Recommend a wrinkle cream, please!
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Carolyn I had a neck lift& a lower fact lift a few months ago, it was the best money I ever spent!!!!! I also have botox injections by the worry lines between my eyebrows. I am 56 & it took about 10 years off my face. There is nothing you can do for sagging skin but surgery. If you decide to go that route, make sure you check out the doctor's credential thoroughly,
Karen:+ :7
Karen:+ :7
aadams
Cathlete
>Carolyn I had a neck lift& a lower fact lift a few months
>ago, it was the best money I ever spent!!!!! I also have
>botox injections by the worry lines between my eyebrows. I am
>56 & it took about 10 years off my face. There is nothing you
>can do for sagging skin but surgery. If you decide to go that
>route, make sure you check out the doctor's credential
>thoroughly,
>
>Karen:+ :7
Karen,
I've been do some research for all kinds of alternatives to this but it seems they are all temporary and in the end you spend as much as you would to just go ahead and do what you have done. If it's not to nosey, can you give me a ball park of what you spent? Mine is mainly in the neck area as well. I've always been thin in that area and as I've gotten older my neck has taken the worst hit.
Annette
>ago, it was the best money I ever spent!!!!! I also have
>botox injections by the worry lines between my eyebrows. I am
>56 & it took about 10 years off my face. There is nothing you
>can do for sagging skin but surgery. If you decide to go that
>route, make sure you check out the doctor's credential
>thoroughly,
>
>Karen:+ :7
Karen,
I've been do some research for all kinds of alternatives to this but it seems they are all temporary and in the end you spend as much as you would to just go ahead and do what you have done. If it's not to nosey, can you give me a ball park of what you spent? Mine is mainly in the neck area as well. I've always been thin in that area and as I've gotten older my neck has taken the worst hit.
Annette
nancy324
Cathlete
Annette,
Maybe I'm too much of a scaredy-cat, but my nephew's girlfriend sells surgical devices to doctors and hospitals. She spends all day, every day, in operating rooms. She told me last week that the number of mistakes that go on in operating rooms is much more than the general public is aware of. Of course, she's seen miracles performed as well. She said that even the best doctors can be over-tired some days, and, after all, they're only human beings. I came away with the sense that, if surgery may save your life, or give you back your quality of life, go for it. But if it's not necessary, I would tend to avoid it. I mean, I don't think my clients would have any more faith in me if my neck was less wrinkled, and my DH thinks I look great. So, for me, surgery would not improve my quality of life. Of course, if your career requires you to look young or something like that, it may be different. But I would think long and hard before going for elective surgery. Just my 2 cents worth. Take it or leave it.
Nancy
Maybe I'm too much of a scaredy-cat, but my nephew's girlfriend sells surgical devices to doctors and hospitals. She spends all day, every day, in operating rooms. She told me last week that the number of mistakes that go on in operating rooms is much more than the general public is aware of. Of course, she's seen miracles performed as well. She said that even the best doctors can be over-tired some days, and, after all, they're only human beings. I came away with the sense that, if surgery may save your life, or give you back your quality of life, go for it. But if it's not necessary, I would tend to avoid it. I mean, I don't think my clients would have any more faith in me if my neck was less wrinkled, and my DH thinks I look great. So, for me, surgery would not improve my quality of life. Of course, if your career requires you to look young or something like that, it may be different. But I would think long and hard before going for elective surgery. Just my 2 cents worth. Take it or leave it.
Nancy
carolynjane
Cathlete
I'm getting something called "YAG" right now which is a laser treatment that is supposed to firm up the skin and make it look better. I have had two treatments - there are a total of four - and they say you don't really start to see changes until after the third treatment. I'll let you know if it's the fountain of youth!
aadams
Cathlete
>Annette,
>Maybe I'm too much of a scaredy-cat, but my nephew's
>girlfriend sells surgical devices to doctors and hospitals.
>She spends all day, every day, in operating rooms. She told
>me last week that the number of mistakes that go on in
>operating rooms is much more than the general public is aware
>of. Of course, she's seen miracles performed as well. She
>said that even the best doctors can be over-tired some days,
>and, after all, they're only human beings. I came away with
>the sense that, if surgery may save your life, or give you
>back your quality of life, go for it. But if it's not
>necessary, I would tend to avoid it. I mean, I don't think my
>clients would have any more faith in me if my neck was less
>wrinkled, and my DH thinks I look great. So, for me, surgery
>would not improve my quality of life. Of course, if your
>career requires you to look young or something like that, it
>may be different. But I would think long and hard before
>going for elective surgery. Just my 2 cents worth. Take it
>or leave it.
>
>Nancy
Nancy I know you are right which is why I've been looking at other methods. I guess I just don't deal with aging all that well. I'm sure I notice it much more than anyone else because I'm told that I'm crazy by my friends and my DH that I don't need it. I'm my own worst critic like we all are for that matter. I'm sure in the end I'll find something that doesn't require being cut because quite frankly it does make me very nervous.
Thanks for your insight!
Annette
>Maybe I'm too much of a scaredy-cat, but my nephew's
>girlfriend sells surgical devices to doctors and hospitals.
>She spends all day, every day, in operating rooms. She told
>me last week that the number of mistakes that go on in
>operating rooms is much more than the general public is aware
>of. Of course, she's seen miracles performed as well. She
>said that even the best doctors can be over-tired some days,
>and, after all, they're only human beings. I came away with
>the sense that, if surgery may save your life, or give you
>back your quality of life, go for it. But if it's not
>necessary, I would tend to avoid it. I mean, I don't think my
>clients would have any more faith in me if my neck was less
>wrinkled, and my DH thinks I look great. So, for me, surgery
>would not improve my quality of life. Of course, if your
>career requires you to look young or something like that, it
>may be different. But I would think long and hard before
>going for elective surgery. Just my 2 cents worth. Take it
>or leave it.
>
>Nancy
Nancy I know you are right which is why I've been looking at other methods. I guess I just don't deal with aging all that well. I'm sure I notice it much more than anyone else because I'm told that I'm crazy by my friends and my DH that I don't need it. I'm my own worst critic like we all are for that matter. I'm sure in the end I'll find something that doesn't require being cut because quite frankly it does make me very nervous.
Thanks for your insight!
Annette
I use Olay, too. Regenerist serum and the micro-dermabrasion kit (love it!). I use Origins moisturizers. I just love the Make a Difference, which I add in in the winter time.
Also, be sure you're doing the "other stuff" you need to do. Sunscreen has been mentioned. But, get enough rest, hydrate well, make sure you're eating a healthy diet and DO NOT smoke. It ages the heck out of you (in addition to everything else).
Lastly, as Nancy said, embrace your lines. They show you've lived. I actually hate the Botoxed look so many are sporting now-a-days. Everyone wants to be a blond, zombie-face. Not cool. I think faces with character are so much more appealing.
For example, Cheryl Ladd looks terrible - way over-'Toxed.
Just be you!!
Also, be sure you're doing the "other stuff" you need to do. Sunscreen has been mentioned. But, get enough rest, hydrate well, make sure you're eating a healthy diet and DO NOT smoke. It ages the heck out of you (in addition to everything else).
Lastly, as Nancy said, embrace your lines. They show you've lived. I actually hate the Botoxed look so many are sporting now-a-days. Everyone wants to be a blond, zombie-face. Not cool. I think faces with character are so much more appealing.
For example, Cheryl Ladd looks terrible - way over-'Toxed.
Just be you!!
nancy324
Cathlete
Annette, thanks for taking my words as they were intended. 
You sound a lot like a friend of mine. She is the same age as me, 51, and has beautiful, smooth olive skin. The kind someone like me, with dry, pale, sensitive skin, can only dream of. But every time I see her she's talking about getting a face lift! There isn't a single person who knows her who thinks she needs a face lift. Yet, she sees her face as being in need of work! I just don't get it. If only you nut jobs could see yourselves as the world sees you. :+
You sound a lot like a friend of mine. She is the same age as me, 51, and has beautiful, smooth olive skin. The kind someone like me, with dry, pale, sensitive skin, can only dream of. But every time I see her she's talking about getting a face lift! There isn't a single person who knows her who thinks she needs a face lift. Yet, she sees her face as being in need of work! I just don't get it. If only you nut jobs could see yourselves as the world sees you. :+