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I want Botox. Only on my brow.
I dont know anyone who has had it - or at least was willing to talk about it. Im not sure how to go about finding someone good and most importantly, is it ok to do when breastfeeding?
Anyone admit to doing it or wanting to do it?
My bestest friend had it done and his head looks shiny and smooth lol
he said its the best money he has ever spent :)
I don't know about the breastfeeding side of things.. Always ring and ask or email a place :)
I would love to get it done but will settle for the tummy tuck first then move elsewhere hahaha
Me me me!!! I soooooo want botox and will be getting it asap! Obviously it will be after Bumpty is born and weaned off me.
I have a crease in the middle of my brow that I have lovingly named after my DH. I want it gone for as long as possible!
yup - I have frown lines that I want gone! Too much grumping at my DS :lol:
I told DH that I want it for my next birthday (mid yr) but he says Im too young (im in my early 30`s) and he is worried I will look all plasticy like certain celebs.
Im not sure when I will wean but it might not happen before next pregnancy if we have another and that means I will have to wait a few more years!!!! And think how much worse the frown lines will be by then. :rolleyes:
I am hoping to get lipo after I have had my babies and DH is happy about that. He probably dosent realise yet he is the one paying for it :lol:
I enquired about lipo a few years ago and they all said it was fine to get done inbetween pregnancys except for one who said 'wait till you have finished having babies', so I appreciated his honesty and am waiting. Might need a tummy tuck insted by then though ;)
Ok, well I for one can't imagine ever having it done...
...until I found out it's a routine treatment for anal fissure issues these days :o!
But I still have trouble with the fact that it's a nerve poison...surely you could wait a few months until you're not BFing any more? In the grand span of your life, a few months is neither here nor there...?
Ummmmm guilty....:lol:
I love love love the stuff..
Have been doing it for a few years.. so no deep lines in my brow.. or btwn my eyes.. and I have it done on the sides of my eyes - so hardly anything there either..
Go for it girlies.. ok not while pregnant or I agree not with b/f either methinks..
Salsa... My DH is basically echo-ing what yours says. He thinks I am too young (33) and because I have previously got annoyed with some celebs that take it too far he thinks it is a bit hypocritical on my part... he doesn't want me being 'plastic' either.
He looks at me and sees nothing that I do. I see my big crease from knotting my eyebrows together due to wondering why on earth my DH, DS1, DD do the things they do at times (lol) and I can see my forehead slowly morphing into one closely resembling Gordon Ramsey's.
MsPink - The places you get it are the same places I want it. Do you find you've lost a lot of your expressions? I can't imagine you would. I bet you just look gorgeously refreshed :) just how I want to look after this bub is weaned.
I would love to get it done - No. 11's on my brow.....but i dont think i would have the guts.....i wouldnt do whilst b/f......
Lisa I think I've heard somewhere that it's good to have it when younger as a preventative measure rather than waiting till you're older and the lines are heavier. Dunno if it's true or not but sounds convincing ;)
Hi Lisa..
My expression is fine..ok maybe not as much as before.. but I make sure I have plenty..but not too much.. so u can still see surprise etc in my face. The Nurse or doc have to know what they are doing. Some of the nurses who are really into it - are better then many of the docs.
Also - will agree with Raven that the earlier the better. If you have distinct lines now without expression - you need to start before they get worse.. I started before I actually had deep lines so am pretty smooth except when I actually express a feeling.
I have had it heaps of times, as I worked in a practice that did it... I loved it, friends used to say "you look well", and I could smile away without crows feet. A reputable GP wont go overboard, it is the best invention ever.
Once I started ttc I stopped though, and now I am looking less fresh, I cant wait to have it again
OMG i was talking about this topic whilst at my hairdresser yesterday ...
I said to her i would love to be able to afford the luxury of botox and many other beauty procedures ... but having said that i said to her i would rather be of her young generation (i'm 43 and she is about 24) as by the time ' she ' is of an older age botox would have been around awhile to have learned of any possible side effects like i jokingly said to her "the face collasping" (?:rolleyes:) ...
I worked with a guy that was early 30's and he had botox done on a regular basis ... his face was so shiny after his treatment i would joke & ask if he had sprayed Mr Sheen on his face ... He truely had NOT a wrinkle in sight ;) ... and he looked great (never tired even when he lacked sleep) !!
...maybe i should get crows feet done too before they set in more? Unfortunatly i already have brow lines, but i want to stop them getting worse. im happy to have a few lines, but dont want to look haggard when Im older and I would be happy to minimise expressions anyway because I have a very expressive face and people misread it a lot.
How do you know if your botox dr or nurse is any good? Whats the best way to find a good one and any guidence on what I should expect to pay.
I suppose I should wait till I have finished breastfeeding, lets hope my face can hang on till when ever weaning occurs.:p
Salsa - wait till you've finished b/f and we'll talk again..sadly i think prices will go up till then..
In the meantime - stop frowning!!
No, you cannot have it done whilst breastfeeding, it's a toxin after all.
Yep, this is why I know you can't do it whilst b'feeding, I have a very good friend who had to wean her DS in order to have this procedure done.:
...until I found out it's a routine treatment for anal fissure issues these days !
I've been telling DH for a few years that I want it done between my eyes. I will seriously consider it once this new baby has finished feeding. He is also against it but hey, it's my face!
How about fillers? Anyone done any fillers? I have lines (folds?) that run from the side of my nose down to my chin - you know, the marionette type lines - they aren't that bad, but I was told that if you take care of it early it does wonders. I understand that fillers are better than botox for these. I've been eager to explore this further but do not know who to ask for a recommendation of where to go. I've only asked my hairdresser, but his recommendation was a bit wishy-washy for me - and also way out of the way.
I have had the restalane as well. I wasnt as happy with the result that I had from the botox. Though my DH is ten years younger than me, maybe it looked better than I thought ;)
Now girls, I dont want you all thinking I look like a barbie doll, or like this :o I promise I look quite normal, and one would never know I had enhancements
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:lol: about the :o , and not being able to tell is the way it should be I think :)
WLAB - were you not as happy with the restalane because it didn't give you the results you wanted? or were they just not as good as results as the botax? and I'm sure you don't look like a barbie!
Ooh, I'm really interested in giving it a go... yes, I'm not quite 23 yet, but I have a really 'squishy' scalp and just one big crease running across my forehead (if you raise your eyebrows and get that big crease halfway between your brows and hairline, that's what I have almost permanently, it's just 'settled' into my thick, squishy skin) and it really bothers me because hey - I'm 23, I shouldn't HAVE big wrinkles yet!!
So I'm looking into botoxing it, thanks for the advice so far because I don't know *anybody* who has ever had it done (small town, only the 'fancy-pantses' who live in McMansions have Botox and I'm not friends with any of them haha) so I've been looking for some advice.
It's cheaper than a tummy tuck so I'll give it a go once I drop this baby and stop BFing, see how it goes :D It would be nice to be able to put on makeup and not end up with it settling into my crack after a few minutes :/
(and ftr, the tummy tuck is still very much on my list of 'to-do' things!!)
Julie - the newest filler for that is Juvaderm I think.. will do it in the next few months I imagine..
I googled juvaderm (of course - I google eveything) - sounds like it is indeed the latest and greatest. by the way, I love before and after pictures!
This is funny because a girl on my team at work has been saying that we should do a lunchtime botox visit after I come back to work in May after my body lift surgery. She reckons if I'm fixing the bod, I may as well go the whole hog and get a new 'refreshed' look for the face!
I have to say I'm tempted! And I'm not a girly-girl, but want to try it, just once, to see what happens! She even got a great recommendation for a place in Perth, so I just have to say yes and she'll organise it....
BullieJ: The Botox was virtually instant for me, where as the restalane, was good, but not as good as I thought it would be. I needed to get a dental anaesetic before the restaline, which hurt .
Sushee: Go for the freshen up hon, you will love it
Your all making me feel like getting it, but I cant atm
I'm also bummed I can't explore this further at the moment - I finally have some recommendations. Oh well, at least it's on hold for good reason.
Yanno after watching Bold and the Beautiful last night I'm not so sure lol. At least it's a reminder not to take it too far if I decide to give it a go ;)
I definitely don't want to look like Bree on Desperate Housewives. Her forehead looked comepletely frozen! I kept staring at it last night in horror!
But I checked out the website of the place my colleague wants to go to, and they reckon they go slow so that you don't end up with a 'frozen' look!
Yes - no Bree, no Nicole - there's a whole list of hollywood ladies that I wouldn't want to look like - but there are plenty who are way older than they look and they still look natural - now that's what I'd like.
...so if I got botox now (not right now - i mean after BF ;) ), with my wrinkles that are already there, what will the effect be like?
Does it kind of smooth the current lines out as well as help prevent more occuring? And does it help the lines that are already there not get deeper, or is that damage already done and will continue to 'deteriate' (excuse spelling)?
Salsa - depends on how deep they are. If not very deep then they should almost disappear because the muscle that causes you to do that action will be frozen and they area totally relaxed. If deep, you will still see the fine lines but they won't be deep grooves..