Does anyone who really cares about appearance NOT use Botox?
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Anonymous
Ooh. Tell me more about the Hanacure mask. |
Anonymous
| There's a Botox gone wrongpage on Facebook that gives me pause (systemic botulism poisoning). Apparently, it does happen. |
Anonymous
This .. Ugh |
Anonymous
| I use it less frequently and instead use Frownies. It extends the life of my Botox. |
Anonymous
Meh. Derms get kickbacks. |
Anonymous
It works for me (my face looks plumper and softer for a couple days). The key is that you can't move your face AT ALL for 30 minutes while it's working. No expressions whatsoever, no talking, etc. When I do that, after about 15 minutes I feel all this blood pulsing throughout my face. It's wild! When I move my face even a little bit, the mask "breaks" and I don't feel any pulsing or see a difference afterwards. I think that's why the reviews vary. But when you use it right, it really works. |
Anonymous
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I do not.
I have a wrinkle trying to develop between my eyes but I use tret + Aquaphor + light massage for that. It gets better and then shows up again. Constant battle. lol The elders in my family (the ones I look like the most) do not tend to wrinkle until very old. I used hats and sunscreen when in the sun. For other health reasons, I had to give up sugar and alcohol, and I think that can only have helped. |
Anonymous
| I know most people who do not do this- only a few that do. And they don't keep it up. |
Anonymous
Do you sleep on your side? Try putting a piece of medical tape on it before bed. At first I did this to prolong my Botox per the Skincare addict subreddit and then I stopped using Botox altogether. |
Anonymous
Medical grade skincare is not a thing. Prescription Tret is a thing. |
Anonymous
No kidding. I had not heard this before. |
Anonymous
Tret is an old thing tho. |
Anonymous
Were you trying to say something? Tret has clinically measurable results. “Medical grade skincare” doesn’t. That’s what gives your celebrity derm with a YouTube following second home funding. So many of you are stupid and then smugly try to tell other women that xyz works when it absolutely doesn’t. Botox looks fqd on so many people. So many others can’t afford it. Why not discuss what actual non-scumbag dermatologists say works? |
Anonymous
Tret works, I don't think anyone is arguing that. Prescription Tret is also just retinoic acid in a cream base, which tends to be very irritating to skin, and cannot be tolerated well by many people. I told my cosmetic derm (who never pushes any product or procedure on anyone) that I didn't tolerate even the lowest concentration prescription tret and could only use OTC differin. He told me to try the skinbetter retinol which is equivalent in strength to the lowest strength prescription tret. He said that unlike the prescription products retinols from skincare companies are allowed to add other ingredients which hydrate and counteract the irritating/drying action, which makes them much more tolerable for many people. |
Anonymous
| I don't use it. I don't like how it looks on me, and I'm so active so it only lasts about 6 weeks tops. |