Other people’s Botox habits making me look old

[Humanpincushion]

I’m in my mid thirties and I look my age, I think. I’m starting to get some creases round my eyes and some fine lines in my forehead and a deeper line in my smile crease.

im not necessarily bothered but over the last few years I’ve started to notice most of the friends and colleagues around my age ageing backwards 🤣

I went to the hairdresser the other day and the 17 year old apprentice was chattering away with a complete lack of tact as they often do and I mentioned approaching 40 in an offhand way she gasped and said oh I thought you were already past 40. When I revealed my true age of 36 she said seemed really suprised.

it got me thinking- as Botox seems so widely popular now has it changed perception to thinking people in their thirties are still fresh faced and wrinkle free ??!!

perhaps I just need to jump on the wagon and have some filler?

thoughts?

I've been having botox on my forehead and eyes for 2 years. It's smoothed out my face, I love it. A few of my friends are doing it now too. I only told them about mine when they complimented my skin.

It does help you look younger, and I think mid 30s is a great age to start... as it could be youth still.. or injectable assistance! There will come a time when a smooth forehead will be odd as the rest of me catches up, but for now, I'll be carrying on. I can have it every 6 months now (was every 3).

Agree with a pp, botox and filler are very different things. IMO a little expertly applied botox is hard(er) to spot, but fillers can be a slippery slope as they alter the shape of your face.

That said, I don't mind if people can tell I've had it, I love how it makes me look and that's what matters.

I know two women in their twenties who have already begun botox and fillers

One has also brought a slimming injection online and lied about her weight to get it

I always think this look - when over done with the big lips, extensions, nails about six inches long etc , kinda looks a bit thirsty - it is giving 'high maintenance'

Some people like to look as though they are maintaining^ though

I'm also surprised that so many 30 somethings have deep wrinkles that need Botox. I'm 40 in a few weeks and don't have wrinkles.

it got me thinking- as Botox seems so widely popular now has it changed perception to thinking people in their thirties are still fresh faced and wrinkle free ??!!

I would hope people in their 30s are still fresh faced and wrinkle free. I'm older than that and don't have a single wrinkle and have not had Botox. Maybe that has to do with not being white.

@UnfriendMe I'm as white as paper and don't have any wrinkles

The question I have is why? Oh, I understand the basics reasons, to look younger, to look fresher. As I said earlier, I have a face for radio, so it would be a total waste of money for me, since when I was younger/fresher, it didn't detract from the face for radio aspect.
There's nothing wrong with people wanting it, it's just. ..why are we really so afraid of looking old? Men aren't. Nobody said to my H in his youth, 'ooh, rub this cream on, you need to start a good skincare regime now.'
It might be a 'pretty' thing. I might not get the importance of not looking my age or older if I had ever had anything to lose in the looks department, but I do wonder what it is in our programming that means looking in the mirror and seeing your Nan is a problem that warrants the level of money and time people spend to change that. What it is that makes it so hard for us women to hear 'you look your age/,older'?
I get that it reminds us of our mortality but our faces looking different doesn't change our actual age.
Not criticising anyone for wanting Botox if it helps you to feel good about yourself, just curious about the narrative we have all got from somewhere and will no doubt pass down to our daughters and they to theirs. And I wonder why it's a narrative that we just can't seem to stop.

I think that's changing to be honest @ObelixtheGaul

I had Botox this week and it was me and three men in three waiting room - and two of the three were clearly construction workers from their uniform.

I also have male family members who get it along with their wives.

It depends where you live. In Australia and NZ for example, it's very common I found.

Fair, but people with more melanin age better, regardless.

Prob because they spend more time in the sun without protection. I've always found it shocking the way people in the UK approach sunscreen and sunbathing. I suppose that's why so many women look like like they are made of leather by the time they hit 50.

FGS nobody looks like leather before they're 50!

This judgy crap and people on here wonder aloud why some feel the need for beauty treatments!

It isn't my cup of tea but I think that look is very much a popular look people like and different stokes for different folks and all that. However I hope she is being safe with the slimming injections, they have a specific criteria for being issued for a reason!

There was a woman in my old place of work who was in her 40's and she had been a sun bed addict in her youth. The men there called her "land of leather" behind her back. Horrible actually and I did call them out on it but her skin was very badly damaged unfortunately.

I don’t think it makes me look younger at all - I think it makes me look better. There’s a difference.

Plenty of posters may not think it makes someone look better, but I’m applying my own standards to myself - whether it’s to anyone else’s aesthetic preference or not is irreverent.

I don’t think people should be pressured to get Botox or to not get it tbh. I think people should do what suits them as individuals, and there’s no one size fits all when it comes to that.

Course you did.

I did actually yes, not that what you and your poison keyboard say matter to me. I pity those who feel they need to lash out to others online for no reason and I hope you feel better about yourself and your life soon.

Thanks to you too, @Alicehatter . I hope it helps! Thanks to the other people who tried my code too, as I now have a nice credit to use! The products do seem to suit my skin so I hope it also does for the rest of you 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼