I'm getting Botox in the morning

[HairyButtMonkey]

So I am Botox virgin and after months of googling, humming and hawing and flip flopping, I have finally made an appointment for Botox tomorrow.

I'm in Edinburgh and have chosen what I think is a good practioner (lots of positive reviews and awards). I had a consultation last week and feel we are on the same page. I have a one-sided brow droop and am not expecting miracles; just hoping to be a bit more symmetrical. She warned me it might not work but as my alternative is surgery, I'm willing to give it a shot. I'm bricking it slightly in case I end up bruised or weird looking and everyone notices and judges me for it. I have only told my husband who is bemused. Just looking for some moral support really...

Oh, also, I can completely move my face, forehead and eyebrows as before, no feelings of anything having moved or being frozen. IT looks and feels completely natural.

The only time I had a frozen feeling was a nurse at a beauty clinic and I also thought she overdid it. Now many years later I have lines smoothed completely away using a doctor, in four cities now and a few years on my age, without any need to freeze my forehead.

Hi Lu Marie I looked at Spire Healthcare at Murrayfield but was put off by the consultation fee. How much do you pay?

I paid around £200 - similar price to the clinic with a nurse (with good reviews, don't trust them). Consultation and treatment all done quickly at same time.

It lasts waaaaaaaay longer that the three-six months I hear being said. At first I could go to two years, now maybe a year, quite happily. So it works out well.

It's your face and it's already expensive, I don't take chances!

The consultant I saw is a fully practicing cosmetic and reconstructove surgeon. The nurse stuck needles in the general direction of my forehead and then tried to tell me I needed it beside my eyes too. When I said, well I don't really have lines there and even if I did, that's happiness, I don't want to take happy from my face. She shoved a mirror in my face to try to convince me. That was nearly a decade ago and not a doctor since has said there is anything that could be changed about my eyes, line free!

I also had juvaderm done by the nurse, a year later it needed done again and I had the consultant do it. Nearly a decade later and it still hasn't needed done again because he did such a good job.

... and damn it I can't remember his name! It's a man, he has private and health service practice, the surgery types I mention, I think his name began with an M....

Sorry you had a bad experience @LuMarie but totally unfair to take your one poor experience with a nurse and decide we are all 'one up from facials' 🙄
Juvaderm is a hyaluronic acid which is designed (depending on the viscosity used) to break down over a period of 6-12 months.
Who do you think trains a lot of the doctors now practising aesthetics..

@Hairybuttmonkey how is it looking now? Are you happy with it?

Final update - I went back two weeks later as I felt my brows were still asymmetrical. We agreed my droopy brow wasn't going to lift anymore so lowered the other slightly instead. This has evened them out much more. I also went for a brow tint and shape and the combo of this and the Botox has made my face look a lot more even.

So... would I recommend Botox for uneven brows? Yes but with the caveat not to expect miracles. I had Botox in only one area but next time I would do two areas so I don't have lines at the top of my forehead but none in the brow area. I would also recommend and go back to Surface Beauty as she now knows how my face behaves with Botox and what I'm looking for. Plus she's good and cheap

Thanks OP Appreciate the update