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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lol my own mother goes on and on about Botox and how plastic and immobile and unnatural and easily detectible it is. Claims she can spot it a mile away. Cites ME as a natural beauty who doesn't need it (embarrassing, but classic old mom Facebook stuff).

I've been getting it for 5 years, Mom. [/quote]

Mine is subtle too! My mom can't tell. I still have wrinkles. I ask for very little botox because I still want wrinkles. There are just less of them. [/quote]

I agree your mom has unrealistic expectations of what Botox looks like on someone but I'd also that the "subtle Botox" you get done probably doesn't improve your appearance to others as much as you think it does. You likely notice because you look at your face every day, but other than a few days where you look "fresher" I think the benefits are really minimal. I know there's this theory that getting small amounts of botox early will prevent the lines from forming in the first place but I'm just not sure I buy it. I think it offers some very minimal and fleeting benefits that might be largely psychological, and the long-term benefits are mostly a sales pitch and nothing more. Of course your derm wants to sell you on the idea that regular Botox is the holy grail. Come on.

I think people who are used to get small, natural-looking injections come to assume that everyone who looks pretty good (but still natural) after a certain age must be doing it. Nope. I have a friend (well coworker/acquaintance with whom I'm friendly) who is convinced I have been getting Botox for years and has asked me point blank several times but then always assumes I'm lying when I say no. But my mom was the same way. We get wrinkles but they don't get deep until much later in life (my mom's are finally deepening as she enters her late 70s, but they stayed fine and non-obvious all through her 50s and 60s). People don't believe this because we are pale with fair hair and some people have this belief that pale skin ages faster? I think that's an old wives tale.[/quote]

It isnt your skin, its your exposure to sun that matters. You can have pale skin but if you always wear sunscreen and a hat- especially as a child and teenager- then you will have a lot less damage compared to someone who is similar in skin tone but did not start wearing daily sunscreen until 20s/30s. Genetics related to collagen production, diet and free radicals, water intake, alcohol and caffeine intake, pillow usage, sleep position all play a role in wrinkles. [/quote]

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