Is 29 too young to start with Botox and filler

[ThePerkyCoralPoet]

As above. Please provide opinions

Stetching your skin at aged 29 with fillers isn't a clever idea. Poisoning your face also in't. The reason why you even think about this is the important stuff.
Is it because you have low self esteem so you want to hide behind a mask? Is it because you are judged by strangers? Who cares.... Anyone who loves you, loves you for a reason.

Do you know the expression, if you can't be a good example you better be a terrible warning? Well take a peak at a young woman called Amy on the current Married at First Sight series. I think she's around 27/28 and she's ruined her face. It's so sad. Once you start on these things you can't stop, so consider very carefully if you want to take on a lifelong commitment.

Any age is to young. It always looks bad . Just let your face age naturally.
Invest in a good moisturiser.
Avoid smoking and sunbeds

Yes, of course! Any age is too young, because nobody needs it. There is nothing wrong with ageing, and when you do start developing wrinkles then just be proud of them.

Botox just make you look like you've got a wooden face. I don't understand how that's better. Filler migrates round you face. Why would anyone ever have any of it? Before you know it you'll have a trout pout, lumpy face and a wooden forehead.

I also was going to mention Amy from MAFS, she was so pretty before she went down that road. Now she looks much older than she actually is.

I didn't start until I was 39, I couldn't afford it before that, but I don't think 29 is too young, Botox is good for fine lines and prevention so it wouldn't do much if you left it until wrinkles are too deep.

https://www.newsweek.com/mri-scan-33-year-old-woman-face-shows-filler-ended-surgery-1925089

Sod that!

@ThePerkyCoralPoet yes it’s way too young.

Why do you want them so young? X

Yes far too young. The only place I could see for it would be for migraines (Botox). Or filler cleverly used to adjust a nose profile instead of surgery - something like that. Overfilled lips are awful.

At 29 you'll be showing the first subtle signs of aging so if you want to prevent or correct, then yes 29 is fine

Replace the word 'aging' with 'living' and you see how bizarre this sort of thinking is

I know some young women who started at 18-19. Yes, really!!! They are now in their mid 20s and they look like plastic ducks. They also look 10-12 years older than their age. I also know some who started at 25-30, and are now in their mid 30s, and they look like they're in their mid 40s. Fillers and botox ages you.

Some of the girls on Love Island, and 'influencers' and the like, look a clear decade older with fillers and botox. Why do it @ThePerkyCoralPoet ? You don't need it. Honestly.

We have a whole generation of young women who look ludicrous and daft with their frozen face, huge duck lips, and oversized arses. Please leave your body and face alone. PLEASE! 🙏

Going against the grain here, I started getting Botox at 28 (29 now) and I’m happy with my choice. I am slightly short sighted and my glasses give me a headache after a while, so I have spent a lot of time squinting and had quite pronounced lines between my eyebrows.

It’s only a very small amount of Botox (‘baby Botox’) I get 2x per year and it totally smooths out these lines.

I’ve avoided filler because I don’t like the look in general and have friends with migrated filler who are unhappy with it long term

Not the point of the thread, but if you are squinting, you don't have the right glasses! Get your eyes and glasses rechecked 😁

You can't get wrinkles if you can't get wrinkles. Ha.

On a serious note, I started at 24. Botox and lips. The botox gave me a headache till it wore off (waste of money) and fortunately I couldn't afford more lips after first lot, otherwise I'd of ended up looking like a duck. My friends body metabolises the filler quick so she'll pay £200 to have normal lips again in 3 weeks.

Honestly I'm allllll for it, but it's the biggest waste of money I've known.

You've summed up my thoughts well. My 17 yo DGD put it well too. "These things were designed for older skin, not younger skin. So even if you like them they're not going to work properly on anyone under 40".

That's before we get into the ethics, mental health, youth elixir chasing etc.

My great Aunt born in1900, was a sunworshipper who lived her entire life on the south coast. Wrinkled to hell, she was SO beautiful, SO vibrant and also so very clever and funny.

No tweaks or lifts required.

Tbh, I think I've been showing signs of aging since I was born. Like every living human...

29 is too young. A friend in her 50's has been using "baby botox" for years and has convinced herself that it is unnoticeable. I haven't the heart to tell her that her forehead has that telltale shiny, plastic look.

Good skincare, and daily SPF50 sunblock is the better alternative.

Better off looking after your skin properly at that age rather than inject shit into it. Young skin doesn't need Botox, it just needs to be kept hydrated, clean, protected from the sun and don't smoke.

Totally agree, it's just bonkers

Don't do it, such a waste of money. You can tell who has botox, filler etc. It changes the texture of the skin, makes the skin look leathery. Embrace getting old. Lines give character.

Well yes obviously I can’t know whether it’s down to my Botox habit or not

Botox and filler seems to make everyone look the same . Is the appeal to look like every one else and to fit in ?

The botoxed and filler look will soon very dated. (Like the thin eyebrows and upper arm band tattoos other 90s) Do you want that for the rest of your life?

Hyalonuric acid- used in most fillers- is not an unknown chemical, it’s natural present in our bodies. Botox has been used for years, for medical as well as cosmetic reasons. 29 is too young to be using either, as once you start you’ll have to keep it up.

Yes. Way too young.

Best summary of Botox ever.

Do not start young - it will age you, you will just look like you’ve had work done and are therefore old enough to have work done..

With Botox you probably have a few glory years in your early 40s where if you go to a good doctor with a light tough it can make you look a little less tired and slightly halts the progression of some wrinkles.

I had my first at 43, had it done very infrequently (as I had a love/hate affair with it). My frown line has softened. Probably because I don’t frown as much. However, I noticed it was creating lines elsewhere where I didn’t have lines initially- such as under my eyebrow.

Then you hit late 40s and a smooth forehead with a slightly saggy jaw looks off so no more Botox (unless I can sort out the saggy jaw).

The jury may be out about muscle atrophy but I can’t see how injecting and freezing same muscles over time for ten plus years can be a good thing and there must be some muscle atrophy. Whatever that looks like.

Fillers - just don’t. They migrate, they last longer then they tell you and if celebs with all the money in the world and access to the best doctors can’t get it right…

Just watch MAFS UK and that will put you right off.

I’d recommend SPF 50 every day even in winter and start on retinol building up to prescription strength tretinoin.