Botox Party

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have it, and need it again, along with a filler between my eyebrows. At least once a day someone would ask me what is wrong, why am I mad, smile....Got it done & haven't heard it since. It just stared to fade off and my son has started asking me if I am mad about something.

How often do you need it and how much does it cost each time? What age did you start? I'm considering it.

[Anonymous]

I got in done in the Richmond area at a medi-spa. Starting about 20 months ago, first I got botox but they warned me that the line between my eyebrows is so deep that might not do it. I went back about 10 weeks later and added the filler and some more botox, poof the line was gone. I was lucky and it lasted well over a year, just in the last 2 months has the line started to come back and it makes me realize how bad it was before.

I want to say it was $500 for the visit with the botox & filler. I know the botox was $10-11 a hit and the filler would have been $75-$100 off the regular price. (don't remember which filler I used but know it wasn't the one that was suppose to last more than 6-8 months). There was more than half of the filler left so we filled in a couple of scars and I could have gone back to use the rest within 6 months but didn't need it.

I just got botox for the line between my eyebrows, but I can see how having more could produce a "fake" look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got in done in the Richmond area at a medi-spa. Starting about 20 months ago, first I got botox but they warned me that the line between my eyebrows is so deep that might not do it. I went back about 10 weeks later and added the filler and some more botox, poof the line was gone. I was lucky and it lasted well over a year, just in the last 2 months has the line started to come back and it makes me realize how bad it was before.

I want to say it was $500 for the visit with the botox & filler. I know the botox was $10-11 a hit and the filler would have been $75-$100 off the regular price. (don't remember which filler I used but know it wasn't the one that was suppose to last more than 6-8 months). There was more than half of the filler left so we filled in a couple of scars and I could have gone back to use the rest within 6 months but didn't need it.

I just got botox for the line between my eyebrows, but I can see how having more could produce a "fake" look.

Oh I'm 37 but wish i would have gotten it done a decade ago. That line runs in my family, my mother had hers filled in when she was in her 30's with fat from her thigh.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got in done in the Richmond area at a medi-spa. Starting about 20 months ago, first I got botox but they warned me that the line between my eyebrows is so deep that might not do it. I went back about 10 weeks later and added the filler and some more botox, poof the line was gone. I was lucky and it lasted well over a year, just in the last 2 months has the line started to come back and it makes me realize how bad it was before.

I want to say it was $500 for the visit with the botox & filler. I know the botox was $10-11 a hit and the filler would have been $75-$100 off the regular price. (don't remember which filler I used but know it wasn't the one that was suppose to last more than 6-8 months). There was more than half of the filler left so we filled in a couple of scars and I could have gone back to use the rest within 6 months but didn't need it.

I just got botox for the line between my eyebrows, but I can see how having more could produce a "fake" look.

Oh I'm 37 but wish i would have gotten it done a decade ago. That line runs in my family, my mother had hers filled in when she was in her 30's with fat from her thigh.

Different PP than the one you are quoting. The best time to start is when the lines in your face are as yet either unformed or minimally visible. After that, Botox can soften lines but not make them disappear. A softer line is fine, though, and may appear more natural. You just have to have reasonable expectations.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the info!

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Anonymous wrote:I got in done in the Richmond area at a medi-spa. Starting about 20 months ago, first I got botox but they warned me that the line between my eyebrows is so deep that might not do it. I went back about 10 weeks later and added the filler and some more botox, poof the line was gone. I was lucky and it lasted well over a year, just in the last 2 months has the line started to come back and it makes me realize how bad it was before.

I just got botox for the line between my eyebrows, but I can see how having more could produce a "fake" look.

Oh I'm 37 but wish i would have gotten it done a decade ago. That line runs in my family, my mother had hers filled in when she was in her 30's with fat from her thigh.

Different PP than the one you are quoting. The best time to start is when the lines in your face are as yet either unformed or minimally visible. After that, Botox can soften lines but not make them disappear. A softer line is fine, though, and may appear more natural. You just have to have reasonable expectations.

The nurse did say that because the line was so deep and had been there for so long that there might still be a mark, like a scar, even with the actual crease gone. Once again, I got lucky and there wasn't. But that goes to what the PP poster said about getting it done earlier.

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Anonymous wrote:A botox party sounds like a lot of fun. I'd love to come over, get drunk, have poison injected into my face in hopes of looking couple years younger. I find something about botox that makes people look older. Maybe it's because they seem to be desperately clinging to their fading youth.

Oh, puh-leeze. You're thinking Joan Rivers. Most women who get it look great and perfectly normal.

My MIL gets it. (BTW, I really, really like her so this is not one of those standard hate the MIL things). She has it done by an MD who is well known in her area (not here) to be the best of the best. Her face looks strange to me. And when my child was tiny, he was terrified of her, and I honestly, truly think it is because of the unnatural looking face. I say this as someone who would consider Botox as the one procedure I might consider, given the lack of invasiveness, if I didn't think it nearly always looked fake.

Are you perhaps confusing it with fillers injected into the lips? It can't really look "fake", since it's a toxin that deadens the ability of muscles to move--nothing actually shows, so I'm not sure what would look fake.

Nope. No confusion. Paralyzing your facial muscles makes you look strange as well as desperate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have it, and need it again, along with a filler between my eyebrows. At least once a day someone would ask me what is wrong, why am I mad, smile....Got it done & haven't heard it since. It just stared to fade off and my son has started asking me if I am mad about something.

This is exactly why I had it done. I don't look angry anymore.

I have it done by my dermatologist. I'd never have it done at a party unless my dermatologist started frequenting parties.

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Anonymous wrote:A botox party sounds like a lot of fun. I'd love to come over, get drunk, have poison injected into my face in hopes of looking couple years younger. I find something about botox that makes people look older. Maybe it's because they seem to be desperately clinging to their fading youth.

Oh, puh-leeze. You're thinking Joan Rivers. Most women who get it look great and perfectly normal.

My MIL gets it. (BTW, I really, really like her so this is not one of those standard hate the MIL things). She has it done by an MD who is well known in her area (not here) to be the best of the best. Her face looks strange to me. And when my child was tiny, he was terrified of her, and I honestly, truly think it is because of the unnatural looking face. I say this as someone who would consider Botox as the one procedure I might consider, given the lack of invasiveness, if I didn't think it nearly always looked fake.

Are you perhaps confusing it with fillers injected into the lips? It can't really look "fake", since it's a toxin that deadens the ability of muscles to move--nothing actually shows, so I'm not sure what would look fake.

Nope. No confusion. Paralyzing your facial muscles makes you look strange as well as desperate.

Jealous much?

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I worry about the unknown long-term effects of botox.

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Anonymous wrote:A botox party sounds like a lot of fun. I'd love to come over, get drunk, have poison injected into my face in hopes of looking couple years younger. I find something about botox that makes people look older. Maybe it's because they seem to be desperately clinging to their fading youth.

Oh, puh-leeze. You're thinking Joan Rivers. Most women who get it look great and perfectly normal.

My MIL gets it. (BTW, I really, really like her so this is not one of those standard hate the MIL things). She has it done by an MD who is well known in her area (not here) to be the best of the best. Her face looks strange to me. And when my child was tiny, he was terrified of her, and I honestly, truly think it is because of the unnatural looking face. I say this as someone who would consider Botox as the one procedure I might consider, given the lack of invasiveness, if I didn't think it nearly always looked fake.

Are you perhaps confusing it with fillers injected into the lips? It can't really look "fake", since it's a toxin that deadens the ability of muscles to move--nothing actually shows, so I'm not sure what would look fake.

Nope. No confusion. Paralyzing your facial muscles makes you look strange as well as desperate.

Jealous much?

Not at all. I'm just comfortable in my own skin and not frightened of the aging process.