Any effective alternatives to Botox?

[Whatagoodplacetobe]

I have faint 11 lines but it's the ones around my eyes that bother me most, despite only being early 30s.
I've had Botox before and enjoyed the effect but I can't afford £150 every 4 months.
Does anybody know a less expensive but effective treatment?
I had microneedling recently, and was told I'd see 'glowing skin' after 3/4 weeks but honestly can't see a difference.
I doubt anti wrinkle creams will make much difference

Unfortunately not in my experience, no.

No, nothing works like botox!

No - if there was we’d all
know about it!

Sadly, there is absolutely nothing that comes close to the effects of Botox in eliminating wrinkles. Months of retinol at night will definitely help, but not comparable still. Sorry OP.

Nope. What I will say though, is that £150 is very reasonable!

I read about some sort of threading procedure once as being the new facelift. I'm too scared to try botox as I might end up looking worse than before. But I am always interested in new cosmetic treatments.

£150 is good value. £37.50 a month?

The eye area is so hard to target. Any other treatments would be even more expensive than that. And creams won’t have much impact on eyes.

Hi @Whatagoodplacetobe , I know I’m missing the point of the thread but where on earth did you get it this cheap? I ‘treated’ myself to a bit the other day and it was nearly double the cost for a tiny bit in 3 x areas!

And if anyone can recommend someone who will do tear trough fillers, please let me know or DM me! Thanks; my lovely lady doesn’t do this!

You could just stretch it out and have it every 6 months?

Thanks, I guess I'll have to accept that sadly nothing works as well. It is good value per se, I just meant it's difficult to afford on top of my other monthly outgoings

Frowneze are actually very effective for small lines, and used regularly the overall lines are reduced and look better. there are plastic type strips that work in a similar fashion. worth trying before going down the botox route as it lasts around 3 months and is much more expensive

No

I don’t think so OP. You could try a good quality retinol, that will help a bit, but its still expensive. Some people swear by face yoga, there’s a woman I've seen on YouTube that does some free videos, maybe worth a try?!