Tell me about fillers for nasolabial folds and smile lines!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am constantly seeing women who look terrible with this and I suspect they are the same ones saying they love it. Even movie stars. I think it’s just too hard to money with your mouth area and have it look good. Unlike the forehead area where I think it usually looks pretty good.

You know when it’s bad. You have absolutely no idea when it’s good. I have had people sh!t talk procedures I have gotten directly to my face because they had no inking I had done it.

Women here say this, but the problem is you think it may look good at first and keep getting it done, then it slowly doesn’t. Except you can’t tell anymore what you actual face once looked like since the changes are over a long period of time. But someone that hasn’t seen you in a long time can absolutely tell. And who are these women that “talk sh*t about procedures” ? I would never bring this up IRL bc it is rather mean. I don’t know anyone that talks about this outside of to their esthetician

[Anonymous]

I just saw a Youtube video about this, and basically using filler on the lower half of your face over time makes it look heavy and square. If you're trying to correct sagging issues, surgery is really the only thing that will do this (unfortunately). And using too much filler before finally deciding to go under the knife can make the surgery more challenging, as the surgeons have to work around all this old filler that is still hanging out in strange ways (it does not fully dissolve).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do microneedling or any fancy moisturizers work for NL folds?

C’mon. You can’t unwrinkle your face. It is gravity and fat loss. Unless you can figure out a way to reverse those (and you won’t) you can’t fix NL folds that come with aging.

The problem with filler, as OP is aware and points out, is it doesn’t completely dissolve and can migrate. Even the slight migration can make face look very off. So the filler may look good to you the first handful of times, so you keep going back again to keep it up. Fast forward several years of doing it, you will look like the crazy celebrities clinging to youth

You can dissolve the standard types of filler pretty easily.

Someone should have told Courtney Cox to use a standard type of filler. Her face, while less crazy than it was, does not look like how her face would have looked at this age without filler.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am constantly seeing women who look terrible with this and I suspect they are the same ones saying they love it. Even movie stars. I think it’s just too hard to money with your mouth area and have it look good. Unlike the forehead area where I think it usually looks pretty good.

NL folds are near the nose, not mouth, so try again. OP, I started mine at 45 and I get RHA filler. I only get a syringe and it doesn't last long - maybe 6 months tops but I have a crazy fast metabolism and fillers don't last for me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am constantly seeing women who look terrible with this and I suspect they are the same ones saying they love it. Even movie stars. I think it’s just too hard to money with your mouth area and have it look good. Unlike the forehead area where I think it usually looks pretty good.

You know when it’s bad. You have absolutely no idea when it’s good. I have had people sh!t talk procedures I have gotten directly to my face because they had no inking I had done it.

Women here say this, but the problem is you think it may look good at first and keep getting it done, then it slowly doesn’t. Except you can’t tell anymore what you actual face once looked like since the changes are over a long period of time. But someone that hasn’t seen you in a long time can absolutely tell. And who are these women that “talk sh*t about procedures” ? I would never bring this up IRL bc it is rather mean. I don’t know anyone that talks about this outside of to their esthetician

I don't care. I like it and I DNGAF what others think or like. For example, I don't like seeing facial or arm hair on women or gray hair, but some don't care and it's none of my business. They don't need my permission or approval to stop coloring their hair, you know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am constantly seeing women who look terrible with this and I suspect they are the same ones saying they love it. Even movie stars. I think it’s just too hard to money with your mouth area and have it look good. Unlike the forehead area where I think it usually looks pretty good.

NL folds are near the nose, not mouth, so try again. OP, I started mine at 45 and I get RHA filler. I only get a syringe and it doesn't last long - maybe 6 months tops but I have a crazy fast metabolism and fillers don't last for me.

Nasolabial folds start at the nose and frame the mouth. It affects both areas, hence the name "naso-labial."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I feel like I am constantly seeing women who look terrible with this and I suspect they are the same ones saying they love it. Even movie stars. I think it’s just too hard to money with your mouth area and have it look good. Unlike the forehead area where I think it usually looks pretty good.

You know when it’s bad. You have absolutely no idea when it’s good. I have had people sh!t talk procedures I have gotten directly to my face because they had no inking I had done it.

Women here say this, but the problem is you think it may look good at first and keep getting it done, then it slowly doesn’t. Except you can’t tell anymore what you actual face once looked like since the changes are over a long period of time. But someone that hasn’t seen you in a long time can absolutely tell. And who are these women that “talk sh*t about procedures” ? I would never bring this up IRL bc it is rather mean. I don’t know anyone that talks about this outside of to their esthetician

I don't care. I like it and I DNGAF what others think or like. For example, I don't like seeing facial or arm hair on women or gray hair, but some don't care and it's none of my business. They don't need my permission or approval to stop coloring their hair, you know.

I mean, if you think you look good, that's what's most important. Some people care about others' opinions, so they may be interested to hear what PP has to say.

[Anonymous]

Anyone have before and after pics? I have deep smile lines. Never even thought about treating them.

[Anonymous]

I’ll die with fresh Botox but never fillers. They DO NOT do what people think they do. Filler face is what people think of when they say Botox face. Filler face is the puffy generic balloon look most wealthy white women have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just saw a Youtube video about this, and basically using filler on the lower half of your face over time makes it look heavy and square. If you're trying to correct sagging issues, surgery is really the only thing that will do this (unfortunately). And using too much filler before finally deciding to go under the knife can make the surgery more challenging, as the surgeons have to work around all this old filler that is still hanging out in strange ways (it does not fully dissolve).

It’s a common misconception that filler lifts. If doesn’t. Just plumps. And a lot of women who are getting older don’t need more plumping near the jaw/jowls. I promise being heavy there with filler looks worse than the nasolabial folds.

[Anonymous]

I’ve done some research and it seems like good docs no longer recommend fillers placed around NL folds rather place the filler in upper cheek which creates a subtle improvement in the NL folds bc it’s pulling the skin up where the filler was placed. Also, they put filler on the jawline. It’s all about focusing on the face shape since that is the difference bc a youthful vs. more mature face.