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My wife is in the biz after 25 years of hospital medicine. She is very "stingy" with Botox when it comes to younger women. Sadly, some girls turning 16 get treatments for their birthday. And some women like to go overboard with it and if my wife won't give them more they find someone else. I've had it injected into my eyebrows, otherwise I would look like one of those old dogs you see on the front porch. Really makes a difference with my vision.
If you have the right injector, it shouldn't be noticeable.
My wife is in the biz after 25 years of hospital medicine. She is very "stingy" with Botox when it comes to younger women. Sadly, some girls turning 16 get treatments for their birthday. And some women like to go overboard with it and if my wife won't give them more they find someone else. I've had it injected into my eyebrows, otherwise I would look like one of those old dogs you see on the front porch. Really makes a difference with my vision.
If you have the right injector, it shouldn't be noticeable.
I struggle with the 2 vertical lines that form above the nose and between the eyebrows...commonly called
the 11's.
They are evident in my resting facial expression, and I believe they affect the way people perceive me. People think I'm angry, tired, sad, or worried, even when I feel perfectly fine and I'm well-rested.
I've read that it's one of the most common Botox procedures. I feel ready to take that step because even when I smile, my face is communicating something entirely different.
This is why I wear bangs (fringe for you UK folks) and have for many, many years.
I can still recall when I was a pre-teen 60 years ago an older lady approaching me in the library, telling me not to squint because i was going to get those lines. I needed glasses but it's difficult to break the habit of squinting. When one has an expressive face it's one of the things that happens. Well, that lady was right.
Let us know how the Botox goes if you do it. I've been considering it for years.
I will say that I look better with bangs anyhow, regardless of the 11 lines. But being in the wind where it blows them back is always a concern because those frown lines are exposed. And yes, they do make you look mad, or hard.
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Originally Posted by Copanut
My wife is in the biz after 25 years of hospital medicine. She is very "stingy" with Botox when it comes to younger women. Sadly, some girls turning 16 get treatments for their birthday. And some women like to go overboard with it and if my wife won't give them more they find someone else. I've had it injected into my eyebrows, otherwise I would look like one of those old dogs you see on the front porch. Really makes a difference with my vision.
If you have the right injector, it shouldn't be noticeable.
Does the Botox really help with the droopy eyelid? Mine has always been there,getting worse with age.
My dad had a minor surgery to lift one of his eyelids when he was about 98 years old. It really helped with his vision. I wonder why they didn't do Botox.
I don't think Botox would help with droopy eyelids. Botox paralyzes muscles, and the eyelid is drooping because of excess skin. They do a blepheropathy (right spelling? not sure) for that and it's a pretty normal thing for older people.
I've had a mild case all my life, but now that I'm in my 70's I wonder if insurance would actually pay for it. It's still not as bad as my father's was when he got it at, I think it was, age 97-98.
Blepheroplasty - I looked up the spelling. Insurance will pay if the eyelid is drooping so that it impairs vision to the periphery and top of the vision field.
Botox works on my brows, go for a consultation and see what they can do. Trust me, I'm the BEFORE model for Botox. That's the only thing I'll let my wife do to my face. I still don't tell the guys!
Botox brow lift is a procedure when you give a temporary lift to the eyebrows through strategic use of a neurotoxin," explains dermatologist Joshua Zeichner, MD. By using the injectable to relax the muscles that drag the brows down, the upward-pulling muscle of the forehead can do its thing unchecked. "This will cause a physical lift of the brows for as long as the toxin remains active, usually between three and five months," says Dr. Zeichner.
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