What the heck...?!?

[Brissles]

I doubt they would have one !

 

[Twilight]

I’ve always believed that beauty comes from the inside so I would never consider cosmetic treatment. If I can’t compete with the looks of the “plastic” women, then tough. At least I don’t look as though I’ve been stretched to breaking point and people accept me for being me.

I may be wrong but I think that women who resort to surgery just to make themselves look younger, unless it’s for a medical reason, must be lacking in confidence. I guess I’m lucky that I apparently look a lot younger than my age but that’s down to my genes not to treatment or expensive creams.

Age is only a number and it didn’t stop me from meeting my OH who is considerably younger than I am and I know that he’d freak out if I decided to go down the “plastic” route.

I have no beauty within, just a black heart & had an appointment to have fillers put in around my mouth in March last year...

 

[maymorganlondon]

I think we all have the right to do as we choose: if we can afford and want cosmetic procedures, rock on and do it... and if we don't that's absolutely fine too.
If we do have cosmetic procedures, we should not be doing them to keep others happy but to please ourselves. The caveat as I have said is we don't know if we will want more and more until we have that first thing done. In skilful hands and in moderation, you don't lose yourself or end up looking like a partially melted wax work.
Be happy with your choices, either way

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

I reckon if the likes of grim reaper Voderman, K Price, Tova and numerous Hollywood stars who can afford the best, end up looking like a melted Yankee candle what hope has your average Jo got of turning out ok.

 

[maymorganlondon]

I reckon if the likes of grim reaper Voderman, K Price, Tova and numerous Hollywood stars who can afford the best, end up looking like a melted Yankee candle what hope has your average Jo got of turning out ok.

Being able to afford a high priced cosmetic surgeon doesn't mean you will get the best. Shockingly, a lot just go with who a mate has used, even for a totally different procedure. Cosmetic surgery is a business that relies on getting the sale at all costs, so many will agree to do a procedure that is neither safe nor appropriate for the paying customer.
Excessive tinkering with the face will end up in the person looking a lot like any other person having excessive work done: facial skin is directly attached to the facial muscles. Too many injectable around the mouth will give everybody 'trout pout' and a cat like appearance if they get their eyes lifted, and hamster cheeksvif the get fillers there.

 

[Vienna]

I worked with a woman who went to Turkey for a tummy tuck and nearly died. She flew home just a few days after the procedure,then developed a really high temperature, was so ill she couldn`t get out of bed,her tummy wound was oozing nasty pus and blood and developed a hole which got bigger by the hour.She was blue lighted into hospital less than 48 hours after getting back to the UK and was ill for many weeks. Once she recovered she ended up with a strange looking dent in her tummy and her scars were wide, wrinkled and red from the trauma. She said her tummy looked far worse than it did before she went to Turkey and she`d paid several thousand for the privilege.

 

[Toril]

I think we all have the right to do as we choose: if we can afford and want cosmetic procedures, rock on and do it... and if we don't that's absolutely fine too.

I agree that we all have the right to do as we choose although I personally wouldn't choose to go down that path. A little bit of treatment, for whatever reason, sits fine with me. By “plastic” women, I was referring to those who have so much surgery/treatment that they become unrecognisable or, in some tragic cases, disfigured.

The women who go that far must surely lack self confidence in the first place.

 

[loveallthingsitalian]

All we can hope for is to look our best for the age we are, if lucky a bit younger.

I suppose it’s a choice of looking ridiculously “younger” or older but flipping good .

 

[rosielinks]

I think looking young is all in the genes. Creams and peels and injections can help but it's your basic face shape and skin health from your genetic background which runs the show.

 

[Brissles]

Being able to afford a high priced cosmetic surgeon doesn't mean you will get the best. Shockingly, a lot just go with who a mate has used, even for a totally different procedure. Cosmetic surgery is a business that relies on getting the sale at all costs, so many will agree to do a procedure that is neither safe nor appropriate for the paying customer.
Excessive tinkering with the face will end up in the person looking a lot like any other person having excessive work done: facial skin is directly attached to the facial muscles. Too many injectable around the mouth will give everybody 'trout pout' and a cat like appearance if they get their eyes lifted, and hamster cheeksvif the get fillers there.

Last night when lockdown was announced, a young business couple was interviewed in Liverpool - he ran a gym which was to close, and his partner was a 'beautician' - well, she was clearly only in her 20's, but her face ! her botoxed forehead was shiny, her cheeks looked hard as golfballs, and her lips looked like a rubber ring, and this was a young woman starting out in life. God alone knows what damage she has done now which will have repercussions further down the line as she ages.

 

[maymorganlondon]

Last night when lockdown was announced, a young business couple was interviewed in Liverpool - he ran a gym which was to close, and his partner was a 'beautician' - well, she was clearly only in her 20's, but her face ! her botoxed forehead was shiny, her cheeks looked hard as golfballs, and her lips looked like a rubber ring, and this was a young woman starting out in life. God alone knows what damage she has done now which will have repercussions further down the line as she ages.

What a shame! I hope she chose to do the procedures freely.
I look at pre-surgery pictures of Katie Price. She was lovely looking. I wonder whether she was advised to get her face done for work, or whether she looked in the mirror and didn't like what she saw... once you have locked yourself into having procedures, perhaps they don't see a way out?

 

[Grizelda]

I can't decide if all the chatter about their personal lives is all part of the 'QVC Family' idea or because they're not natural sales people & say anything to get a sale. I've heard Craigie & Miceal doing this but can't remember Charlie ever saying anything about his family, only that he was planning a visit to the Isle of Wight.

Jill Franks doesn't talk about family, except her dogs and her mother in law. Neither does Dale. Does anyone fall for the idea that QVC are family ?

 

[maymorganlondon]

Jill Franks doesn't talk about family, except her dogs and her mother in law. Neither does Dale. Does anyone fall for the idea that QVC are family ?

No, with Jill it's her mythical girlfriends stories....

 

[Grizelda]

What a shame! I hope she chose to do the procedures freely.
I look at pre-surgery pictures of Katie Prive. She was lovely looking. I wonder whether she was advised to get her face done for work, or whether she looked in the mirror and didn't like what she saw... once you have locked yourself into having procedures, perhaps they don't see a way out?

Plastic surgery can become an obsession, like tattoos. I wonder why older ladies have their faces lifted and not their necks. One of the models on QVC (long white hair and an unusual name) has a line free face, but a wrinkled neck.

 

[SusieSue]

Channel hopping last night I came across a programme about cosmetic surgery.

A man was talking about the procedures he'd had done in Istanbul.

First time he'd had a nose job and surgery to make his lips look fuller, second time he'd had a 'cat's eye' lift and more surgery on his lips, along with regular botox, peels etc.

He is 23 and does it to look good in selfies and social media.

 

[alter ego]

Just check out the mature dating sites ! that's an education in itself !! You see chaps on there, listed as being 66, but look over 90, and asking to meet ladies who have an athletic build between 45 and 60. All manner of male humankind is on display - hairy nostrils (as they look down on the pc camera), thick necks, jowly chins, and some even have long ponytails with beards to match. Then there are the 'slumped in the chair/sofa' merchants who clearly cant get up without help - and its not rocket science why they want someone ! Not forgetting those whose sense of 'style' is obviously with the assistance of Oxfam or the Help The Aged, and an attitude of "well my late wife/ former partner never had a problem with how I dress'.

I could write a book.

I have a real problem with this. I have no idea why these men think they deserve an 'above average' looking woman on their arm. I like to think that attitudes to these dinosaurs/pigs might change with younger women having more opportunities these days and wipe these attitudes out but it looks like strong women roles peaked with Alexis Carrington.

On the flip side, any man who can put up with the inane chatter that a few of my daughter's friends continuously spout deserves it (QVC presenters have nothing on these girls!). I know I'd prefer the wisdom that comes with age to the beauty that comes with youth but that's just me.

 

[alter ego]

Plastic surgery can become an obsession, like tattoos. I wonder why older ladies have their faces lifted and not their necks. One of the models on QVC (long white hair and an unusual name) has a line free face, but a wrinkled neck.

My mum had a naturally line-free face but her neck showed her age. She'd always wear a scarf of some sort to disguise it and her antique pearl or diamond studs as she always said they brightened her face. She was an elegant and graceful lady. I think I got swapped at birth!

 

[Brissles]

Social meeja - the curse of the 21st century. A generation of kids have never felt so insecure, suffering mental health issues with weight, looks, gender, trolling, suicides, than at any time in our history. Parents are no better - checking their phones to see the latest comment at mealtimes / pushing prams / et al instead of attending their kids.

I maintain none of us suffered with as much anxiety when we only had the 6 o'clock news and newspapers to read !

 

[alter ego]

I worked with a woman who went to Turkey for a tummy tuck and nearly died. She flew home just a few days after the procedure,then developed a really high temperature, was so ill she couldn`t get out of bed,her tummy wound was oozing nasty pus and blood and developed a hole which got bigger by the hour.She was blue lighted into hospital less than 48 hours after getting back to the UK and was ill for many weeks. Once she recovered she ended up with a strange looking dent in her tummy and her scars were wide, wrinkled and red from the trauma. She said her tummy looked far worse than it did before she went to Turkey and she`d paid several thousand for the privilege.

My friend nearly died of an infection after her C-section on the NHS. They blamed her saying that as an older mum she wasn't as active as she should have been and despite being a size 14 her surgeon couldn't resist throwing in a remark about her being overweight.

On a more cheery note, happy birthday to Mr V

 

[alter ego]

Last night when lockdown was announced, a young business couple was interviewed in Liverpool - he ran a gym which was to close, and his partner was a 'beautician' - well, she was clearly only in her 20's, but her face ! her botoxed forehead was shiny, her cheeks looked hard as golfballs, and her lips looked like a rubber ring, and this was a young woman starting out in life. God alone knows what damage she has done now which will have repercussions further down the line as she ages.

Makes me wonder why anyone would go for beauty treatments with her. She doesn't sound like a good ad for her business!