To ask for your Botox experiences?

[ErinAndTonic]

I'm in my early/mid thirties and have noticed a few frown lines between my eyebrows and a few subtle lines on my forehead. Not sure if this is down to my poor diet lately or if wrinkles are settling in (despite in general looking young for my age).

Can anyone share their Botox experience please? What age did you start getting it, would you recommend it and did you see a visible difference after? I'm not sure if it's better used as a prevention in which case it's worth looking at now. But I also don't want to end up with a face that doesn't move

Would love to hear everyone's beautiful honesty! (Appreciate some people may be anti this and come in with the grow old gracefully comments, in which case please just scroll on by rather than stir the pot with judgy comments thanks)

I am mid 40s and I have started getting a bit of botox every 3 or 4 months. I like how it makes me look more awake and less pissed off. Stops me frowning all the time and clenching my face

I started getting mine in my late 20s, doing it earlier means better results, imo. I just look like I haven’t aged (that much). People always comment how well I look after I have it done, they can’t put their finger on what it is that’s different.

kuddos to all the beautiful ladies that go natural though, I just have decided to grow old disgracefully

I’m late 30s and I had it done on the line in between my eyebrows as I hate the way I look like I’m constantly frowning. I think that seeing my face more regularly on Teams due to WFH is what drove me to it (and a manager asking me if everything was OK a couple of times made me paranoid). I was really pleased with how it looked but now with living costs rising I’m not sure I can justify getting it again. At least being back in the office means not using Teams as much so I’m not seeing my face all the time….

Been getting it since my late twenties (about ten years) once every 9 months or so. I go as a botox model so it's cheaper. Fabulous results, Im often commented on being fresher faced. Go for it if you want it is my advice.

Started getting it at 38, just for the frown lines between my eyebrows. Love it.

I started getting botox in my 11s in my mid 30s. I'm 52 now so the best part of 20 years, give or take some gaps when I couldn't afford it. Initially I had it every 8 months or so, but because its preventative I now only have it when I notice the frown lines, possibly every 18m or so. I only have this area done and I'm really happy with how it looks. To bust some myths:
Done well, no one but you will know unless you tell them.
It doesn't build up over the years making you look frozen. When it's gone, it's gone.
If you stop, the wrinkles don't look worse, just the same, maybe even a little better, than before.
No other part of my face has changed. I don't have heavy eyes or forehead protusion.
It is not a gateway that means you will spiral into excessive cosmetic treatments. Most people just treat the areas they are unhappy with and leave it there.

I started in my early 30s as I was noticing fine lines on my forehead and around my eyes.

I don't have a huge amount done, I still have plenty of movement in my face. DP doesn't even notice, bless him. I told my sister I get it done and she now gets it too, so it can't look that bad!! You can always start with a very small amount and go from there.

There are twin studies that have been carried out which show that it works preventatively.

Yep I get a very low dose - 6 units (I think) in my forehead. It means I get 2 shallow lines when I raise my eyebrows rather than like 6 deep lines!

First time I did it I got too much and had no movement in my forehead for like a month, hated that!

I'm thinking about getting this done, mainly the frown between my eyebrows. But what bothers me the most and I'm not sure if Botox will help, but I have quite noticeable hollows under my eyes. I've always had it (pale skin, so probably makes it more prominent) and it's gotten worse over the past couple years. No matter how much sleep I get, I always look tired! Does Botox help this does anyone know? Or is this more of a filler job? I'm a complete novice to stuff like this

My experience is I get better results when I go to someone (in my case a nurse) who uses the actual Botox brand. It last longer and better freeze.

i started at 40 after leaving my husband who didn’t want me getting these types of things. I’m happy I done it (the Botox and leaving the twat) I look more rested and less frowny.

I am 44 and have had it twice. Once on my ‘11s’ (frown lines) a year ago and didn’t notice much difference. Then second time this January on the whole forehead. It’s definitely smoothed things out but unfortunately it did give me a heavy brow for at least a month - sort of made my upper eyelids droop down. Not attractive. It’s better now it’s wearing off. I will try again but may ask for ‘baby Botox’ next time or have some put on the crows feet to counteract the heavy brow thing. Not sure..

No botox. Invest in a good Clarins cream my mum swears by them

I get it sometimes for frown lines, as just look grumpy otherwise. I think it does destroy the muscle over time so need to go less. The last lady suggested it would look wrong unless I had my horizontal forehead lines done too (upselling). Be clear on what you want - it is a bit of a slippery slope when you realise how simple and easy it is and with people out to make money. This was at one of the Therapie clinics, but their prices are v reasonable and I felt in safe hands.

@bippityboppity87 You’d need tear trough filler for that I think. I need it too but think it’s too far for me.

Depends how deep they are. You get a lot of smoothing and for many people, myself included, this means they disappear altogether. But if they're very deep and you're older, they may just soften. Even with that, the improvement will be good. Never had it in the jaw.

No. You need tear trough filler. Though tbh, results are mixed. A lot of people say they can't tell much difference.

I've just started at 31. I'm a natural frowner and I didn't want to get deep lines between my eyebrows and look permanently pissed off. Absolutely love the botox and I will continue with it now. No cream would have the effect of stopping me frowning.

Then I'd say you'll have excellent results and they should pretty much disappear. They will start to come back when it wears off but over time will get better and better with longer gaps between treatments. I'm 52 and didn't have my 11s done for nearly 2 years during covid, and they were much less severe than before I started botox in my 30s.

Can I ask something about Botox. I'm having it done for the first time later this month, aged (nearly!) 48.
I'm excited and am going to someone with a top-notch reputation.
Say, however, that I don't like it or something happens and I can't afford it again in future. Would this be worse than never having got Botox in the first place? Like, would not following it through cause things to get worse? Or would my skin just return to how it was pre-Botox?
Hope that makes sense.

I’m mid-late thirties and had it (for the first time) in December - I love it and will be going back for more in a few months! I find it make me looks just a bit fresher and less tired.

Botox is brilliant. Just don't have too much.

I'm 31 and I'm considering this in the next couple of years. My mum has it done and it looks good, she doesn't go overboard so she looks "frozen" and she still looks her age, just smoothed out.

No, if you had it done as a one off, after 3-6 months you'd look exactly as you do now. If you have it for a while and then stop, you might even see that there has been some lasting improvement. If you think, it's the frowning that causes the line, and every time you frown the line is setting in a bit more. If you suspend the ability to frown, there's fewer opportunities for it to settle so over time even if you stop, the line is less pronounced than it would have been.