Getting cold feet about Botox, your experiences good and bad please.

[BarbieBrightSide]

After years of dithering (and cancelling an appointment two months ago because my Dr kept sending me for blood tests) I have finally got botox booked for the week after next.

I have really bad number 11s, which is all I want doing. I have been warned that they will still be visible.

My major wobbles are 'what if I don't like the way it makes me look?' and 'what if something goes wrong / I react badly to it / she hits a nerve?'

I will post a picture of mine in a few days when it's properly kicked in if anyone wants to see? Feel a bit vain saying that

Ooh following I'm unsure whether to have it for my hooded eyes... I'm also being a bit wet about it op and worried I'll Look a twat or it'll paralyse my face I know I know ...

I've had it for migraine since I was too young for a cosmetic effect . It has worked so well. Am in my 40s now and I do look less tired when I have it.

I had it done last Monday. So far (and it's early days) l'M BLOODY LOVING IT! Nothing drastic for my first time, my 11's, my forehead and my eyes. I've already been told I look younger. Go for it!!

Saurus that describes me perfectly, nothing shocking to fix but I think it might just stop me looking frazzled and tired.

I don't have true 11s because one side is only about half a line and they're not parallel. I think this makes it worse actually...

A year ago I went to see someone who'd been recommended by a friend, but she seemed keen to do the 11s and a bit around/under(?) the eyebrows too to stop them arching/drooping(?), I couldn't really understand what and why she was suggesting and it felt as though it was becoming a lot more involved than I'd intended, so I didn't go back. Does what she was saying make sense to anyone who's actually had it?

Cbigs I don't think it will work for hooded eyes-it certainly hasn't changed my hooded eyes unfortunately. It works best for lines caused by strong movement, like forehead frowns or the lines in between your eyebrows. The last time I got botox and fillers the nurse suggested I get some filler in my eyebrows to perhaps lift my hooded eyes. Didn't really work but she didn't have much filler left in the syringe. Maybe if she injected more it would work better.
Upper blepharoplasty is the only thing that would work I think.

Don't do it. Spend your money more sensibly.

Go for a smaller dose, at least your first time. Once you've paid it can be tempting to 'make the most of it' and have more, but actually it looks best if you can still make expressions and aren't frozen solid.

best use of money ever
You won't bother with creams ever again

Oh that's helpful thanks . I'm too scared for the blapheroplasty ( sp?)
Which is a shame as it would look ace I reckon...

Yes I wouldn't go as far as as blepharoplasty either (at the moment!!)
It's done under local anaesthetic at the private hospital I work with a very experienced plastic surgeon but still.....

Don't
Top half of face never matches bottom half so it just looks odd
Forehead looks great, on its own but with an old chin/less taught cheeks and jowls it just looks strange

I'd recommend a fringe, unless you are 100% sure.

actually l agree with Kennington

I have very deep lines at the sides of my eyes which I hate. I was warned that botoxing them would look awful because it wouldn't look natural. Is there anyone that's had them done and can comment?

Buttwing I'm not far from Wilmslow at all - Marple. Do they have treatment prices on the website?

I've never used it but am noticing it more and more so these are my thoughts as an observer.

I think it only really works well on youngish women who have no other signs of aging. Once sagging, nose-mouth lines and all the other stuff kicks in then you have, as Kennington says, a face that doesn't match and it looks silly.

Of course I may not always spot it, in which case it's presumably working well! But it would trouble me that even fans describe it as addictive and, if I was getting it done myself, I would make sure I confided in a couple of trusted and plain speaking friends.

My father from his late 30s had wrinkly skin with some amazing, deep lines, including "elevens": as a teen I'd smooth them out and say he needed them filled in with plasticine. He also has migraines actually. That was before fillers, botox etc. Too late for him now though, he's wrinkly to the max!

Andadietcoke I'm not sure if they have the prices on the website but two areas are £280 I think one area is around £200. You can go and have a consultation which is free if you want you can have it done there and then or you can walk away and have a think. He's not the cheapest I've used by a long shot but he's the best I've been to.

NanetteRose . I had a fringe cut in in February to hide a third of my "tired" face. I hated it.... Am growing it out. I looked like a wrinkly 12 yr old!

Oops, sorry it didn't work out for you Elixa22

How're you feeling now, Barbie? Having it? Not having it?

I love it. They usually do a correction at 2 weeks if it doesn't look quite how you were expecting, ie not enough, eyebrows arching in an odd way.

You won't look back

I went for it in the end and although I am yet to see the full effect I can safely say NEVER AGAIN!

About half an hour after I had it done (it was an evening appt) I felt a bit weird, like I was going to pass out, my heart was racing and my mouth was really dry. I went back to the clinic and sat there for half an hour where the clinician said she thought it wasn't an allergic reaction, as that would have been immediate, more like my body reacting to the product in a different way.

The dry mouth lasted for 24 hours, I hardly ate the following day. My hands were also a bit tingly at times and I hardly slept the night after I had it done because of the dry mouth and the panic attacks. So much for wanting to look fresher!! I felt very foolish because this was something I had done of my own free will. So while I realise that botox is something that many people swear by, and I had considered it for years before taking the plunge because I really wanted to not look permanently grumpy, I now know that it is NOT for me and I will have to embrace my frown lines.

Oh Barbie, that sounds dreadful for you. Hope you're ok now.

That's one of the reasons I can't contemplate it. I've had a proper anaphylactic relation to medication in the past. I used to have an Epipen in my bag.

A note of caution. What you've had may well be an allergic reaction. Your body has produced histamine in response to an allergen. The next time you have it (if you continued) you'd likely have a greater or full blown reaction. Youre right to stay away from it.