Treatments and keeping up with them

[Gwenhwyfar]

Hi
Is it worth starting any treatments that wear off eg Botox if you don't think you'll be able to afford to keep up with them. Will you look wore when you stop or would it still slow down the wrinkles to some extent.

I don’t think you end up looking worse.

You just go back to how you were before.

If you use Botox for a few years then stopped the wrinkles wouldn’t have got worse in those areas (whereas naturally they might have). There’s the slight issue with Botox that you may start using other muscles to compensate and can create new wrinkles there.

For example, I had Botox a few times, decided I didn’t like it so stopped for a few years. Didn’t look worse. Started again now with a better practitioner so I’ll see how I get on.

Thanks Delatron.

You can really eke out the effect of botox with frownies patches. I pay £100 for my 11s with a reputable doctor, and I can get over a year out of if using the frownies over the area at night. And no worse at all when it wears off. Slightly better.

You don’t get worse with Botox when it wears off. If anything it actually relaxes the muscles so they are more unlikely to form a crease again. For instance my frown line between my eyes never really comes back even if the previous Botox has worn off. Bonus!

Yes I think you just get used to frowning less because you can’t. My frown lines have definitely improved even when Botox wears off. Must try those frownies again though.

Effectively Botox is destroying the muscle so over time (and not even that many times) some of the effect can become permanent.