Would you have a face lift?

[Minimalme]

I think I've always been open to the idea of a face lift - am 48 now and think I might be wrinkly enough in a couple of years.

I'm not into fillers or Botox but have always used a good face cream with sun block and wear a cap in summer.

Does anyone else vaguely entertain the idea of getting a face lift when the time is right, or is it something I should be ruling out now and learning to love my crinkles and wrinkles?

I think I will. I'm 52 and in really good shape. Good hair and figure, still petite and youthful hourglass, and I feel my face is getting a little incongruous to the rest of me. I have some light botox and fillers and have had threads, but have got to the point of thinking it would be more cost effective to go for the proper lift rather than fiddling about with tweakments. It's only really my lower face that bothers me, so maybe a mini life.

I fully intend to get one early (37 at the moment and will probably do a t-lift in the not too distant future and then see how it goes). Obviously, love yourself as you are and blah blah blah but if you want one, get one. There's no shame in doing things that make you feel better.

Nopey nope for me!
My face is fine, it will just have to remain fine as it gets older, and people are gonna have to get used to seeing it like that, or avert their eyes, lol.

Nothing against people doing it though, it's no different to any other alteration of the self, so long as we are aware of 'why' and how crucially our culture influences this.

I might consider pulling it all back with gaffa tape at some point for fancy occasions

Like tit tape but for jowls.

Lift not life. Though arguably I should just get a life!🤣

I am 42 abs have been getting Botox twice a year since I was 40.

I'm actually glad I can't afford anything else or I would definitely consider it down the line, and realistically I think this kind of thing could be a slippery slope for me personally.

I would have considered it but then I had a boob reduction and it took me six weeks to recover! So no more elective surgery for me.

I'm way too much of a coward to have anything done to my face.
Complete wuss. Even the thought of laser eye surgery freaks me out.

I am 50 and I will not get a face lift, Botox, fillers or anything like that. I use tret, and that is enough for me.

Interesting to hear the different views, thank you.

I have always been very relaxed about my physical appearance and enjoyed finding clothes that suit me, doing my own gel nails, applying face creams and make up. Stuff to make me feel happy with how I look and feel.

For me it's definitely about looking the same but younger. There is a deeper, psychological aspect to it (related to childhood trauma) and I may focus on it during my next counselling session. It would be cheaper than surgery!

Having just written that, I am off to Google a T-lift

...and I now feel I want a t-lift. I had no idea there are so many different types of face lift.

I’d be up for a lower face lift if I started to get really jowly and droopy. I don’t mind wrinkles per say but full on sagging is ageing and distracting.

Currently trying to get by with profhilo, bit of Botox from time to time, Tretinoin and I’ve had tear trough fillers a few years ago which worked well. I use microcurrent for the slight sag but interested in radio frequency to tighten. But it does all get very expensive so at some point I’ll probably go for the big guns.

Nope. I like an aged face.

Not a chance. I am 50 and I look like a 50yo woman, which is perfectly fine. I'm low-maintenance in general and am relaxed about the looks side of aging. I don't have anything 'done' except a hair cut.

No for several reasons:
Political - it's my small way of giving the anti-ageing industry the finger.
Philosophical - my face reminds me that time is running out and that I need to get off my arse (and S&B).
Budgetary - I'd rather spend my spare money on clothes.

When I've been on Instagram I start to think I'm the only woman alive who isn't phenomenally beautiful.

Then I leave my house and realise that I'm the phenomenally beautiful one.

So no, probably not.

No.

The thought of slicing my face open and readjusting it for aesthetics terrifies me on many levels.

No way. I'm happy enough with my ageing face. I don't plan on doing anything invasive to it.

My mother had a lower face lift done in her 60s. It wasn't great, tbh. The healing was very slow and painful. There is scarring under her chin and behind her ears, and even after it healed she wasn't happy with it. She has to wear her hair in a particular way to hide the scars. She said afterwards that she thought she still looked old. She does have major self esteem issues though. I didn't know about it until after she'd had it done, she was living overseas at the time and got it done there. If I'd known I'd have tried to convince her not to, and she deliberately didn't tell me. I don't think she'd done enough research into it at all.

No ... there's more to me than my appearance, my DM is 90 and has a lovely face, very few wrinkles ... and if she did, and if I did .... who cares?

Can you imagine a man having this sort of discussion (yes, I know a few men consider facial surgery but it's highly unusual).

Why do so many people women want to look younger?

Absolutely not. Nor would I have any other form of cosmetic surgery for non-medical reasons. I have many faults, but vanity is not one of them.

Can you imagine men worrying about lip fillers? I went out to dinner to a fancy restaurant the other day. Next to me were a table of people in their twenties or early thirties. I could tell that every single woman had had ( very obvious) work done, and none of the men had.

I know I sound like a pearl clutching old harpy, but this just makes me so sad.

To be perfectly honest, I really couldn't care less what men worry about. But if I were to guess, I'd say losing their hair, erectile disfunction, whether their car's as good as the neighbour's and if their brother in law earns more than them. I'm pretty sure they don't reserve their thoughts only for worthy and important things so I'm not sure why women should be compared unfavourably to them for discussing face lifts on a style and beauty board.

I’m not against it on principle for others if it works well and they are happy, but no

I’d find it too scary

It's not about only reserving your thoughts for worthy things like saving the planet! It's about injecting often dangerous stuff into your face/slicing it up. And OP asked why people might or might not consider a face lift. I won't consider it because I think it is dangerous, unnecessary and painful. Hardly comparable to getting a new car.