On Botox

This year I will turn 50.

I have been bothered by my wrinkly forehead in almost every sort of close up photo.

So I decided to try Botox. I have two groups of friends, the natural ones who have never and probably never will, and the younger than me ones who are obsessed with it. So…I decided to give it a whirl.

I chose a shop that is doctor owned and that my hairstylists really favor, being also personal friends with the owner who I know through them.

I made my appointment and reported at the scheduled time.

It was not the doctor who saw me but a PA. We met in an office and she gave me some choices and I chose the simplest, wanting to start small.

We moved to a treatment room and she left to mix up the magic potion. When she returned she iced my forehead. No pain killers.

Then she took a needle, explained where she would be making the injections and pinching my skin injected several times across my forehead and in between my eyebrows, the agreed upon places. I have to admit. I was x nervous and it hurt.

The injection spots were slightly red but nothing noticeable. Almost immediately I felt I did not have to choose between lifting my brows to avoid my scowl and not doing to avoid forehead lines.

I did meet a friend on my daughter’s field trip who is an injection rep and trainer and she did not favor the place I went, suggesting at the price I paid it was not real Botox, and telling me that technically I should not be able to frown at all, so maybe I will go elsewhere to see if that can be corrected.

Also it does change the landscape of your face… .now when I lift my brows they go up in an arch.

But overall I feel SO much better, less distracted by my lines, so much freer to show expression.