Have you had botox? Poll.

[JaneSmith]

I'm thinking about it. I'm not particularly enjoying getting wrinkles. Has anyone here had it? Did you like the results?

 

[movie zombie]

no.
I can't even begin to imagine.
I think i'd rather shoot up heroin.....and there's no chance in hell that's going to happen.

 

[kenny]

No.
Sure, I'd love to look and be younger ... but I accept aging.
That makes it easier.
IMHO aging is good and natural.

I look in the mirror and at old pics and I'm grateful for the life I've had, all the stages.

 

[texaskj]

I have considered it for migraines.

 

[sonnyjane]

I'm not opposed to cosmetic procedures per se (many of my friends have had "work" done), but I do believe that putting yourself at unnecessary risk should be do with utmost caution. Botox is in fact botulinum toxin and so while there are many doctors using Botox with rigid standards, there are also many, many, many folks giving Botox injections that don't have any qualifications to do so. If you do decide to proceed, do your homework, get someone that is licensed and can prove it and that is well-recommended. You get what you pay for so don't skimp. When not administered properly, there are pretty bad side effects and there have been deaths as well in extreme cases.

 

[Ally T]

I have voted no. I know many people who have had procedures, but its not for me. I am lucky in that although I tan easily (& safely with lotions) I have mums olive skin & therefore not many wrinkles. I'll be 40 next year & even my own neighbour was shocked, as I do look much younger. I do however, regularly toy with the idea of dermal nose to mouth line fillers, as my lines are deep & personally I think they are aging. But my husband says no because he believes any procedure is a one way ticket to obsession & a resultant look of the Bride of Wildenstein

 

[SB621]

I just keep thinking of Renee Zellwigger or however you spell her name. She looked fantastic and then had botox and it was awful. I would consider it if I started to wrinkle early or just a little bit here and there, but I would do it more to improbe upon what I have, vs hiding my inperfections if that makes sense.

 

[Kelinas]

I put yes&I liked it, but only because I got it for migraines and it did it's job.

other than that? nope. although I wouldn't mind getting a few hits on my forehead (karma for all the times my mother told me to "put your eyebrow and forehead down, yousa going to get "linkle"".

now she just laughs and says I told you so as she flaunts her wrinkle-less forehead.

 

[chrono]

I answered no for several reasons - product safety, dislike of needles and I'm worried that once I've done it, I'll have to keep doing it. The wrinkles will seem more obvious once the effect wears off so you'll feel forced to keep up with the procedure. There are many things I dislike about aging but I have no problems accepting them as they are.

 

[vintagelover229]

I'm not sure how accurate this is but I heard that is paralyzes the muscles under the wrinkles. In doing so the muscles can't move and lose mass-thus creating more wrinkles-thus leading to more botox-and so on and so on.

I heard facial yoga is the best way to stay young.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-512704/facial-yogas-new-craze-losing-wrinkles--prepared-look-ridiculous.html

 

[bright ice]

I have for my forehead and crowsfeet. Works great.

 

[JaneSmith]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I really appreciate it.

I would certainly be going to an MD for this, and only getting the crows feet done. I'm not scared of needles and have read the product monograph so I'm going in well informed and am not going to end up completely frozen.
I've always looked older than my real age, and that stopped being a bonus when I no longer needed a fake ID.

I'm really not a fan of the natural argument, because how does one define natural? A cat poo sandwich is natural. Arsenic is natural. Adorning ourselves with jewels is natural. Painting our faces and draping ourselves in material is natural.
The underlying assumption of the natural argument usually seems to be that anything humans do is unnatural, and I find that to be complete garbage. A beaver can build a dam and that is natural, but humans building cities is unnatural.
http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature

I understand that aging happens to us all, and eventually there will be nothing I can do about it even if I still care by then. I simply want to delay for a few years the wrinkles I don't want.

Is there anyone else out there who has had it done? What did you think?

 

[Matata]

I think you get a better value from having surgery. Botox is expensive and the effects last about 3 mos. compared to surgery which lasts years. I had 1 injection during my facelift in April. The surgeon said it was necessary to ensure that the forehead muscles had time to heal a bit before I started frowning. The movement of my forehead muscles was slightly compromised but moved enough that it wasn't obvious I'd had the injection.

 

[CJ2008]

Yes, several times, and I like it.

Well, "I like it" is a strong statement...let's just say I wish I didn't have to do it, but it does do the job.

It takes away the wrinkles (the 11s) and makes me look more relaxed. I can't frown but I look completely "natural" - you'd never guess I had it done.

I LIKE that I can't frown. That way I can be frowning at someone and they have no idea.

I trust the doctor/dermatologist who does it, but I am always a little bit afraid until several days pass and I'm sure I won't have any of the bad side effects like an eyelid drooping, etc.

In a way I wish I had been more consistent with it so that I didn't give the "11s" the chance to form...once the groove is there you can't erase it.

 

[monarch64]

No, it's just not for me. I'm 36, have a 14 month old baby, plan to have at least one more, but seriously look younger than most of my high school and college classmates. I have a couple forehead wrinkles that show up when I'm really tired, sure, and my eyes are getting a few crinkles, but if I get a good nights' rest they're totally gone in the morning.

I remember reading like 10 years ago that Cindy Crawford started Botox when she was 29. Back then, I was 26 and thought Wow! I'm going to do that too, because I don't want to ever look old! Realistically, though...I am not a model. I don't make my living from my looks, so WHY should I worry about such things? Don't mistake me, I take care of myself and stay out of the sun now, but I refuse to pay someone to inject my skin with a toxin just so I can maybe lie and say I'm 5 years younger than I really am.