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Botox, you’ll regret it

Lucy Kippist

by Lucy Kippist

19 May 10:46am

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What goes up must come down.

Trout anyone? Picture: AFP.

Two reports out of the United States today show that botox, the treatment once celebrated for its ability to plump and de-wrinkle a persons face, has joined the list of things now best avoided.

Well, only if you a) want to be able to recognise yourself in the mirror and b) value your natural ability to show emotion and expression.

Sharon Stone told More magazine that she’d turned to botox following her divorce to make herself feel better, but it all ended badly:

“(I thought) nobody loved me - ‘I’m 103. My life would be better if I had better lips.” 

But, she added:  “(I looked) like a trout.”

And The Daily Telegraph reports Private Practice star Amy Brenneman was put off the treatment for life when she realised she couldn’t move her face.

“What I found bizarre about it was not being able to move my face. And I literally had this thought. If you were a model or socialite, it might work, but I’m literally paid to express complex feelings with my face. So that (Botox) really wasn’t for me.”

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    • paul says:

      12:47pm | 19/05/10

      Wow, who could have thought injecting botulism had a downside?

      Reply

    • chris says:

      01:03pm | 19/05/10

      Gee, who would have thought that injecting yourself with a derivative of botulism could be bad for you.

      Reply

    • Daniel says:

      01:54pm | 19/05/10

      No regrets at all.  The secret is to go to someone who won’t completely paralyze your face.  These 40/50/60 year old woman want to look 20 again.  Some look good, some look not so good. 
      I’ve had it done.  I love it.  I’m also a early 30’s male.  Moderation people!

      Reply

    • paul says:

      03:58pm | 19/05/10

      I suppose there probably is a correlation between the amount of botulism required and the size of the vanity being fed.

    • James1 says:

      04:11pm | 19/05/10

      Amazing.  I could not even stifle my laugh on reading your post Daniel.  What on earth made you think it was in any way a good idea, let alone not a complete waste of money?

    • Frank says:

      07:30am | 21/05/10

      If you feel like you need Botox in your early 30s, then god help you when you’ll be in your early 50s…

    • cdpattrn4ing says:

      06:56pm | 19/05/10

      Oh Danny Boy, do you look like those poor creatures flooding our TV screens? Anyway, what’s the matter with your dial that you want another one? Who doesn’t love you as you are??

      Reply

    • Rover says:

      09:31am | 20/05/10

      Hi Lucy, I’ve read the Sharon Stone article and she’s not talking about botox. You don’t have botox in your lips. It’s not a plumper. It incapacitates your muscles. She says she’s not sure what she had injected and she never mentions botox. It’s more likely to be collagen.

      I had botox almost a year ago to get rid of a deep frown mark between my eyes. Because it was my first time, the doctor went for the minimum amount.

      When I went back for a check-up a week later, he wanted to give me a top-up because he thought I had too much movement in my forehead but I declined.

      It’s all about being realistic. Botox was never going to make me look 20 again but I was very happy with the results. I didn’t want a frozen forehead and I didn’t get one.

      Nobody guessed I’d had it but many people commented on how relaxed and refreshed I looked.

      It’s lasted longer than I thought it would and I’ll have it again when I need it.

      Reply

    • James1 says:

      12:07pm | 21/05/10

      Is “need” the right word here?  Do you need to have less ability to show facial expression?  If you are really worried about how your face looks, you could just wear a burka…

    • Lacs says:

      12:29pm | 20/05/10

      Yeah ... who could think that the Sharon Stone comments were about botox?

      Reply

    • Peter the Lawyer says:

      11:37am | 21/05/10

      I have been having 20 botox injections in my face every two or three months for 3 years now. It is a treatment for chronic ideopathic facial pain.

      I notice a tightening of the forehead after the injections, but I can’t say that I look particularly younger.

      Reply

    • Emma says:

      11:57am | 21/05/10

      I am sorry, where was the article? No new information at all. I thought by the title that it might relate to damage done after someone uses botox for many years.

      Reply
 
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