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NameChangeChic · 2025-02-12T19:20:04+00:00

And what was your results like? Did it last long? I’m getting it done soon for the first time and I can’t wait lol

Dideon · 17/02/2025 18:12

abracadabra1980 · 12/02/2025 20:20

37-at that age when lines when my lines were first starting to show, it was good. I kept it up until I had it done by a 'therapist' who put too much in, and my medium size forehead, started to look twice the size. By my 40's, lips had become a 'thing' and I was in there at the beginning (of the consultant surgeons wife who unbeknown to be had just started 'dabbling'). It resulted in my thin lips being pumped up to the point of ridiculousness, and dropping the bottom line of the top lip on the right and left of my mouth, (note: nobody seems to escape this problem; its the first thing I look at. Teeth that used to be exposed to a little of life/vitamin D/flashing an odd pearly white, hiding behind the new voluminous pressure of the filler.
Roll on to your late 40's/early 50's, and nothing looks authencially youthful as by now you are a walking advertisitmet for cosmetic procedures, with your plastic large forehead and your missing incisors, possibly enhanced with a look of puffy weight gain, from badly injected fillers.
Personally, I can enthuse about this topic,
a) because I'm old and have tried a few of them/watched how the generations play with them. Nobody bothered with their neck or hands - looks most odd to be smooth in parts at 50, but with a neck like a turkey
b) I was lucky enough to have some bad jobs in my experimental years and have learned from it (looking at you, botox consultant who injected too much botox which yes, smoothed out my forehead wrinkles, but also pinched my once pleasant looking eyes, into piss holes in the snow - another 'look' that's common
c) I get why people want to try it, I really do, we all want to look our best
In summary, you can maybe stave off aging in your 30's & 40's, until menopause. Then the shit hits the fan, unless you have a facelift, neck lift and hand lift, you are kidding nobody, and potentially looking really odd. Also, there is something extremely liberating in not giving a shit about wrinkles and ageing any more. I wish I could bottle it.

i just love this reply !!!

letsgotothebeach · 17/02/2025 18:19

I’m 55 and enjoy spending money on my looks…make up/clothes/skincare/exercise to keep myself looking and feeling my best. I won’t succumb to Botox though. I do think it’s a slippery slope. Especially with those that start in their 30s/ early 40s (even 20s). When those people hit menopause and see how much that can change the face, Botox won’t cut it and they have to start with fillers and other invasive treatments. Even spending thousands of pounds with the best doctors in the world there comes a point when the face starts looking strange, unnatural and unattractive. I do actually believe thought that there will be a huge backlash to this and wrinkles and natural aging will become very fashionable in the not too distant future.

OctoberandApril · 17/02/2025 20:31

Dideon · 17/02/2025 18:12

i just love this reply !!!

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Yes, me too.

nam3c4ang3 · 17/02/2025 20:33

39 - i get my gummy smile done.

ArtTheClown · 17/02/2025 20:38

Is it weird not to mind a few lines? I've got quite good skin but when I smile, some lines do appear round my eyes now. At 50 though I feel that's okay?

OctoberandApril · 17/02/2025 20:41

I'm not saying subtle tweaks are bad. I may even be tempted one day. At the moment I'm not.

The amount of middle aged women who just look odd though is getting more and more.

Drylogsonly · 17/02/2025 21:21

Got a friend of a friend who has a ‘clinic’ and administers it - she and all her friends look like weird 50 year old trout pout ( she does fillers too) aliens.
Her reviews are all calling her a ‘genius’ with her ‘work’ but genuinely, these women and some men fell down the rabbit hole years ago and lost touch with reality.

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 21:35

Pamspeople · 17/02/2025 17:28

I don't judge people who do the stuff, but I absolutely do judge the system that makes money out of people feeling not good enough, not young enough, not sexy enough or whatever. And I feel relieved that it doesn't get to me much, not because that makes me think I'm superior in any way but because it all looks like a million extra things to stress about, spend time on and spend money on.

I'm not sure why people feel judged, tbh. To me it's just people disagreeing 🤔

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In this thread alone I've been personally called 'vein' (they couldn't spell).

Other comments are 'sad, 'deluded' 'trout pout' (not even Botox). There's critique of how we're spending (our own) money and a general pious attitude of 'well I would never!!!!!'

So you may hate the game and not the player but that's not the general theme of the thread!

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 21:38

@DappledThings that's ridiculous! I'm not one bit judgmental of myself so please don't be 'sad' for me.

In the same way I'm not 'judgemental' of my naturally brown hair and prefer a brighter highlight! It's really not that deep!

OctoberandApril · 17/02/2025 21:46

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 21:38

@DappledThings that's ridiculous! I'm not one bit judgmental of myself so please don't be 'sad' for me.

In the same way I'm not 'judgemental' of my naturally brown hair and prefer a brighter highlight! It's really not that deep!

Who said they are anti beauty? I do lots of things to enhance myself but I don't feel the need to pump stuff into my face. If I do think I could do with it and I'm sure it's safe I might do a little bit one day.

I hate the big lips, big eyelashes look. I do think natural looking beauty is much nicer. This will be achieved by subtle makeup and maybe subtle tweaks.

Icouldabeenalawyer · 17/02/2025 21:53

I do it for myself and it makes me feel great. it’s sad how many women are judging other women on this thread 😔

Kneidlach · 17/02/2025 21:54

Changeandchanges · 12/02/2025 19:39

Oh my goodness this a sad thread.

Is botox really the norm for so many women?
And so many young women at that?

I sincerely hope it’s not the norm. Though inevitably if you just read this thread it will feel like it is - as mainly women who have had Botox will post.

In the same way a thread titled ‘what’s it like to go on holiday to Japan?’ will consist of 95% posters who have been to Japan, though only a small minority of people have been there.

FWIW I’m mid forties and met up with three friends this past weekend. None of us have had Botox and none of us ever plan to. I don’t think we’re particularly unusual.

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 22:01

@OctoberandApril there are plenty on this thread who are anti anything (even hair dye) and lots of degrees in between, so maybe not you specifically but others.

Look at the negative language you've just used. 'Pumping your face full'. Nothing has ever been 'pumped in.

And my Botox is very very subtle. I have the smallest amount for what were very deep forehead lines, possibly from sun damage when there wasn't as much knowledge of sunblock as there is now. I still have movement and never any brow lift. I also don't touch my crows feet.

I also I don't have any lip filler (or face filler). I don't wear lashes or dye my brows.

I might occasionally have Biab on my nails and I do get highlights.

But to assume that just because someone has Botox, they don't aim to look natural is an incorrect assumption.

OctoberandApril · 17/02/2025 22:03

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 22:01

@OctoberandApril there are plenty on this thread who are anti anything (even hair dye) and lots of degrees in between, so maybe not you specifically but others.

Look at the negative language you've just used. 'Pumping your face full'. Nothing has ever been 'pumped in.

And my Botox is very very subtle. I have the smallest amount for what were very deep forehead lines, possibly from sun damage when there wasn't as much knowledge of sunblock as there is now. I still have movement and never any brow lift. I also don't touch my crows feet.

I also I don't have any lip filler (or face filler). I don't wear lashes or dye my brows.

I might occasionally have Biab on my nails and I do get highlights.

But to assume that just because someone has Botox, they don't aim to look natural is an incorrect assumption.

Fair enough but you do seem some sights of women that have gone to far because they are desperate to try and look younger.

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 22:04

@OctoberandApril agreed. And this is sometimes the only measure people have.

When done properly, you won't know that someone has had Botox. It's only the ones who have overdone it that stand out.

OctoberandApril · 17/02/2025 22:05

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 22:04

@OctoberandApril agreed. And this is sometimes the only measure people have.

When done properly, you won't know that someone has had Botox. It's only the ones who have overdone it that stand out.

Like Simon Cowell and he's rich so should have had the best work.

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 22:18

@OctoberandApril literally the worst!

But is also worth noting that he hasn't just got Botox. He's got Botox, cheek fillers, veneers, a hair transplant and possibly a face/neck lift.

No matter how good the practitioner is, all of those things combined, will never look natural !

OctoberandApril · 17/02/2025 22:33

Newbie8918 · 17/02/2025 22:18

@OctoberandApril literally the worst!

But is also worth noting that he hasn't just got Botox. He's got Botox, cheek fillers, veneers, a hair transplant and possibly a face/neck lift.

No matter how good the practitioner is, all of those things combined, will never look natural !

It baffles me why they go to such extremes when it can look natural. Nicole Kidman another one.

incognitomummy · 17/02/2025 22:49

Ooh. I'm 48. Never done Botox.... is it too late to start??

AllyDally · 17/02/2025 23:28

OctoberandApril · 17/02/2025 22:33

It baffles me why they go to such extremes when it can look natural. Nicole Kidman another one.

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Its such a shame re Nicole Kidman as her fillers make her look strange and it really affects her acting IMO.

Sockmate123 · 17/02/2025 23:45

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DazedAndConfused321 · 20/02/2025 00:00

Changeandchanges · 12/02/2025 20:15

I hope this is a joke.

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Nope, and it's very common. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/skincare/a38949603/preventative-botox/

Delatron · 20/02/2025 07:02

Like the article points out there’s a real risk of muscle atrophy if you start too young or have it too often. This is why I let mine fully wear off and often take a long break (and use micro current to strengthen the muscles).

Lentilweaver · 20/02/2025 07:05

DazedAndConfused321 · 20/02/2025 00:00

Nope, and it's very common. https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/beauty/skincare/a38949603/preventative-botox/

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The article you cited does not say Botox is common though.

Hunstanton · 20/02/2025 07:32

wherearemypastnames · 12/02/2025 19:45

It isn't normal - only a very small percentage of women actually use Botox for cosmetic / none medical purposes

But it's in sone people's interests to normalise it

Where I work I am in the minority of women NOT getting Botox. It’s so ubiquitous now.