To ask what age you started cosmetic procedures?

[Ihavebingowings1]

If you have botox, fillers, have had surgical procedures, threads etc.
I'm 35 and have been having crows' feet Botox once or twice a year for a few years, and I've had nasolabial fold filler twice. This seems to be ok for now, I'm trying to hold off on anything else for as long as possible due to cost and not wanting too much maintenance and upkeep with it all.
Eventually I'm sure I'll start to need more though, I know I'm still young and I'm using spf 50 and retinol currently.

So just wondered what sort of age you noticed the biggest changes and started anti ageing treatments? Please no judgement, I know it isn't for everyone.

Just posting for the amusement of the beauty treatment folk!

I've never had a manicure (in response to a pp upthread, who obviously consider this as the norm), pedicure or any treatments. I have a phobia of hairdressers - I would genuinely prefer a dental appointment. Yes, I get my hair cut fairly regularly but when I've got an appointment it looms in my diary like an exam or something.

This bit sounds awful, and I apologise in advance, but I have to say it for the context: I'm pretty good looking at 67 - I know I look a lot younger as my mother always did, so OK, I'm lucky. But I've never been one for anything that looks fake or try-hard. I always muss up my hair when I've had it 'done' and only ever wear a smudge of lippy and a small amount of eye shadow when I'm really pushing the boat out. It has never occurred to me to think that crow's feet are a problem - they're just part of the character of my face and I quite like them.

I love, love clothes too, but I don't care much about fashion. If somethings' 20+ years old and I love it, I'll wear it and I don't care what anyone thinks.

It depends on your personal preference and your lifestyle. I've always worked in arty, intellectual jobs where people aren't very conventional and where individuality is valued highly. If I'd worn full make-up, a proper hairdo and office-y clothes, that wouldn't have fitted in at all. But I know in some professions smarter presentation is expected.

I just love people to look like themselves, wrinkles, fading hair and all. I do give people a swerve if they are over-groomed with full make-up and 'worked on' faces. I'm sorry, but I just do.

It's so corny to say this, but beauty isn't about staying 29 and style is not about fashion.

I wonder if injections will soon be old hat. Seems to be more interest in gadgets that improve collagen now.

I can't tolerate anyone preaching about anything though. Get yout tweaks or don't, either is fine. That said I do have an led mask and it is amazing .

First post nails it as always!

I do think all of these cosmetic things should be regulated and that people should have mental health assessments before progressing. It's so unhealthy to have such low self esteem that you're happy to inject yourself with chemicals and go under the knife.

Haircuts, manicures and waxing are not anything like injecting poison or fillers into your face, nor are they surgical treatments. They are not remotely comparable.
I am 63 and look younger than my age. I don’t drink or smoke and use F50 sunblock on my face. Never had any treatments apart from haircut and waxing.

I’m 44 and have never had any kind of cosmetic treatment. I have quite a lot of fine lines on my forehead and those are the only things I look at and think I would like to alter - I’m kind of fond of my frown lines in a funny way because they reflect how I move my face to express myself. Same with my crows feet and smile lines. The fine lines have, I suspect, been caused by sun damage so I just wish I had been more careful with wearing SPF when I was younger. (I really didn’t give a fuck about anything like this when I was younger so it wouldn’t have happened even if it had been explained to me, I suspect!)

A few years ago, a couple of my school friends were talking about the fact that the younger sister of one of them had recently got Botox. The sister they were talking about was in her early thirties. I reacted quite strongly and said “oh my goodness, that’s so sad, doesn’t she realise how gorgeous she looks?” These two friends later said to me in a really gentle way that they think I’m a bit ignorant about how common it is for people to get work done these days. I got the impression that they had both had work done and I hadn’t realised (I suppose that’s a good thing!?).

Anyway, my natural inclination is that it’s a real shame that women are feeling the need to alter themselves in this way to chase the appearance of eternal youth. I get it! But it’s a shame. I wish we valued aging women as a society as much as we value aging men.

I use several products from the “Age Defy” range from Green People and find they make my skin look pretty good. So there we go, I guess I’m chasing it too.

'It's so corny to say this, but beauty isn't about staying 29'

Very true. However we can be happy looking our age just a glowy version and LED masks do that <not on commission promise>.

It does mean you don't love your looks though. Nobody is going to spend money and risk surgery if they were completely happy with themselves.

'I do think all of these cosmetic things should be regulated and that people should have mental health assessments before progressing'

Mh assessments for tattoos too imo. So many peope have full arms, full legs, up their necks and onto their faces. Why? Is it some kind of dysmorphia?! Injecting all that dye into the skin cannot be good for you.

I am 42 but look younger so don’t feel the need. I find a lot of people who have Botox and fillers end up looking older with it

Again insults about people who choose to do something different from you.

I dye my own hair, its really not expensive. A few pounds 4 times a year.

Again insults about people who choose to do something different from you.

No it doesn't. That's your opinion only. It's a thought not a fact.

Good grief, it's never ending. I assume there's a targeted treatment for this terrible affliction? Let's hope Laboratoire Garnier can save us all.

Yes many do box dyes, I mean getting it done professionally at a salon with highlights etc is a huge cost every couple of months. Or do you do your own foils?

Some people like to get their hair done, others get tweaks. It's all down to the individual's choics and budget management.

Questioning the mental health of someone who is doing something harmful isn’t insulting anyone

how harmful these things are is another question but I do suspect these do harm peoples mental health , making them insecure in themselves to keep them hooked in

48 and no treatments other than lazer hair removal, I'm quite chunky so I'm not that wrinkley but my 11s are getting deep. I obviously spend a lot of time frowning. No plans to have any treatments, I am happy to embrace ageing naturally especially after the death of some close friends in their 20s & 30s.

Your last paragraph is correct and just because someone has a treatment doesn't mean they even think they are going to look like that. 🤷‍♀️ or want to.

That's bollocks.

I had Botox in my forehead before our wedding when I was 36. I liked it but I’d rather spend the money on living life so I had a fringe cut in instead.

No I didn't misunderstand you. You are trying to direct the way a thread goes and that's not your role!

Yet you judge people who have a different approach . Hmmmm...

Gosh that's quite a reaction to someone who has a different opinion to you .

There’s been a few comments before mine where hair dying was mentioned.
I’m glad your friend has benefited from it too. I used to get them once or twice a week and I’ve had two in five years.