I love my botox. I am due a session but will wait till after Christmas, I'm going to let it really wear off properly this time.
My vertical lines come back after about 6 weeks, but slowly, and still less than they would be. Its really hard to treat them. Celebs probably just have it topped up every few weeks but us mere mortals find it hard to justify going more than 3 or 4 times a year.
For forehead crinkle - the horizontal pleating effect that comes from just raising your eyebrows, squinting, that kind of thing, it is absolutely brilliant. Totally erases them, you get this ultra smooth look. You can still express yourself enough not to look frozen, seriously. It does give your eyebrow a bit of a kick up at the sides because they can't inject the brow muscles or they would droop so as you make the raised eyebrow expression, your eyebrows move at the outer sides whereas the rest of your face wont let the whole brow move up so you get a subtle kick. I find this very attractive on me and its part of the appeal. I thought you could only get this from a brow lift but not the case.
I haven't told anyone in "real life" I've had it done. Not my husband, not my best friend, nobody. Ever. And nobody has ever said a word so when I hear people slagging off people who get Botox (dinner party last week, my friend went on and on about it) I giggle because they always say things like "she looks so frozen" and stuff like that. Granted, some celebs do but I honestly believe if you dont tell anyone, you wont get any grief, and nobody can make you feel "bad" about it.
Its not that it doesn't make a difference, it really does, but not in a way that would whack you over the head.
The only people who would possibly realise are those that have had it done themselves, as they'd recognise the tiny telltale signs.