Tweakments - what's the current go to?

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Simply that, what are the current trends?
I know we don't need them but there are certainly A LOT of women out there in the 50's looking like they have just turned 40 - & I am not one of them 🙄

I dunno but following because I could do with a tweak or two

They don't look younger. They just look like they've had something done and most of them look weird. Aging is a privilege, I find this obsession with trying (and failing) to look younger incredibly sad. Spend your money on experiences that make you smile, infinitely more attractive in the end.

@Mahoneymademe to an extent I agree, but there are a variety of options there and a variety of things that people consider as tweakments. I disagree that they all look like they have had something done (some clearly do) but subtle things can make a big difference and may not be 'looking done'

I’d say upper face Botox, retinol, and keeping a fairly low and stable weight are good bets.

Filler…a few of the women who come into my workplace own aesthetic clinics, etc and they all have the same rubbery, droopy, exaggerated look so I’d avoid unless very subtle and it’s not going to drag your whole lower face down.

Personally I’m (only?) 38 but hold a lot of fat in my face which is already doing it’s best to pool along my jaw - fully expecting to want a facelift in the next few years.

Botox

The trouble with filler is that when you decide to stop, your face sags and you gain 20 years over night

My friends, who are big on tweakments (and bigger cosmetic surgical procedures) seem to all be having lemon bottle fat dissolver, alongside the botox, fillers and microbladed eyebrows.

Lots of collagen too. As well as facials galore and at home skincare regimes.

Oh, and B12 injections from their various aesthetic practitioners.

Still Botox, discreet fillers (can def be done), skin boosters and the "new" thing is polynucleotides.

@foodtoorder I hadn't heard of polynucleotides
Nor had I heard of @AlwaysFreezing, it sounds awful. Luckily I do not have a weight issue

Being thin, expensive hair colouring and botox fillers collagen etc. teeth whitening

what on earth is lemon bottle fat dissolver?!

Lemon bottle didn't work for me. Total waste of time and money. I had 3 lots of it too

I think some botox, good skin care, decent hair colour/style and eyebrows done.

I spent money trying to get thread veins in my face done, but I think I need to accept that I have rosy cheeks, probably some sun damage but not rosacea as such.

But not fillers, Ive not saw anyone with decent fillers that didnt have that plastic or over full face.

I had a course of CACI and they were fantastic, but unless you keep it up your face sags again... so probably a mini face lift is needed now.

I keep reading about Polynucleotide injections to treat dark circles but at £500 I’d want a guarantee that it would work

I’m in a minority on here in that I love Profhilo - doesn’t smooth out any lines or wrinkles (I don’t want a super smooth face) and isn’t a filler but leaves my skin with a real plumped up glow.

I have it every 4 months, with a facial every 6 weeks (plus retinol etc at home).

Lemon bottle fat dissolver? Is that a serious treatment name and do I need it??

Still botox

My friend is early 60s and had a thread lift. Minimal invasive looks amazing. I’m debating it.

I love it too. I think lots of people have too high expectations but if you keep at it, it genuinely helps your skin produce more elastin and collagen.

Most people have it once, can’t see a difference and give up. Which is fair enough as it’s ££.

I just wish it was cheaper. It’s £350 a pop round here which I struggle to justify. I think I’ve found somewhere that does it for £250

It’s also practitioner dependent- they need to inject at the right depth or it doesn’t work. I think that’s why it gets bad press.

Isn’t it all about microneedling and radio frequency?

I’ve had Sofwave which is meant to tighten the skin. It did slightly but it’s far too expensive.

I don’t want to go down the filler route, they rarely look good. And so easy to overdo - they last a lot longer than the companies claim too. Hence people thinking they need top ups every year. They last many, many years. And can move position.

At some point I think you need to give up with the tweakments and have a good face lift.

@Delatron agree with all you’ve said!

I have heard Ultherapy is good, don't know many people who've had it as it's £££. It's supposed to be good for lifting and tightening the jaw line

@Mahoneymademe I agree 100%!

It also migrates. There's a 20 something at my work with very odd bumps on her face.

I agree that Botox and fillers have to be done so carefully or you don't look younger, you just look like someone with Botox and fillers. I met a lady last night whose age was somewhat indistinguishable - definitely not under 45 - but she looked weirdly doll like, over smooth, stretched, no facial movements, false lips.

I think it's what else you are doing too, eg hair, make up, clothes, posture, weight. If you're going to wear glittery wedge trainers you're going to give yourself away. But everyone should do what's right for them.

I used to find this a bit bizarre but I actually think tweakments are most successful when you are younger, both in terms of damage limitation before it occurs and the fact that it's imo impossible to fake youth past a certain age (different for everyone), or rather it starts to look a bit incongruous and unrealistic with other facts people glean about you, eg age of kids/grandkids/parents/siblings, number of years off retirement, favourite music or TV shows.