Cosmetic procedures

Live and let live.

If this is something that makes you feel better then go for it Dontaskme . There’s the psychological aspect to this, and feeling good is a great antidote against the ‘depression’ that old age can bring. Monica achieves this ‘feel good’ factor in her way and you in another.

Whatever works for you.

I din't suggest you were a frumpy old woman *Dontaskme. I said that when I see makeovers of frumpy old women to slim, beautifully dressed and made up women, some having had cosmetic procedures and the article says they look 10 - 20 years younger, When I look at the pictures, it is still easy to see what age the woman is. She has merely gone from ageing badly to ageing well, but like it or not, ageing she is

There is so much more than just facial features that say what our age is. I am blessed with good genes. I am still slim, fit, my hair has very little grey in it, less than 25% my hairdresser says, which I colour and my style of dress is indistinguishable from that of DDiL or DGD, we shop together and swap clothes, nevertheless when I jumped on a train last week and moved fast down the carriage looking for a seat, when I didn't find one, someone stood up and offered me a seat. However I was dressed or looked or moved, something about me says I am over 70.

I never pretend to be any other age, nor would I try to. I just do not see the point of all these procedures. A face, artificially enhanced, to replicate the face of a younger person, looks odd on someone whose whole body and demeanour, make it clear that they are actually older.

Hello Dontaskme don’t take it personally it just other peoples opinions. I think this is a useful thread. I haven’t had anything done. The only thing I’d ever consider is the lines that run downwards from the sides of my mouth. That’s not because I think it makes me look old, that doesn’t bother me too much. It’s because they make me look miserable/sad. How much would it cost and how often would it have to be done?

Tried fillers once when my DIL persuaded me at a very low point in my life. After some time it gradually dissolved leaving a worm like visible trail under the skin which took about six months more to disappear. Never again!
Some people do this regularly, at huge expense. I have much better things to spend my money on now thank goodness.

Cor you really are a boring judgemental narrow minded bunch on here, little wonder you rarely get new posters tbh. I asked what anyone else had had done and all I got was rude rubbish about celebs and frumpy old women, of which I am neither.

www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/158647.php

If you're happy using it then it's up to you.
Personally, I wouldn't touch it with a barge pole unless it was for strictly medical reasons.

"you look well" & "wish I had skin like you" and "you really don't look it" (when I tell my age).
Yes, I get told that too. Whether it's true or not it makes me feel better

Oopsa I had fillers in my clown lines which were making me look old and haggard - I had nose to mouth ones and then the ones under my mouth down a little bit. They just plumped me back out and, as my DD said, knocked 10 years off me. It hurt, not going to lie, and cost £400 but I had it done last January and still don't need a top up. Botox I have every 4 months and no, I don't look like one of those stiff over-done "celebs", it looks so natural that no-one notices but I have had comments such as "you look well" & "wish I had skin like you" and "you really don't look it" (when I tell my age). To me its the same as having your hair done, teeth polished etc. Make the best of what you've got. I certainly do not look like wax work and can thoroughly recommend having the bits done that I have.

How on earth can cosmetic procedures make you younger, even Stephen Hawking couldn't do that. All you can do is age well or age badly. Aging badly includes having a face that makes you look as if you're pickled in aspic.

The DM is full of female make-overs, taking frumpy older women, tidying them up, putting make-up on and saying they looker 10 years younger. They do not. they look smarter tidier, better presented, but look at their faces and they are all clearly still look their real age, they have just gone from frump to ageing well.

Then there are those who spend £oos mutilating their faces adding bits, taking away bits so that they have a face like a waxwork in Madame Tussauds. An unmoving face that cannot show emotion. As harrigran effectively says. they are not a pretty sight.

harrigran I agree with every word that you have said. I also "spot the celebrity"- I do not know if some have looked in a mirror recently!

Dontaskme, can you tell me more about the fillers?

Wouldn't touch it with a barge pole let alone a syringe filled with botox.
DH and I play spot the celebrity, with the frozen features, when watching TV. I assume they think it looks attractive, it really does not.