I don't really know what to add to this. It's just all kinds of wrong.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37925133/ns/health-skin_and_beauty/
QuoteWrinkles? Whatever. Teens turn to Botox
Girls put the brakes on aging before it even starts
Reality TV fixture Kim Kardashian may have raised a few (unfrozen) eyebrows with her recent admission that she's already used Botox at age 30.
But for some young women, the question seems to be, "What took you so long?"
"I wanted to be cute, to look cute, but I had these ugly lines in between my eyebrows and on my forehead," says Stephanie Torres, 19, of New York. "So I asked if I could get Botox. My mom paid for it. It was like a little birthday present."
Torres, who went under the needle at age 18, is one of many teens and early 20somethings who are turning to Botox in an effort to not only smooth existing furrows, but fend off the aging process itself.
"We do a lot of Botox, and there's definitely a propensity for younger people doing it," says Dr. Glenn Vallecillos, a Beverly Hills plastic surgeon. "I'd say 30 percent of my clients are 20 to 25 years old and probably 5 to 8 percent are under age 20. The trend, at least at our offices, is younger people."
Statistics also suggest Botox use is trickling down even younger.
In 2009, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery reported 12,110 Botox or Dysport (another wrinkle-relaxing shot) procedures performed on patients 18 and under (in 2008, the number was 8,194) while the American Society of Plastic Surgeons found 11,889 cosmetic Botox/Dysport procedures were performed on patients age 13 to 19 (an increase of 2 percent from 2008).
YARGANARGANARGANARG.
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:crankey:
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Dok,
Proud of his wrinkles and his scars.
I'm thinking parents have to sign off on these procedures right? For the kids under 18. I really want to meet the parent who thinks it is healthy for a 13 year old to want, much less get, a botox injection.
Quote from: RWHN on June 28, 2010, 08:08:52 PM
I'm thinking parents have to sign off on these procedures right? For the kids under 18. I really want to meet the parent who thinks it is healthy for a 13 year old to want, much less get, a botox injection.
Head down to WalMart and look around.
I don't think people shopping at walmart are the ones affording to get their kids botox
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 08:51:43 PM
I don't think people shopping at walmart are the ones affording to get their kids botox
You'd be amazed what people will pay for ahead of the rent.
Dok,
Knows that they can't afford the jacked-up F350 with the gun rack and naked chick mudflaps, either.
Quote from: RWHN on June 28, 2010, 08:08:52 PM
I'm thinking parents have to sign off on these procedures right? For the kids under 18. I really want to meet the parent who thinks it is healthy for a 13 year old to want, much less get, a botox injection.
Pageant moms?
:lulz:
Anyone else thinking it's the parents raising selfcentered brat ass kids who could use some serious poverty level time?
None of my children would even dream of asking me for something so fucking stupid.
:lulz: my mom thinks i should get a nose job
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:06:44 PM
:lulz: my mom thinks i should get a nose job
NO.
You're very pretty the way you are.
i told her to fork over the cash but she didnt give me any :cry:
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:12:05 PM
i told her to fork over the cash but she didnt give me any :cry:
Why would she want you to get a nose job?
What the fuck?
to have a more attractive nose duh! :lol: which is probably in the plan of getting me boyfriends and grandkids or whatever it is mothers want.
id get a nose job if she payed for it :lulz: theres only a small chance of it going horribly horribly wrong right :lol: :lol:
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:18:04 PM
to have a more attractive nose duh! :lol: which is probably in the plan of getting me boyfriends and grandkids or whatever it is mothers want.
id get a nose job if she payed for it :lulz: theres only a small chance of it going horribly horribly wrong right :lol: :lol:
Um.
1. You're pretty enough to get yourself a boyfriend at will.
2. Attractive? You mean, hack at your face until all the character is gone and you're just another barbie?
I want my daughter to find a guy who likes her for who she is, not how well she stacks up next to a Cosmo model.
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:18:04 PM
to have a more attractive nose duh! :lol: which is probably in the plan of getting me boyfriends and grandkids or whatever it is mothers want.
id get a nose job if she payed for it :lulz: theres only a small chance of it going horribly horribly wrong right :lol: :lol:
Split the money with me and I could send you some kids. I don't have any, but they're all over the place. How hard could they be to catch and ship?
Again with the injecting of deadly toxins! Into children this time!
Oh, I get it, it's to beat the Chinese at something.
Quote from: Kai on June 28, 2010, 11:48:44 PM
Again with the injecting of deadly toxins! Into children this time!
Oh, I get it, it's to beat the Chinese at something.
I can't understand the obsessive drive to stay 16 forever.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 28, 2010, 11:52:46 PM
Quote from: Kai on June 28, 2010, 11:48:44 PM
Again with the injecting of deadly toxins! Into children this time!
Oh, I get it, it's to beat the Chinese at something.
I can't understand the obsessive drive to stay 16 forever.
Yeah. My girlfriend /likes/ my scars, says they're interesting.
I'm reminded of something my dad says, that hard work builds character. Someone who wants to stay 16 forever has neither.
Any girl my age who has shoved weird crap into her face (or any part of her body, really) as part of her initiation into the Cult of Looking Like Plastic is almost definitely off the list of girls I'd be interested in. Barring, like, some unfortunate disfigurement that hurt her quality of life or something.
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:06:44 PM
:lulz: my mom thinks i should get a nose job
wtf, can i give your mom a nose job with my fist for saying that to you?
FRED'S HOT, 9 OUT OF 10 MOM'S AGREE.
Fred:
1) Take money for nose job from mom
2) Wear bandage over your nose for a while
3) After the bandage comes off, insist that the doctor said he "did all he could without going to extreme measures" or some such bullshit
4) Use money to buy booze and shoes
I echo Cainad's sentiments.
Fred why would you want to date anyway! You have stomping to do
No, youth is wasted on idiots with too much spare money and such a cushy lifestyle that their most pressing concerning is that they may look older than 17, and thus be expected to take on some personal responsibility for their lives, instead of outsourcing every problem to Daddy's Credit Card.
Quote"I wanted to be cute, to look cute, but I had these ugly lines in between my eyebrows and on my forehead," says Stephanie Torres, 19, of New York. "So I asked if I could get Botox. My mom paid for it. It was like a little birthday present."
It doesn't matter how cute she looks on the outside. She'll be forever dead on the inside.
wow, and i just thought little old ladies only used botox. its sad enough to see the old looking like they have surprised faces but this is just sad. Teens are getting into it to? what are their parents thinking about their children these days. i guess its just another trend that younger people are willing to get for the sake of fitting in. :kingmeh:
Ugh, NO FRED NO. No nose job for you! What your mom-type-unit is thinking is beyond me, though Cainad and Kel have much better ideas.
Meh.
Find the parents and beat them with sticks. Why do people think that getting old is a bad thing, or that by mutilating themselves they can avoid aging? The best they can hope for is to look like a clothing store mannequin. Beauty isn't look like some model. For fuck's sake! :argh!:
you people are over reacting. its not even your nose
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 29, 2010, 04:06:46 AM
you people are over reacting. its not even your nose
Yes it is.
GIVE IT BACK.
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 29, 2010, 04:06:46 AM
you people are over reacting. its not even your nose
Nah. I don't think so. I think we are reacting properly, Fred. I don't mean to diss your moms, but she was wrong to even joke about it. As a mom, you're supposed to think your child is beautiful, even if you're truly as fugly as fuck.
But since you 100% are NOT and totally the opposite of that...well, it's an even deeper crime against humanity. Your nose is perfect.
I'm not gonna go on and on about women, self esteem, body image, etc. How I was an anorexic and bulimic, etc...but suffice it to say that yeah, you're gorgeous, and accept no substitute theories. Bar none.
Quote from: Jenne on June 29, 2010, 04:24:50 AM
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 29, 2010, 04:06:46 AM
you people are over reacting. its not even your nose
Nah. I don't think so. I think we are reacting properly, Fred. I don't mean to diss your moms, but she was wrong to even joke about it. As a mom, you're supposed to think your child is beautiful, even if you're truly as fugly as fuck.
But since you 100% are NOT and totally the opposite of that...well, it's an even deeper crime against humanity. Your nose is perfect.
I'm not gonna go on and on about women, self esteem, body image, etc. How I was an anorexic and bulimic, etc...but suffice it to say that yeah, you're gorgeous, and accept no substitute theories. Bar none.
FUCKING THIS.
You don't need a nose job, end of story. Plastic surgery is for the hideously malformed and disfigured, and unless you've been in some kind of horrible accident since your last Spagbook post, you fall into neither category. You have a beautiful face. It doesn't need improvement.
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:06:44 PM
:lulz: my mom thinks i should get a nose job
:spag:
Dude, I've seen you IRL. Out of the legions of PDites I've met, you're probably the most
physically attractive.
Some people are rendered more attractive by what kind of a person they are but you....you are a monster. Seriously, that bartender was just trying to check your ID. Now he's hooked up to hoses hoping that someone dies on a motorcycle without damaging their kidneys. And the drunk townie lady the next booth over? What was that all about? She asked you if you had a lighter and you just stated screaming 'EYE FOR AN EYE! EYE FOR AN EYE!" over and over and took her left eye out with a cocktail umbrella. I've witnessed some horrific acts in my time and even a hardened ruffian such as myself was shocked and nauseated by the display of brutality and senseless cruelty that you seemed to think of as just another tuesday night. A civilized society such as ours has no place in it for a bloodthirsty demon such as yourself.
I hope you're free next time I swing through.
FRED!! I like your nose! And I haven't met you IRL, but I 169% agree with ECH about hottest girl on PD :)
and, what's up with your mom? I remember a few years ago her going on about you being fat :? And now a nosejob? Can't she mind her own business and not make her gorgeous daughter feel insecure?
Quote from: Cainad on June 29, 2010, 12:58:53 AM
Fred:
1) Take money for nose job from mom
2) Wear bandage over your nose for a while
3) After the bandage comes off, insist that the doctor said he "did all he could without going to extreme measures" or some such bullshit
4) Use money to buy booze and shoes
THIS is my favorite!!!
You don't need a nose job!!!
HOWEVER........ 30 grand goes towards a lot of booze and shoes! :wink:
I think the entire PD collective approves of the Cainad Solution.
I'm still trying to figure out what your mom thinks is 'wrong' with your nose.
Or you could donate the money to me to pay for the procedures my wife wants. (which she doesn't need either)
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 29, 2010, 04:06:46 AM
you people are over reacting. its not even your nose
But I am a Doktor.
Quote from: Exit City Hustle on June 29, 2010, 06:08:37 AM
Some people are rendered more attractive by what kind of a person they are but you....you are a monster. Seriously, that bartender was just trying to check your ID. Now he's hooked up to hoses hoping that someone dies on a motorcycle without damaging their kidneys. And the drunk townie lady the next booth over? What was that all about? She asked you if you had a lighter and you just stated screaming 'EYE FOR AN EYE! EYE FOR AN EYE!" over and over and took her left eye out with a cocktail umbrella. I've witnessed some horrific acts in my time and even a hardened ruffian such as myself was shocked and nauseated by the display of brutality and senseless cruelty that you seemed to think of as just another tuesday night. A civilized society such as ours has no place in it for a bloodthirsty demon such as yourself.
I hope you're free next time I swing through.
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz:
they had it coming
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:06:44 PM
:lulz: my mom thinks i should get a nose job
WHAAAAAAAT
OK, speaking as a mother... what kind of mom tells their kid they should have plastic surgery?
Quote from: FredleySneijder on June 28, 2010, 09:18:04 PM
to have a more attractive nose duh! :lol: which is probably in the plan of getting me boyfriends and grandkids or whatever it is mothers want.
id get a nose job if she payed for it :lulz: theres only a small chance of it going horribly horribly wrong right :lol: :lol:
OK WAIT WAIT WAIT.
"A more attractive nose"???
What about your nose IS NOT ALREADY TOTALLY ATTRACTIVE?
Quote from: Cainad on June 29, 2010, 12:58:53 AM
Fred:
1) Take money for nose job from mom
2) Wear bandage over your nose for a while
3) After the bandage comes off, insist that the doctor said he "did all he could without going to extreme measures" or some such bullshit
4) Use money to buy booze and shoes
This. :mittens:
Quote from: Cainad on June 29, 2010, 12:58:53 AM
Fred:
1) Take money for nose job from mom
2) Wear bandage over your nose for a while
3) After the bandage comes off, insist that the doctor said he "did all he could without going to extreme measures" or some such bullshit
4) Use money to buy booze and shoes
use the money to go on vacation!
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 28, 2010, 11:52:46 PM
Quote from: Kai on June 28, 2010, 11:48:44 PM
Again with the injecting of deadly toxins! Into children this time!
Oh, I get it, it's to beat the Chinese at something.
I can't understand the obsessive drive to stay 16 forever.
Being able to physically stay 16-18 y/o up to the point you die would be awesome.
The problem is these people only seem to care about staying cosmetically 16-18 years old. Which is a whole different story.
Quote from: PopeTom on July 02, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 28, 2010, 11:52:46 PM
Quote from: Kai on June 28, 2010, 11:48:44 PM
Again with the injecting of deadly toxins! Into children this time!
Oh, I get it, it's to beat the Chinese at something.
I can't understand the obsessive drive to stay 16 forever.
Being able to physically stay 16-18 y/o up to the point you die would be awesome.
Speak for yourself.
Dok,
Is looking forward to incontinence.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2010, 06:24:08 PM
Quote from: PopeTom on July 02, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 28, 2010, 11:52:46 PM
Quote from: Kai on June 28, 2010, 11:48:44 PM
Again with the injecting of deadly toxins! Into children this time!
Oh, I get it, it's to beat the Chinese at something.
I can't understand the obsessive drive to stay 16 forever.
Being able to physically stay 16-18 y/o up to the point you die would be awesome.
Speak for yourself.
Dok,
Is looking forward to incontinence.
I have Crohn's disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease); incontinence isn't all it's craked up to be.
yeah
my mom has crohn's, and the only upside to that mess is that you have the legal right to shit in anyone's toilet, even if they have a 'no public restroom' policy...
also, i think anyone that says they think growing old is preferable to having a youthful body until you die is just calling those grapes sour, and that's silly since there aren't any grapes there to point at (yet).
of course, until we do have the prospect of life long vigour and beauty, it's best to grow old as gracefully as possible, and that is definitely not on display in our current social behaviour...
Quote from: Iptuous on July 02, 2010, 06:44:58 PM
and the only upside to that mess is that you have the legal right to shit in anyone's toilet, even if they have a 'no public restroom' policy...
My favorite IBD moment ever:
While on a road trip to western NY in a car with four other people:
Me: We need to find a place with a bathroom.
Driver: Can't you hold it for a while?
Me: If we don't find a bathroom RTFN we can all take turns holding it.
Quote from: Iptuous on July 02, 2010, 06:44:58 PM
also, i think anyone that says they think growing old is preferable to having a youthful body until you die is just calling those grapes sour,
Dunno. I'm happier at 41 than I was at 16, and I think a lot of that has to do with hormonal/chemical differences.
well, yeah.
i wouldn't elect for 16 either.
i was too scrawny then. (like i'm some buff guy now... :sad:)
I would however elect to have my mid 20's body in perpetuity.
Quote from: Iptuous on July 02, 2010, 07:13:50 PM
well, yeah.
i wouldn't elect for 16 either.
i was too scrawny then. (like i'm some buff guy now... :sad:)
I would however elect to have my mid 20's body in perpetuity.
Can I have the body of 22, and the brain keeps progressing?
Because if so, I have some scores to settle. In bed.
Quote from: Doktor Howl on July 02, 2010, 07:12:05 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on July 02, 2010, 06:44:58 PM
also, i think anyone that says they think growing old is preferable to having a youthful body until you die is just calling those grapes sour,
Dunno. I'm happier at 41 than I was at 16, and I think a lot of that has to do with hormonal/chemical differences.
I'm happier at 38 than I was at 16 because I know more. Unfortunately my body is already kind of broken.
While it was still broken at 16 it wasn't nearly as broken as it is now, and it healed quicker.
So basically, this brain in my 16-18 year old body is really the way to go for me.
Therefore I'm still holding out for cloning and brain transplants or a brain peel and robotic body.
Depending on what advances faster, bio-tech/medical science, or computer and robotics technology.
Quote from: PopeTom on July 02, 2010, 07:17:19 PM
I'm happier at 38 than I was at 16 because I know more. Unfortunately my body is already kind of broken.
Tell me about it.
i dunno, man....
when i was younger, i knew everything!
now, i'm not sure about shit!
might take the old brain, too...
17 is difficult because you have little worldly experience. Everything is scary and new.
It's no fun that things break down, but so does everything else in existence. Entropy and all that. I do think that this culture is too youth-centric, and we've created the unfortunate self-fulfilling prophecy that old people are boring and useless.
Quote from: LMNO on July 02, 2010, 07:15:51 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on July 02, 2010, 07:13:50 PM
well, yeah.
i wouldn't elect for 16 either.
i was too scrawny then. (like i'm some buff guy now... :sad:)
I would however elect to have my mid 20's body in perpetuity.
Can I have the body of 22, and the brain keeps progressing?
Because if so, I have some scores to settle. In bed.
:potd:
Quote from: PopeTom on July 02, 2010, 06:23:00 PM
Quote from: Doktor Howl on June 28, 2010, 11:52:46 PM
Quote from: Kai on June 28, 2010, 11:48:44 PM
Again with the injecting of deadly toxins! Into children this time!
Oh, I get it, it's to beat the Chinese at something.
I can't understand the obsessive drive to stay 16 forever.
Being able to physically stay 16-18 y/o up to the point you die would be awesome.
The problem is these people only seem to care about staying cosmetically 16-18 years old. Which is a whole different story.
I might agree with you if you said physically 23-26. 16-18 I had no hips, no boobs, and no sex drive.
Also, gotta say, at 39 I have more physical energy/drive than I did at 29... if I could stay this age forever I'd take it.
It seems that every body has its different "Golden Years".
yeah, i guess i'm making assumptions.
i've got more energy and drive now at 32 than when i was 23. But i assume that's because i don't smoke buds every day now. and i get actual exercise. and my alarm clocks will actually throw things at me if i don't wake up on time....
if i had these things at 23, i'm guessing that body would be a little mo better than this body.
but i'm not losing any sleep over it.
so far the 30's are turning out to be a helluva time!
Sometimes, I definitely feel like my youth is being wasted on me. For reasons it would be really depressing to expound on.
Can I put my youth on hold, be old for a few years, and go back to being young later? That'd be nice.
Quote from: Cainad on July 03, 2010, 07:15:17 PM
Sometimes, I definitely feel like my youth is being wasted on me. For reasons it would be really depressing to expound on.
Can I put my youth on hold, be old for a few years, and go back to being young later? That'd be nice.
Be nice, wouldn't it. :sad: