Posted by gabbii on July 4, 2005, at 21:14:28
In reply to Re: Thissubject line makes me blush...Emily Elizabeth, posted by Phillipa on July 4, 2005, at 19:29:33
> I have a lot to say. But first what did Meg Ryan do to her face? She's still young.
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> Now, I'm older than you all are obvious by your posts but it's very hard to age. When you're young you think you're invincible and will never get old. But my theory was that my husband is l3 years younger than I am and I've been out of work due to illness for 8 years and scared to go back. Very needy now. I thought if I got a facelift I could gain back the years I lost and enter the job market looking l0 years younger. I really am old. Got the facelift with a lot of complications. They are gone now but it's not what I expected. I still have lines between my nose and on my forhead and around my mouth. A facelift just gives you scars and supposedly makes you look "freshened". They did remove a lot of skin[turkey neck] and my profile is better. But the remaining wrinkles? Still there and the only way to get them to look better is the fillers. Collagen, Hydroform, Restalyn, Radiance. Well I got the collegen and hyroform compliments of the doc since I'd had so many complications. But it didn't work. I go back at the end of the month and it will cost me about l500 dollars I don't have. And I don't feel or look l0 years younger. Those movie stars have so much done to them that it cost them 40 thousand or more. The average facelift is around 8000. So am I ready to go into the job market? It didn't change my mind, how it thinks. I'm still the same insecure person I was before. And I wanted a tummytuck too. But never again. I'll just get old. Oh the injections only last a few months if they work at all. I guess I should feel lucky what happened to Farrah Fawcett didn't happen to me. Remember her? But we're the same age. So I guess I'll just have to stop thinking about looks so much and look inside. It's your mind that keeps you young. Fondly, PhillipaOh Phillipa, I'm so sorry you had such a dissappointing experience, that sounds so incredibly frustrating. I had a more minor dissappointment years ago when I had liposuction.
When I was very young I had a child and gave him up for adoption. Even though I was young it still gave me that baby tummy, which is a constant reminder. When I had the money I thought I deserved to have that fixed, and upper thighs too. I went through agony for a week, bruises for a month, and for a while I looked like I'd maybe lost 7lbs of water, and then it all came back. I've heard that from so many people too, even a celebrity (Kathy Griffiths? Kathleen Griffen, not a major star)I saw being interviewed about it on t.v said it did nothing the first time, and the second time Entertainment tonight was paying for a complete overhaul for her (like she couldn't have afforded her own) she turned down the offer of liposuction, but the Doc talked her into it, and she said it didn't do anything the second time either. She looked thin to me, but I guess she wanted even thinner legs.
I think you're right, the celebrities have the lifts and then the peels and the lazers..Well your mind is obviously very young Phillipa!
But if you ever change your feelings about the injections, I think in a while Artecoll is going to be approved in the U.S, it's been in Canada for years, (usually it's the other way around)
It's permanent, and the results I've seen have been very impressive.What made my mom look ten years younger was Tai Chi. I could NOT believe it, it's like she gets younger every year, not just her body but her face, she has a glow that she never had before.
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