I was at my dermatologist yesterday and asked her about fillers for marionette lines, specifically just under the corners of my mouth. There is now a shadow from gravity and if I didn’t have that, I’d think it would look much nicer and more youthful. I don’t have it all the way to my chin.
She is a very good doctor, I go to her for Botox. She starts out conservative. However, what is holding me back is the price. One syringe is around $600. She said I wouldn’t use it all, and could keep any remainder for 3 months. It metabolizes between 3-6 months. That just seems like an incredible amount, at least compared to Botox.
Just curious if anyone has done it and your thoughts. If anyone is against it, or any other type of non-invasive treatments, I don’t care and please just move on.
Haven’t used; I’m curious whether it works. I wouldn’t want to pay to have it not work and/or look fake. (There’s one doc on YouTube from Australia who claims fillers don’t work for marionette lines specifically. But that’s all I could find on Google about this.)
I went to the head of dermatology at a major institution about three years ago asking (and expecting) to get juvaderm. The doctor said no, which is kind of shocking, because I have those marionette lines like crazy, plus it’s easy money for her. She said, “Get a mid-level face lift, it will solve all your problems and last for many years.” I went to the surgeon she recommended, and he told me a face and neck lift would be better for me. I’ve been too chicken/cheap to get it done, but now I’ve decided why bother with juvaderm twice a year, I need to get it all done when I’m brave enough.
Interesting. I haven’t done anything besides use retin-a. I feel like I have a lot of wrinkles for my age. If I wasn’t too cheap and scared I’d consider a facelift.
I did it once and used an experienced practitioner. What I would recommend is choosing a provider who trains regularly and has a lot of experience with injecting filler specifically. A plastic surgeon who does occasional filler is not the same as a PA working under a plastic surgeon who does filler and botox for half of all of her working days. Experience and training are the most important things. Look at photos of clients they have treated and see if you like how it looks on them. Each injector has their own style. Some are more conservative, some less so. Choose someone whose work looks like what you want.
I didn’t do it again due to cost. I just didn’t think it was worth the expense to do it regularly. But I liked the procedure and if money was no object, I’d probably do it annually.
That’s good to know! I actually spoke with 2 surgeons about 7 years ago about my jowls and a mini-lift.
There may be tons of them out there, that are so good you’d never know. But I don’t personally know someone who has had one and I don’t like that (for one), Also, from pictures I see, and IRL people who you can tell have had them…is the corners of the mouth sort of goi out straight and there’s a bit of a pull next to it. It necessarily like the joker, but enough you can tell.
Peoples mouths turn down in general at the corners. When I talked to both surgeons, one said no problem, the muscles and skin is lifted up now, not back with the wind blown look. The other said there is no way that it wouldn’t be lifted to some degree.
I have a friend who is getting close to having one along with a neck lift, so I know I wouldn’t even think of doing that until I’d see hers.
I know 2 people who have told me they had faces lifts. They both look really good and natural. In both cases their necks were a big part of the problem. I was at dinner with one of these ladies and another friend. The other friend said she would never have a facelift and they always looked unnatural. She doesn’t know the woman had a facelift, and she thinks she’s younger than I am (presumably bc she has fewer wrinkles).
Mouth corner lifts are very hard to do. It’s more involved than a lip lift. I am scared to do it because of scars. Can’t hide stitches too well in the middle of the face. Wonder if botox can lift mouth corners.
Let us know how hers turns out! I mentioned that I didn’t want to have that clown face look at the lips, and the dermatologist said that’s a different procedure, not the face lift. My spa lady said I should look into a “vertical lift” but that’s not what the plastic surgeon recommended.
If I get my nerve and $$ together and ever get it done, I’ll go to the guy who did my septoplasty recently. He really did a fantastic job. My septum was massively deviated and had virtually collapsed over the years, giving me breathing/coughing issues, along with a nose that had a bulbous tip (that I didn’t have before). It just kept getting worse and I didn’t understand why this was happening and didn’t connect the issues. He used the excess cartilage at the end of my nose to build up the septum, and now my medical issues are fixed and I have a very straight nose. He took about four hours to do this, as he is a perfectionist.
I had REALLY bad marionette lines, but not as bad as my Mom’s.
I got the filler over a year ago and it took them right out. I am very happy. Yes, it was expensive, but I did NOT have to repeat it…yet. Now the corners of my mouth are getting lines again, but they are … crinkled? more like crows feet around eyes than the one deep line from before. I look SO much less grouchy! I am not a mean person and now I don’t look like one. Mom, in her dementia, had food in her lines all the time. She also didn’t have much eyebrows except for these antenna at the corners. I got my eyebrows tattoo’d on. They are too dark. I was happier with the microblade treatment which wore off. But I’d rather have these tattoos than no eyebrows. Never would be the one to draw them on every day.
edit to add, it was Juviderm (or however it is spelled)
I recently asked a derm who does 100% cosmetic procedures (has a whole team) about fillers. He said while more expensive than Botox, they last about a year. Presumably individuals vary (as indicated above), but that is what he indicated was standard. And he said that could help lift lines along the mouth (filler is higher in the face and lifts - not filling in lines).