After months of indecision and research looking for a medically trained practitioner, I finally took the plunge with botox and fillers yesterday for very first time yesterday. Botox very light around eyes and forehead, not really took effect yet but nothing I'm worried about.
However, my main concern was the around my lips, marionette and smoker lines. I told her I wanted a natural look and nothing in my lips, although she ended up putting tiny little bit in top line of lips 'to even things out'.
When first done it looked great. By time I went to bed last night, I looked a bit like a duck/Homer Simpson. The bit between nose and mouth looks oversized and swollen. I've hardly slept for getting up to look in mirror This morning it looks worse. Luckily I'm working from home next couple of days but please someone reassure me this is swelling that will calm down into a more natural look soon?
I appreciate there are a lot of people on here are going to judge and be telling I shouldn't have had it done, I should age gracefully etc but I was genuinely unhappy with how I've aged since menopause and...anyway, I got it done.
I would love to hear from people who've actually had this done and experienced the same thing. Is it swelling? Will it go down? How long does it take? Any tips on how to hurry the process along? Also, I was going to go to gym today as practitioner said this was fine but I've just said somewhere that this might aggravate the injection site and cause swelling?