Todays post is all about looking good & feeling great on your wedding day - whether its the bride or the groom reading this! Ever considered botox but got terrified at the thought of ending up like an over-fed fish? Then you'll want to read this first hand expose and get the truth about Botox before you jump on in.
COSMETIC SURGERY?
As a bride (or groom) you are firmly the focus of every set of eyes on the big day - no pressure then! This means that you're almost certainly thinking (worrying) about how you're going to look. I know I was. I'm a big fan of
CACI non-surgical face lift treatments that work miracles on moving the skin on my face northwards and I swear by it.
But the one thing it couldn't do was take my hereditary (bloody parents!) bags that frequently claim squatters rights under my eyes. I hate them. They love me. It's a relationship that has often ended up in tears so much so that I booked myself on a flight to Prague to get them surgically removed. Armed with a dose of bravery and a let's-have-em attitude I was all set to go. Until that is, I read the posts on a forum that praised the effectiveness of the procedures but complained en mass at the length the healing time. I was getting married in 6 weeks and it became very clear I had a choice. Walk up the aisle with bandages on my eyes and a pair of Roy Orbison sunglasses or cancel it. Clearly there was only one option.
BOTOX & FILLERS - REALLY?!
In the war of words around the hot topic of Botox and fillers, I've always fallen into the "it's a poison that will kill you" camp. And that's a fact. My next door neighbour told me and it must therefore be true. Whilst there aren't actually many (if any) stories of Botox The Human Killer anywhere to be found, there was supportive evidence from any of the magazine at any one time that it simply makes you look like you face is permanently playing musical statues. How many celebrities have you gasped at with their newly Botoxed faces.In my local vicinity there are pockets of towns where women with too much time, money and vanity have been transformed into an army of frozen, inflated clones. So, Botox pre-wedding if at all? I mean are you serious?!
Then I met
Dr. Kim Thomas - a GP turned Superfacialist who is helping re-educate women that they can improve how they look with Botox with a firm Less Is More approach.
Following a flippant, possibly even cocky question to her on Twitter, she took the time out to explain why Botox won't kill you and why she's making it her business to share this with as many women (and men) as she can
In a 360 degree turn on my flawed viewpoint, I chose to have a couple of treatments previously heavily hi-lighted on my categorically-never-even-consider list. The result? My bags, whilst not completely gone have significantly improved and I look and feel 100% better. And not a set of pillow cheeks or puffa fish lips in sight!
Join me on my next post when I share with you my interview with Kim and the before and after photographs.
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