Reader Question:
I have just hit my magic number 30 birthday and am looking into fillers, lasers, and/or botox for my face. I have fine nose/mouth lines and between my eyebrows and on my forehead and crow’s feet. These are fine lines. I am not a smoker and I am pretty good about using sunscreen, but I would like to do something about the damage already on my face and preventative maintenance for the future. Any thoughts?
Happy birthday Becca. My general recommendation is to stay conservative in the strength and amount of work that is done for prevention. There are no good studies showing how people age with these treatments over time. There are well publicized cases however of people who have clearly gone too far and/or tried unadvised treatments. New is not always better or even safe in plastic surgery. Seek expert advice and treatment.
That translates to perhaps some light facial peels, a little botulinum toxin between the eyebrows and maybe a touch of filler at the upper lip line. I would need to see you to specifically make recommendations for you in particular, but these would likely be my starting points.
Best Regards,
John Di Saia MD
Originally posted 2009-11-24 09:00:44.
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