Have any of you ever used them? Restalyne...Juvederm...etc. They are for filling in lines or hollow spaces in your face, making your cheeks look bigger, etc. I'm only 29 but it's like my face is collapsing. I've always been thin to underweight my entire life and so I've always had a gaunt face, but now my face just looks so much older than other 29 year olds I see. Under my eyes is all sunken in and under my cheekbones is too. I think I look 40. I look okay depending on the lighting, but I also have a lot of acne scars that cause shadows on my face too so it's just a disaster. I've seen crackheads with better skin than me and it's really not fair!!

Have any of you had any work done?? Did you get the result that you wanted? I don't want to look like a different person, just me as I was before.

No, I haven't. But I'm thinking pretty seriously about getting a little Juvederm. I just have a couple spots I'd like to touch up.

I doubt you look as bad as you say, MidniteMagnet.

I know nothing about this stuff, so tell me: These fillers, do they offer a one-time permanent result or do they require regularly repeated treatments?

Lammastide said:

I doubt you look as bad as you say, MidniteMagnet.

I know nothing about this stuff, so tell me: These fillers, do they offer a one-time permanent result or do they require regularly repeated treatments?

Juvederm supposedly lasts up to a year. It's a natural product that is gradually absorbed by the body, so the affect gradually wears off.

Lammastide said:

I doubt you look as bad as you say, MidniteMagnet.

I know nothing about this stuff, so tell me: These fillers, do they offer a one-time permanent result or do they require regularly repeated treatments?

Awww, thanks! If I get the courage I'll post some pictures...

I think they last about a year or so. They are biodegradable so your body absorbs them over time.

I know Michael Jackson had some injections into his nose soon before he died because he was trying to fill in the weird indents on his nose. His surgeon mentioned it in an interview.

Lots of celebrities have it done. I think Madonna may have had it on her cheeks but I think she went way overboard...

Good to hear that Juvederm is not some weirdo compound folk are shooting into their faces. Is this stuff expensive?

Lammastide said:

Good to hear that Juvederm is not some weirdo compound folk are shooting into their faces. Is this stuff expensive?

The price varies - but it ain't cheap, that's for sure.

Can't help thinking of that motor oil that Lisa marie Presley injected into her face. That shit is irreversible too. Poor chile.

I dunno much about facial treatments, but in the meantime, id suggest plenty of exercise and drink loads of water on a daily basis. That will help i'm sure

DesireeNevermind said:

Can't help thinking of that motor oil that Lisa marie Presley injected into her face. That shit is irreversible too. Poor chile.

her mum

In 2003, TMZ was the first to report that Presley was one of the high profile-victims of an Argentine plastic surgeon who conned women of a certain age into getting injections of a low-grade silicone which is better suited for an auto assembly line than laugh and frown lines.

ZombieKitten said:

DesireeNevermind said:

Can't help thinking of that motor oil that Lisa marie Presley injected into her face. That shit is irreversible too. Poor chile.

her mum

In 2003, TMZ was the first to report that Presley was one of the high profile-victims of an Argentine plastic surgeon who conned women of a certain age into getting injections of a low-grade silicone which is better suited for an auto assembly line than laugh and frown lines.

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scandalousalan said:

I dunno much about facial treatments, but in the meantime, id suggest plenty of exercise and drink loads of water on a daily basis. That will help i'm sure

Yeah...that can help 'til you're about 40 - provided you do everything else right (no smoking or tanning, moderate alcohol use, minimal processed foods with good fats only).

After that...well...let's just say gravity's a bitch. And when your hormones start to go...