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I am terrified of having Botox!!!!!

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mosschops30 · 24/04/2007 17:39

Its my appointment tomorrow and I am becoming more and more nervous. I really want to have it done just to see what its like but am scared of something going wrong and having to wear sunglasses for the next 4 months.

Spoke to one of my (medical) lecturers today who bandied on about there having been no randomised clinical trials

Oh I dont know what to do, if I dont go I will wish I had but just want it to be ok

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MrsApron · 24/04/2007 17:56

gwan gwan gwan gwan you know you want to .

[admires self in mirror ]

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mosschops30 · 24/04/2007 17:56

thanks for that whooosh, nice to get an honest opinion and I understand why you had it done.

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UtterPigsty · 24/04/2007 17:56

LOl at papring from pph

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mosschops30 · 24/04/2007 17:57

maybe zippi, I suppose if you think you look better then you will, but I imagine some people prefer their face back to normal and never have it again

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zippitippitoes · 24/04/2007 17:57

do people still do those big lips or is that out of fashion now?

beckybrastraps · 24/04/2007 17:58

Really?

You can't frown?

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mosschops30 · 24/04/2007 17:58

not for me, my lips are fine

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Whoooosh · 24/04/2007 17:58

BTW-don't panic if you don't notice anything immediately.It is two weeks today since I had mine done and I can see the difference.
I can still frown but the furrows are thinning.

Ignore the doom-mongerers-if you want it and feel you need it or it will make you feel better then go for it.

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mosschops30 · 24/04/2007 17:59

no becky the muscle is paralysed so you cant frown

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mosschops30 · 24/04/2007 17:59

thanks Whoosh

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bossykate · 24/04/2007 17:59

have it have it have it! and then come back and let me know how well it's worked!

Whoooosh · 24/04/2007 17:59

Botox is definitely not for lips-you'd be talking like a ventriloquist dummy

beckybrastraps · 24/04/2007 18:02

Don't you worry you'll look a bit, I don't know, bland?

You might want to frown. I'm frowning now just tryong to make sense of it all, and I shall certainly frown when I tell dh about it later. A look conveys a thousand words and all that.

You see...

zippitippitoes · 24/04/2007 18:04

well how old are you to want this?

jalopy · 24/04/2007 18:06

Mosschops, how will you be able to give your kids 'the look' if your frown is eradicated?

MaloryTowers · 24/04/2007 18:06

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Megglevache · 24/04/2007 18:07

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zippitippitoes · 24/04/2007 18:10

is it expensive?

MaloryTowers · 24/04/2007 18:11

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beckybrastraps · 24/04/2007 18:11

How paralysed exactly? No frowning at all? Or just diminished capacity?

Sorry - I'm not having a go. Just really, really curious!

zippitippitoes · 24/04/2007 18:12

I'd rather have a holiday then

I did think the woman who does the scary quiz looked better after her facelift but she looks just the same as she used to now

MaloryTowers · 24/04/2007 18:12

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Whoooosh · 24/04/2007 18:13

Becky-trust me-I can still frown-dd will testify to this see!

electra · 24/04/2007 18:14

Go for it - as long as you are going to someone good there's no need to worry Otherwise you will always wonder about it.

Idreamofdaleks · 24/04/2007 18:14

which has more effect, botox or fillers?

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