Botox alternative??

[Celina]

Okay - so the past few months I have noticed this line getting deeper and deeper right between my eyebrows.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions for something to help out before it gets any worse?

[Yari]

Try an oxygen facial...it helps a lot!

[Maura]

ask your dermatologist about restalyne, its a collagen based thing that i once dicussed with my doc as an alternative to botox.

[ErinB]

Have you tried Striv-Ectin? It's a lotion that is great for stretch marks and they say it works for wrinkles too. I know it is a little pricy but you don't need to use very much.

[lucy106]

I knew my girlfriend did something so I just called her she said she gets Sculptra its a "filler rather than a muscle freezer". Whatever the heck that means!

[Celina]

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Originally Posted by Maura ask your dermatologist about restalyne, its a collagen based thing that i once dicussed with my doc as an alternative to botox.

Maura in all your pics, your skin looks flawless! I'll ask her about it.

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Originally Posted by lucy106 I knew my girlfriend did something so I just called her she said she gets Sculptra its a "filler rather than a muscle freezer". Whatever the heck that means!

I'm going to have to google sculptra. All I keep imagining is some putty that you fill a hole with! YIKES!

[JennyK]

I would go with Restylane like Maura said. I've heard good things about it. My old boss used to get it done and loved it.

[Maura]

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Originally Posted by SoontobeMrsE Maura in all your pics, your skin looks flawless! I'll ask her about it.

thanks celina -- i do have some wrinkle lines on my forehead from scrunching my face and frowning a lot at work. theyre not visible in photos that arent close up but it bothers me. i talked to my derm about getting botox vs restalyne awhile back and found out that unfortunately im not a candidate for restalyne because i have a rare genetic disorder that affects my natural collagen (which ive known i had since i was a little kid), but turned out that the restalyne wouldnt be effective because of that disorder. i didnt really want to do botox because i was too scared about putting poison in my body.

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Originally Posted by JennyK I would go with Restylane like Maura said. I've heard good things about it. My old boss used to get it done and loved it.

but i saw several other women patient's photos (before & after) who had the restalyne procedure by my derm, and it looked amazing.

[nikkianddean]

please be careful when considering any sort of procedure. I wouldn't go so far to say this is plastic surgery but a couple things you should consider when making a decision to botox (or restalyne) or not to botox are:

 

is your doctor board certified? and on which boards?

how often does this doctor perform this procedure? I think the safe minimum is 1000.

 

If you want to check if a doctor has any lost or settled any malpractice suits you can check with your state board www.fsmb.org/directory_smb.html

 

There is a great article on this in May's issue o Vogue with Gweneth Paltrow on the front. You have to post before and after pics!!

[nikkianddean]

I forgot to post my alternative:

 

microdermabrasion, maybe a peel...here is an article form forbes. it looks like there are a few options if you don;t want to go the botox route...

 

http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/26/cre...0427botox.html