People wanting to look younger and cosmetic procedures Mod Note in Post #77

babyducklings1 · 19-08-2023 10:53PM #1

Ok I’ll start by saying I’ve never had any, Recently I’ve met a few people who are getting or have gotten botox, lip fillers etc. Also tummy tucks. Some dentists are now providing these services as well ( facial ones) Has it all gone a bit mad ? Like even people in their twenties feeling they are imperfect. Thought’s… What happened to being natural and just yourself?

StupidLikeAFox · 19-08-2023 11:23PM

I don't really understand it. It's so obvious and sad that it's become normalised.

It's like printing off a load of monopoly money and telling people you are rich

StreetLight · 20-08-2023 12:43AM

A lot of young females are walking around with eyelashes like hairy-mollies, lips that equate to a duck's bill and fake tans that just look like rust stains. And I just have to laugh. Sorry girls, you look like freaks.

Nigzcurran · 20-08-2023 12:53AM

The lips are an absolute joke to be honest, but the girls that get them done think they look the business. Sorry girls but ye don't, ye just look silly

Homer · 20-08-2023 12:53AM

You can put lipstick on a pig.. it’s still a pig

Atlantic Dawn · 20-08-2023 01:14AM

When a man dyes his hair it's as obvious as feck, problem is when they get older trying to ween themselves off it so they don't have jet black hair in their 80's. One major league so to speak TD in his 40's here has started with the jet black, it's going to end in tears.

JupiterKid · 20-08-2023 02:53AM

I’ve noticed over the past few years a few of my female students getting cosmetic procedures such as the lip implants and boob jobs which IMO were often unnecessary and in the case of the one with lip implants, made a very attractive young woman less attractive.

There has been explosion in the use of cosmetic surgery by the general public over the past decade.

Dial Hard · 20-08-2023 05:48AM

Good botox you won't even notice. Bad lip filler is everywhere, unfortunately. And yes, the fake eyelashes that make everyone with them look like a Sindy doll from the 80s. Blame Instagram. People want to look like they've a filter on in real life. I think they look ridiculous too but like most trends, it'll pass as they grow out of it.

Electric Gypsy · 20-08-2023 08:42AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121002514#Comment_121002514

Who?

Electric Gypsy · 20-08-2023 08:44AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058310024/people-wanting-to-look-younger-and-cosmetic-procedures

Cristiano Ronaldo has been using botox since 2014, and he has gotten jaw implants in 2010.

mickdw · 20-08-2023 08:53AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121002783#Comment_121002783

And he looks like a barbie doll too.

Fiona · 20-08-2023 08:58AM

I love a bit of botox, doesn't completely get rid of the wrinkles just smoothes them out a bit. I get it on the forehead and for downturned mouth.

Fillers, not a fan to be honest. Now never say never if my lip volume drastically reduced I might try it once to get me back to where I was but that would be it.

Whilst there are some body changes I would like I'm relatively healthy and well a functioning healthy body so why alter it.

Sgt Hartman · 20-08-2023 09:11AM

This sums it up

magicbastarder · 20-08-2023 09:16AM

speaking of which, we caught the end of 'reeling in the years' a week or two back; they were doing 1982. this was shown - john bruton was 35 here.

AMKC · 20-08-2023 09:20AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121002506#Comment_121002506

Good luck to anyone trying that. Why would someone want to put Lipstick on a pig? What a waste of lipstick too it would be.

Deebles McBeebles · 20-08-2023 12:23PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121002856#Comment_121002856

David Cameron?

My favourite is the girls who fake tan so darkly that it comes across like a minstrel show.

Electric Gypsy · 20-08-2023 12:34PM

I remember a specialist of some sort on the Claire Byrne show talking about how Tom Cruise is an 'outlier', as her explanation to why he's ageing so well. Ha!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utQhQTbABNY

Gregor McConor too

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpQIC5rTSJE

blade1 · 20-08-2023 12:47PM

Bill Burr said would you rather be 40 and look 40 or would you rather be 40 and look like a 30 year old lizard?

20-08-2023 01:01PM

It's their choice - and it's my choice to say it looks fu*king ridiculous (I don't include subtle bits of work, because the whole point there is they look natural). It's a pity young women with great skin think they are in need of covering this up.

Leg End Reject · 20-08-2023 03:54PM

I hate fake tan, false nails, fake eyelashes, the mad eyebrow tattoos and ratty hair extensions.

A lot of women walk around looking like they need a good scrub, I'm at a loss as to why they think it's attractive, especially when they go for the full house. And then there's the fools, men included, who have their teeth filed down to cover them with veneers you could see from space.

I've seen good and bad botox though.

Pwindedd · 20-08-2023 04:11PM

I can understand people who are ageing wanting to get the odd procedure here and there. Wouldn’t do it myself, but I can at least see why they would to help with confidence etc.

Its the young folks getting it I just don’t understand. They have beautiful fresh skin and hair. Don’t mess with it FFS. And it probably affects how their skin will age eventually. You can’t tell me pumping it full of crap is good for the skin. Bonkers.

saw this online the other day…

freshpopcorn · 20-08-2023 07:57PM

Botox, fillers, etc are common enough.

There's a real variety of people choosing to get these procedures done from stay at home mums, shop workers to Nurses, teachers.

You'd be surprised at some of the ones who have it done.

20-08-2023 11:45PM

I've had Botox and will get again. It was an excellent job performed by a GP who specialises in cosmetic procedures. I did a lot of research to find someone who I felt was right. There are too many cowboys out there.

Women in their twenties who have a lot of work done, I don't know. I've yet to accept the ageing process so that's the reason for the Botox. I don't want to look like a different person. Do those young women want that? I think they feel they are not good enough as they are and that is sad.

The fake tan and layers of makeup isn't for me but it is for a lot of women. That's fine. They have their motivations and desires and I'm not going to look down at them because of false eyelashes or lips or whatever. I just find the judgement of them, the sneering at inflated lips or whatever to be mean spirited.

*Edited because I posted before finishing my last sentence*

One eyed Jack · 21-08-2023 02:23AM

Cosmetic surgery became more affordable, more socially acceptable and procedures have improved significantly over the last few decades. It’s now possible for people who always wanted to get work done to do so, that they can actually feel as good as they look, and maintain their looks for longer than was previously possible with non-surgical cosmetics. Like non-surgical cosmetics though, surgical cosmetics requires maintenance and top-ups, but people can go for longer periods between procedures.

cj maxx · 21-08-2023 02:50AM

I don’t know about Ireland, but in America I used to see women 50+ with frozen faces thinking they were the bees knees.. horrendous thing

Electric Gypsy · 21-08-2023 08:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121005589#Comment_121005589

Not all surgical cosmetics requires top ups. A nose job, face lift, brow lift, or jaw implant does not require a top up. Botox is the only thing that I know that requires a top up.

Beechwoodspark · 21-08-2023 08:34AM

Loads of 1s going around with the puffed up ducky lips lately.

Electric Gypsy · 21-08-2023 08:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121005516#Comment_121005516

How often do you have to get botox? Can you still frown (or frown as much) with the botox in?

Also, can botox do anything for neck wrinkles?

One eyed Jack · 21-08-2023 09:12AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121005928#Comment_121005928

No I know not ALL surgical procedures require top-ups, I mean that in order to maintain their… youthful (and boy do I use that term loosely) looks, for some people a visit to their cosmetic surgery clinic is as benign as visiting their dental clinic.

I’m probably more influenced by watching programmes like BOTCHED tbh, it’s equal measures of disturbing, disgusting and depressing what some surgeons will do as long as people have the money to pay for it, and at the same time it’s incredible what other surgeons can do to repair the damage. I wouldn’t judge the individual themselves though, I understand where the influence comes from due to living in a society which places such great emphasis on looks or aesthetic appeal, as opposed to character.

pgj2015 · 21-08-2023 09:21AM

It is crazy seeing young good looking women get lip fillers and botox, no need whatsoever and they look worse after it. The lips sometimes look like the person just had an allergic reaction to a bee sting or something.

21-08-2023 12:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121006120#Comment_121006120

How the hell do they think it looks good. Delusional.

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