Non surgical facelift opinions?

lostinrates

Anyone got any experience of caci facials, slendertone face or anything like that?

The reviews on them are all very, very mixed and the are expensive to take a gamble with.

fizzytrinket

I've been researching this too with same results.

I've also been looking at facial exercises. Again, seems to be no consensus :-( .

lostinrates

fizzytrinket wrote: »

I've been researching this too with same results.

I've also been looking at facial exercises. Again, seems to be no consensus :-( .

I'd be interested to know what you plump for in the end! I think there used to be a facial exercise thread on here perhaps? I'll try the search function again tomorrow.

Hopefully some intrepid mseer has tried some of these treatments or gadgets....

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

Anyone got any experience of caci facials, slendertone face or anything like that?

The reviews on them are all very, very mixed and the are expensive to take a gamble with.

I know one person who has radio waves or similar (could be the Caci one) every month and she looks no different to be honest. She thinks she does...but she doesn't so I do believe a lot of it is the placebo effect.

I wouldn't bother....save the £££ for a facial massage which feels great and makes one feel less 'frowny' ....but they don't really do that much in an anti wrinkle way long term.

I have seen a fair few facelifts, botox and fillers and I can only think of one person who looks great after all the work....and she started at aged 38 and is a yoga/fitness/clean living type of person so she probably would have looked just as good without the tweaking.....better probably as she has little expression.

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

I know one person who has radio waves or similar (could be the Caci one) every month and she looks no different to be honest. She thinks she does...but she doesn't so I do believe a lot of it is the placebo effect.

I wouldn't bother....save the £££ for a facial massage which feels great and makes one feel less 'frowny' ....but they don't really do that much in an anti wrinkle way long term.

I have seen a fair few facelifts, botox and fillers and I can only think of one person who looks great after all the work....and she started at aged 38 and is a yoga/fitness/clean living type of person so she probably would have looked just as good without the tweaking.....better probably as she has little expression.

My mother has some ok fillers, but I certainly don't feel ready for that yet! I'm not so worried about lines, I wouldn't mind laughter lines in particular. The furious from line developing is a bit depressing, and the droop is less pleasing!

Next week FC, you'll see. I could pass for ten years older than me ATM , certainly :(, I looked rough last summer, I look rough and hungover this year! :rotfl:

loveabargain13

My Mum went to try Caci and the beautician said her skin would not be suitable for them basically a waste of money. Hydrafacials are meant to help, are you able to look at a local dermatologist? Deep cleanses the skin.

fc123

lostinrates wrote: »

My mother has some ok fillers, but I certainly don't feel ready for that yet! I'm not so worried about lines, I wouldn't mind laughter lines in particular. The furious from line developing is a bit depressing, and the droop is less pleasing!

Next week FC, you'll see. I could pass for ten years older than me ATM , certainly :(, I looked rough last summer, I look rough and hungover this year! :rotfl:

OK deal I bet you a glass of something red that you , no way, look 10 years older.

Ooooh your mum had fillers....what do you think of them? I am too scaredy cat to try (plus need all spare £££ for house renovation things).....and OH would go nuts of he knew I had spent our £££ on things like that.:o Only because we need so much for the houses...if we had it spare, probably wouldn't bother him too much.


PS; I forgot to come back here and then lost the thread so sorry for late response

lostinrates

fc123 wrote: »

OK deal I bet you a glass of something red that you , no way, look 10 years older.

Ooooh your mum had fillers....what do you think of them? I am too scaredy cat to try (plus need all spare £££ for house renovation things).....and OH would go nuts of he knew I had spent our £££ on things like that.:o Only because we need so much for the houses...if we had it spare, probably wouldn't bother him too much.


PS; I forgot to come back here and then lost the thread so sorry for late response

I'll buy you something red, I cannot even drink these days! (Stupid meds preclude drinking.....) I should look fab

My mother's fillers are really subtle. They just look i'd like she slept really well. I think she had them in frown lines and nose to mouth lines. They are softer but not eradicated, its the ONLY think she's had other than laser for age spotting and some microdermabrasion stuff that I know off. They don't take ten years off, she just looks less worn down for those years IYSWIM. I'd definitely do them, in the future, but I'd consider far more stuff than my mother has had done, she has an incredibly beautiful face and cruddy stuff would have been awful on her. If I remember i'll bring a snap of her....

wannabeslim

I cant praise Botox and fillers enough, Botox when properly administered gives a brow lift, it was so strange watching my face go back to what it was proabably 15 years ago the first time I had it done. I've had filler in my nose to mouth lines, between the brows and in my lips, all have lasted really well and only needed to be topped up after about a year, not the lips they needed toppoing up after about 5 months, the Botox has stopped the brtween brows lines from reappearing at all! You can also have Botox in your jaw line to lift that, I dont need this but would consider it in the future, the key is to get the right practitioner for you and keep any work done in proportion with your features and age, word of mouth recommendations are usually best.

lostinrates

wannabeslim wrote: »

I cant praise Botox and fillers enough, Botox when properly administered gives a brow lift, it was so strange watching my face go back to what it was proabably 15 years ago the first time I had it done. I've had filler in my nose to mouth lines, between the brows and in my lips, all have lasted really well and only needed to be topped up after about a year, not the lips they needed toppoing up after about 5 months, the Botox has stopped the brtween brows lines from reappearing at all! You can also have Botox in your jaw line to lift that, I dont need this but would consider it in the future, the key is to get the right practitioner for you and keep any work done in proportion with your features and age, word of mouth recommendations are usually best.

Recent reports of Botox only working for about ten years put me off frankly.

I'm in my mid thirties. I'm looking rough because of health problems and difficulty using some skin care ( rosacea recently diagnosed), I want to have so e where to go.

That said, someone in my medical team also mentioned Botox for stress headaches recently and mentioned the 'side benifit' suggesting it might be a route worth trying to see whether some of my highly headaches can be relieved that way while they deal with the bigger ones.

mellymoo74

lostinrates wrote: »

Recent reports of Botox only working for about ten years put me off frankly.

I'm in my mid thirties. I'm looking rough because of health problems and difficulty using some skin care ( rosacea recently diagnosed), I want to have so e where to go.

That said, someone in my medical team also mentioned Botox for stress headaches recently and mentioned the 'side benifit' suggesting it might be a route worth trying to see whether some of my highly headaches can be relieved that way while they deal with the bigger ones.

Its administered in a different location. The neck I believe. Its something I looked at for hemiplegic migraine and decided against due to needle phobia lol.