious.

The more I think about it the more I think it's the next incarnation of having loads of designer labels on show to show off your money.

It's kind of gone out of fashion now to have big Chanel logos on everything but instead you show off your money on your face.

The people who would have worn big Gucci logos everywhere are more likely to have Botox and fillers you can see and the people who would have had a discrete high quality designer bag are the people getting the small amounts of natural looking Botox.
The people who love to craw on and on about how they hate labels wear it as a badge of honour are the ones judging the Botox.

Huge well done to everyone who isn't a vain cow and has spent £0. You're amazing.

About £400 a year for me, and I look bloody brilliant.

I don't but can absolutely understand the appeal when I see my crows feet when I smile. That being said I am not concerned enough with my looks to do it. I like natural beauty, faces, expression and even lines. I find the rubbery, shiny face slightly disconcerting and the lifeless faces rightly or wrong i can't help but think that it is the vacuous people I know who do it. Each to their own though.

£0 but I’m scared of needles which makes it less tempting to try. I suspect at 57 I’m stuck with looking like a grumpy old bag. Luckily my eyesight is bad enough that I can’t see my wrinkles without glasses and I can’t hear any insults about the way I look without my hearing aids!

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@Snoringferret

The more I think about it the more I think it's the next incarnation of having loads of designer labels on show to show off your money.

It's kind of gone out of fashion now to have big Chanel logos on everything but instead you show off your money on your face.

The people who would have worn big Gucci logos everywhere are more likely to have Botox and fillers you can see and the people who would have had a discrete high quality designer bag are the people getting the small amounts of natural looking Botox.
The people who love to craw on and on about how they hate labels wear it as a badge of honour are the ones judging the Botox.

That's an interesting theory. I'm not sure, though, since most of us who do it are probably looking for it not to look as if we've spent any money on getting it done at all. It's not an accessory or fashion statement. I think these young girls who are actively seeking a full on fake look are likely to be a small minority of Botox customers overall.

Interesting that I rarely see all these moralistic judgements about looking horrible and being vacuous applied to getting highlights or a professional hair colour, which generally require more time and money to maintain and are far more likely not to look totally real (though still lovely). It's fine with me, though. The more I think about it, the better it suits me that so many people think Botox inevitably means spoon faces and vapidity. It makes it even less likely that anyone will realise that I do it. Funny how making entire character judgments on a minor cosmetic procedure isn't shallow at all!

I'm not sure, though, since most of us who do it are probably looking for it not to look as if we've spent any money on getting it done at all. It's not an accessory or fashion statement. I think these young girls who are actively seeking a full on fake look are likely to be a small minority of Botox customers overall.

Yes this is probably true. I certainly don't want people to know I've had any done, I want it to look as natural as possible.

My perspective might be skewed by the fact I live on a council estate in the north east of England and a very very high percentage of the young women around me have that look and love it.

And it's 100% a fashion statement for them; the bigger the lips, the bigger the lashes, the bigger the hair, the more Botox, the better!

I'm mid40s roland had no botox, I like to scowl and frown!!

And I think people see these women and think that's what Botox does without realising that you actually have to work quite hard to look like that.

About £150 every 4-6 months. My ~stupid vanity~ is perfectly happy with the outlay.

I invested in a home microneedling pen and a radio therapy kit. As well as upping my skincare. I did get microblading and a small amount of lip filler. It's all I want for now, I'm 53. Nutrition and not drinking helps.

I'm about to get tear trough filler, though which is £250.

Look at fillers and fibroblasting. The women who I know around our age bracket and who go for subtle, spend around £1000 a year on their face. A lot can be done with deep peels and specialist facials.

Our inability to frown is now apparently something that other people find annoying on another AIBU thread

Really need to get to the bottom of why it is so offensive

@AuntieJoyce

Our inability to frown is now apparently something that other people find annoying on another AIBU thread

Really need to get to the bottom of why it is so offensive

I can still frown. Not as deeply, but the whole point of the procedure was to stop getting such deep lines. There is some temporary and minor lessening of movement but I've never been unable to frown. At my first appointment I had a long conversation with the doctor (yes, he is one) about not wanting a frozen face...I got the impression that he has this conversation a lot with new clients! I do not have a frozen face and never have, and I don't look like a pint pong ball either. I look like me, at my age, but without angry scowling lines.

I may indeed be utterly vacuous and morally reprehensible, but that's because of other things.

@MrsCollinssettled, I've had it, my DD and her friends, all in their 30's do and we would tell each other if it was turning us into waxworks. One of the women wants to look like a sex doll, that's her choice and tells people to butt out. The rest of us want natural, ask for and get honest opinions.

Haven't needed any Botox or fillers yet, I'm only 73.

Just spent over £600 on fillers (4ml in cheeks / nose to mouth lines). I’m over the moon with the results. If it makes people happy, what’s the harm?

@AuntieJoyce

Our inability to frown is now apparently something that other people find annoying on another AIBU thread

Really need to get to the bottom of why it is so offensive

I imagine the people doing it scowling with a pursed little cat-bum of a mouth and a scrunched up forehead and think "this is exactly why I get fillers".