Botox and Fillers and How Vanity Affects the Economy

Malcolm.

wageslave wrote: »

It is really hard to get older when you have always been pretty.

So whats the verdict?

If it makes you feel better, I say go for it (botox, facelift, any others)!

Just stop filling up landfill sites with shoes!

treliac

wageslave wrote: »

What about actual surgery?

Be honest here, where do we draw the line?

I definitely draw the line there. From what I understand, once skin, nerves and muscle are cut, the never heals properly. It may (I'm dubious though) look okay in the short term but eventually the skin will degrade.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Not that you would give a !!!!!! but I find a majority of people that do this to be repulsive in more ways than one.

wageslave

Mozette wrote: »

Personally I would draw the line well before injecting poison into my face or having surgery out of vanity. Botox makes you look peculiar.

I do dye my hair, but if it was poisonous or carried the risk of death I would let it go grey.

Just my opinion, other opinions are available.

I actually agree. !!!!!! is wrong with looking older?

Except all my friends have gone the botox route and suddenly I am the peculiar looking one. They all look really good. Not weird, not poisoned, just good:(

I had never envisioned myself in the role of ugly sister but if I decide to grow old gracefully, that's who I am going to be.

I don't think my ego can take it........

wageslave

1984ReturnsForReal wrote: »

Not that you would give a !!!!!! but I find a majority of people that do this to be repulsive in more ways than one.

So do I.

But I had never realised how hard it is to look older.

Especially when no one else does

neverdespairgirl

My mother is 61, and looks 10 years younger. I think the keys are not smoking, not getting too much sun on your face, and good genes. I'm hoping the latter applies, anyway (-:

wigglebeena

Filled out wrinkles don't give the sheen of youth. You think they do, looking in the mirror, until you stand next to an actually young person. Plus it takes a few courses before botox starts looking really weird and Bride of Wildensteen-y.

Come on, Kylie is looking a bit weird these days in daylight. Not that I'm insinuating anything. And Courtney Love... oh god, I do love Courtney, but what the **** has she let them do to her? That whole tight-plastic-face-wrinkly-neck thing ain't a good look...

vivatifosi

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

My mother is 61, and looks 10 years younger. I think the keys are not smoking, not getting too much sun on your face, and good genes. I'm hoping the latter applies, anyway (-:

I'd go along with that. I'm not a fan of botox, not because I think it looks fake but because I don't like the idea of voluntarily poisoning yourself. Having said that, my dad has recently had botox - not as a face filler but it is now used medically on muscles - he was having trouble swallowing food, so I'm sure its safe.

I'm not a big fan of face lifts either, possibly because I've had bits of myself cut off involuntarily with the mel stuff and I don't see why anyone would volunteer to have scars around their face.

However that doesn't mean we should give up either. I'd add drinking to NDG's list - ok in moderation, but women who drink a lot often look terrible as they get older. We could all exercise more. I've been much healthier since I've started working in a job where I don't sit down all day.

Personally I swear by hair dye, Advanced Night Repair, little sun and doing facial exercises.

Malcolm.

vivatifosi wrote: »

Personally I swear by hair dye, Advanced Night Repair, little sun and doing facial exercises.

And a healthy diet. Lots of Red&Blueberries, full of anthocyanins. Yum.

PasturesNew

I've never worried what I look like. One reason for this (apart from cost) is that if I TRIED to look better (hair, makeup, clothes) I'd go horribly wrong... so I prefer to be just wrong without trying/spending than to be horribly wrong having put effort/cost into it.

My understanding of botox is: if you plan to start, then make sure you have enough money already, in cash, untouchable, to be able to keep it up, for life, before you have that first injection ... because it'd be a worse shock if you could have 3-4 done, then no more ever again as your life changed

I smoke, I eat junk food (pizzas/chocolate biscuits/unlimited sweets) ... and I don't eat much fresh fruit. And, I don't care. I am what's inside my head... not what you/others see in the street... and as my dad says "nobody's looking at you".