Deep, staying, forehead wrinkles

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I have the most awful forehead lines. They are making me look old and haggard. I am 31!

So I'm organising consultations with a couple of dermatologists and investigating options. Has anyone successfully treated anything like this? Please tell me everything. I'll try anything be it a product, a treatment or some crystals and chanting. I'll post a pic below

Where I go they have an offer once or twice a year for fillers of buy l ml get 1 ml free - which is what I took advantage of. I only needed 1 ml.

I had juvederm voluma, the most expensive filler they have ( ) and that is £495. But effectively half price because of the offer.

I was so impressed with the results that I have booked myself in for tear trough fillers next week to address the hollows under my eyes. That's not cheap and they don't do offers on that although the results apparently last 12 - 18 months.

(Sorry for double post)

Watching with interest!

@EnormousDormouse I'd love a recommendation in Somerset please (PM me if you'd prefer & thank you!) - the Dr I went to last time left me with eyebrows that shot up into my hairline, I looked like a Bond villian! I moved from another area of the country where I'd had great results before but that experience put me off.

Had my botox this morning, but have to say it was more painful than fillers around the mouth,possibly because there is less flesh and fat in that area,but enquired about cheek fillers,£400, so thinking about those as they last quite a long time,so might be worth it
Got to go back for a check up for the botox on the 25th

I'll post about my tear trough fillers next week (if anyone's interested )

More interested in cheek fillers really, i will have to google them i think, dont want to end up looking like a hamster [ grin]

Mine are exactly the same, if not worse. Following with interest.

With my cheek fillers yesterday, they don’t plump out my cheeks. They give me a hint of cheekbones and lift my droopy cheeks / minimise nose to mouth lines. They also make my face look a little bottom heavy. I am so pleased -and fingers crossed for the tear trough fillers next week!!

well i've had a fringe cut and I'm happy with it! however it is a novelty fringe and I will be getting toxed asap (as soon as partnergoesbacktoworkandisntaroundtojudgeme). told hairdresser about my fringe logic and she told me all about her botox she's been getting since the age of 24(!)

Botox! All the way. I just look so much more well-rested too.
I get it done every 6 months or so, when I can afford it. I really am developing a Gordon Ramsay chin. We focus on his forehead but his chin has those thick grooves. I'm not sure what will be advised: botox or a filler.
I go to my dentist for my Botox. It's never, ever, ever over done, lasts a good 4 months. I look natural, not all 'fixed'.

Botox , fillers or grow a fringe

Yes Aridane please report back on tear trough fillers, I reckon I'm going to need these in the next few years!

I'm going to have cheek fillers and tear troughs done this year. Cheek fillers are defo best for an overall lifting effect on mouth, jowls etc once you hit mid 40s.

It's so refreshing being able to talk about Botox, fillers etc here - nobody knows in real life.

Well my botox didnt go well, i had 2 areas done, but both inside corners of my eyes are very bruised, it was the botox she put at the top of my nose,swelled, and had to put an ice pack on it, wanted cheek fillers but worried now, my nose at the top is still swollen, hoping it goes down soon, covering bruising with concealer as much as possible,
I have had botox before and this lady is very experiencd she did my upper lip lines which i was pleased with
Oh well, just keeping fingers x and wearing glasses,
This lady did put plenty in, more than i have ever had before, and cost no more, so thinking others must have skimped on it

I'm so so happy with my botox

I see a consultant dermatologist who specialises in cosmetic dermatology

She isn't cheap but that's Harley St prices - she's been treating me for acne and aging with retinoids and the botox for my crows feet

I have the forehead done as well but my issue is mainly my eye wrinkles, which it works AMAZINGLY well for. I'm 36.

lady your experience sounds horrible, you poor thing. Are you seeing a clinician with medical training (dermatologist, plastic surgeon, dentist) or a beautician? Aesthetic practitioners may have done a botox course but they won't have the right knowledge of facial anatomy and in particular the nerves

More isn't necessarily better, it's about what's right for your face - bruising and swelling doesn't sound right at all. Have you gone back to her or spoken to her at least with your concerns?

I don't think more is better. Surely that will create the 'frozen' look. I thought more clinics were providing 'baby botox' for a softer look.

Just a word of caution about Botox.

I had it done a couple of years ago and while the results looked great to me (less tired and grumpy looking) none of my friends noticed, nor did DH.

I also felt really unwell immediately afterwards, like I was going to pass out or be sick and when I went back to my dentist, where I had had it done they said they had never had a bad reaction before but if I found I was struggling to breathe I should go to A and E and tell them I'd had botox. I was seriously worried that I would die! Over the next few days I got numbness and pins and needles that spread down my whole face and eventually in my forearms and legs too.

So, while the results LOOKED great, I will never, ever do that to myself again, it is just not worth it. Check the risks before you take the plunge - I'm sure if I'd read a data sheet or even the possible side effects on the Patient Info Leaflet I wouldn't have had it done.

You poor thing - sounds awful! Did you not have to sign a consent form with all the possible side effects listed? I've been given the full data sheet to read before I signed anything - it's a dereliction of their duty if you're not giving full informed consent

I'm sure I did sign a consent form, but I didn't read the PIL before I had it done, which was my own stupid fault. I think I'd been lulled into a false sense of security regarding Botox as it has been around for so long and so much more is known about it than when people first had it.

What worried me after my bad reaction was that it said in the finer details that problems to do with swallowing and breathing can occur up to 3 months after the injection. And of course I started Googling and reading all sorts of horror stories. Thankfully I made a complete recovery but I felt very foolish for a while!

No i just signed to say i had no illness or taking medication etc, but i have never had an injection in my actual nose before, wasnt where the 11 lines were it was below, anyway shes away until monday, sent her a pic. she knew straight away something was wrong, because she said oh its gone into a lump, dont know why that has happened, and massaged it,with ice pack
This lady is a nurse and has been doing this for a very long time, my daughter goes to her and thats why i trusted her
Will wait to see what her response is,she gave me an ice pack to bring home
I didnt have it in my forehead just around eyes and 11s
I just think i am unlucky, always seem to have something go wrong, but that particular injection was very very painful, probably because it was on bone

Had tear trough fillers yesterday.

A numbing cream was put on beforehand. Right eye done first - surprisingly painless, apparently fewer nerve endings there.

It’s not done in the actual under eye area but around the orbital (?) bone. She examined the area first and drew on it for where to inject.

For the left eye, the bit nearer my nose was painful. So she used a canula instead in the upper cheek area to insert the filler. No pain then.

I kept very still as I was mildly paranoid about being jabbed in my eyes.

Apparently tear trough fillers aren’t like ‘regular’ fillers with an immediate effect - instead little drops are inserted which over the next couple of weeks will move to the hollows (fingers crossed). Though already they are somewhat less pronounced.

No bruising , swelling or discomfort.

Still thrilled with cheek fillers. Can’t stop looking at my cheekbones / profile and how less droopy I look!

That sounds promising then Aridane.

Keep us updated too please!

Sounds like you had good results. I'm interested in the tear trough fillers so keep
us posted!