Botox and Fillers and How Vanity Affects the Economy

ali-t

treliac wrote: »

Not a kind sentiment.

sorry, I didn't mean to be cruel, I just meant go for it!

BitterAndTwisted

wageslave wrote: »

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

I wouldn't say so. A pretty woman with 70 years of living on her face is still a pretty woman.

Personally, I think it must be much harder to be aging poorly when you've never, ever been considered good-looking in the first place but then vanity is not solely confined to the beauties amongst us, is it?

Perhaps a better investment than botox might be a barrow-load of HRT, good dentistry and Rigby & Peller's special, industrial-strength line

treliac

joolsybools wrote: »

My mate is in Essex if you need me to get the details (no Essex jokes please, she's Glaswegian anyway and would probably bash you!)

Why not..... an Essex facelift might work.

neverdespairgirl

leveller2911 wrote: »

I'm gonna keep that thought with me NDG...:D

er/.... thanks.......

wigglebeena

SingleSue wrote: »

As to botox/surgery.....I wouldn't have the guts.

I think it's more about having the nuts rather than the guts. As in being nuts.

If you really need it you really need it. If I had a facial scar, for example, I wouldn't hesitate. I'm not anti-vanity: just pro-weighing up the advantages and disadvantages extremely carefully. Unless you have major aesthetic problems it's pretty drastic action to take.

I believe Bill Hicks's response to the alleged connection between going to war and national self-esteem was, 'May I suggest... a high fibre breakfast cereal? Going for a walk now and then?'

StevieJ

wageslave wrote: »

So whats the verdict?

Give up and start wearing Jacque Vert or fight the dying of the light?

Find out where this guy goes, he must be about 100 Y.O by now Peter Noone BTW.

Fang_3

Have a chemical peel first and that'll make you look years younger. Then do Botox as and when needed. I don't understand this obsession with people who are against any forms of physical betterment unless it's to correct something physical. People should be able to do whatever they want to their body, they have to live with it.

Don't do fillers though - the puffy look is never attractive and I can spot an artificial lip at ninety paces.

sharnad

I find botox too scary - how long does it last some people look so fake with it adn burning your skin off with a chemical peel yeuk

Sapphire

cepheus wrote: »

Probably the worst qualified person to reply to this being

a) male and
b) brushing whats left of my hair is the equivalent of my beauty treatment for the week

however..........isn't there only one simple way of retaining youthful skin, keep out of the sun, or at least ensure little UV gets through? This is the cause of 90% of skin aging. So why do people still do it and even pay to bake themselves into a wrinkled mess?

avoiding sleeping on your side and avoiding facial expressions such as frowning is supposed to help, however not smiling and snoring on your back may have worse unintended consequences!

You can minimise fatty tissue build up by avoiding too much calorie intake and exercise, but not too sure if this affects wrinkles, but it will make the rest of the body look more youthful.

Oh and of course don't even think of smoking, a sure way to age faster!

Many cosmetics do have environmental and ethical consequences BTW!

http://www.greenlivingtips.com/articles/18/1/Cosmetics-an-environmental-health-hazard.html

I think it has a lot to do most importantly with genes – all my family, not just the afore-mentioned aunt, look pretty good for their age, and some lived in Africa and Australia, hot countries that can wear the body down, for parts of their lives.

Aside from that, keeping slim (though not skinny) helps, as does wearing reasonably fashionable, attractive clothes on a slim body. Most women also benefit from a certain amount of make-up (though not if it's plastered on).

So many women seem to get to a certain age, then go for the square-looking body and grey-haired bob, to the extent that they are indistinguishable from each other and kind of merge into the background. They seem to just let themselves go. But I've seen quite a few 70-year-olds who are slim and wear attractive, rather eccentric clothes, and who look really good with such a look (others who go over the top with this appearance look a right mess, as do most people of any age :cool:).

treliac

StevieJ wrote: »

Find out where this guy goes, he must be about 100 Y.O by now Peter Noone BTW.

Mmm, still quite a dish. He was always a baby face


but then so was David Cassidy....


and he aint quite so hot now....