Need your thoughts on dermal treatment advertising (ie Botox)

[JustineMumsnet]

Good morning all,
We have a company that wants to advertise their dermal treatment to Mumsnetters - i.e. a Botox-like filler. We have always said no to plastic surgery stuff but judging by the discussions on Talk there are many Mumsnetters who are curious about/ consumers of dermal treatments so some content/info/offers around this type of product may be of interest?
We are not thinking of sponsorship here - but maybe some content, a product test/ webchat/ a few display ads in style and beauty?

Do let us know your thoughts.
Cheers.

Makes no difference to me who advertises on MN. Even if I didn't use Adblock Plus, I never notice adverts anyway.

I do think plastic surgery for cosmetic reasons is silly, but that's just my opinion and you know what they say about those...

Yuck. I feel it would appeal to a small group of vacuous women.

But to each their own. It's your website!

Ads on S&B and a webchat don't bother me so long as the clinic has been vetted and it's not permanent procedures.

Bit meh about product tests when it's something that's not (hopefully) mass market.

But I don't object to the principle if it's a reputable medical clinic.

If MN took on the advertising they could have a new emoticon in its honour, like the emoticon at the time of the Naked Wines contract.

[botox]: perfectly smooth, stiffly and totally expressionless.

Please don't. There's enough negativity about normal aging. I really don't want to come here and be encouraged to undergo painful, expensive and poisonous procedures.

I think you'd need to use this face but maybe skin coloured to indicate you're in the product test.

That would be the before picture with those crinkly eyes. would be the after picture.

I love my Botox, I look at pre botox photos and look so cross all the time.

Anyway, unless MN were advertising farmed puppies they can do what they like.

personally think this is quite a sad idea - that a website predominantly by and for women would peddle female self hate products at their members

I would be cautious who you accept adveritsing from.
There are some very dodgy people out there.

Also: Illegal to advertise Botox and Which? article on botox ad

I agree with that swallowedafly; it is sad that such a product might be here. But then plenty of other adverts on the site are for products that manipulate our insecurity as women and as parents and sell it back to us in the form of fake solutions to fake problems. They are big fat fleas feeding on the body of women's conversations.

interesting link melty - i didn't realise that.

i dont like it and i have no coherent reason to say so.

if its safe and all that palava - if you want to fill your cracks with stuff - then why not?

i don't know why not

Certainly interested in finding out the facts behind the advertising myth. Having had an early menopause at 35 a product test to see if these treatments work would be great. My skin went through the menopause with me! Also think that any advertising if flagged as such, is not beyond women to ignore or explore as they see fit.

Somebody advertised themselves on the Style and Beauty section last night, on the Botox thread.

Somebody called CircleBeauty? Is she one of your possible candidates? Are they going to advertise themselves on the actual threads too, or just in display ads?

I'm uncomfortable with the idea. I'm sick to the back teeth of being bombarded with the message that I'm not good enough as I am. Botox and other cosmetic procedures are particularly repugnant to me.

I think if you go by what pops up in Talk, you could theoretically accept advertising from anyone.

I couldn't say I'd have a totally ethical objection to advertising from botox/filler type companies, but they give the impression of a certain dull superficiality. Meh, really.

I agree with the poster who said it's just a bit sad. On a website which advocates and encourages women's strength in various useful ways.

It would make me feel uncomfortable, all of it really, of course I have a choice to ignore it but in a website not primarily dedicated to image I don't think it really fits

That circle beauty advert on the style and Beauty thread is a bit hmmm.
Have had a look at the website.
No contact names. Just an email address and apparently based out of a hairdressers in Hackney.
They are linked to a site called Wahanda, which seems to be a Thompsons for health and beauty.
Listed on that as being a doctor who qualified in 2008 from UCL in medicine.
Which means not qualified in anything as yet. (2 yrs foundation training and 3 years after to be GP, 5yrs in most other specialities)
Be wary.

It is always good to find out about new inventions or products but something like that requires very particular knowledge and experience from the person who promotes it. Just a sales person is not enough. A doctor who can also provide before and after photos should talk to the average person.

Yes please!

I see 'botox' type treatments more as beauty treatments than plastic surgery. As long as items where clearly identified as to their content I don't see why we can't discuss, if people don't want to read they don't have to!

Melty

I thought the ad was a bit vague too, are posters allowed to advertise their services on threads?