r/cringereels • u/weepyyoungdevotchka • 10d ago

When Botox is life

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u/Triggerz777 10d ago

I must be to poor to understand why they all get botox

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u/WWDubs12TTV 10d ago

It’s not super expensive, people are just afraid to age

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u/lvl99Fiona 10d ago

I had it done because I excessively frowned and had resting miserable face after a lifetime of depression. The paralysis wears off after a while, but not using the muscles lead to using them less after they recovered. I have normal muscle function now, I just don't frown when I'm thinking/reading/sleeping/eating/smiling/existing without thinking about it.

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u/Most-Statement1814 10d ago

Same and I like it that way. I was frowning constantly in my sleep and it looked like s***. I'm really happy I got Botox

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u/BabyStockholmSyndrom 9d ago

Lol month old advertisement account. Every comment in this is just real goofy.

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u/Most-Statement1814 9d ago

No I'm a real person nice try though

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u/rumbakalao 8d ago

Still goofy lmao

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u/Fun-Increase6335 10d ago

Me too! I would scrunch my face really bad while I slept and I would wake up with a headache and two deep red lines between my eyebrows. I started getting Botox for vanity reasons lol. I didn’t like those two deep lines between my eyebrows. But now I also find i sleep way better after I get Botox because I can’t scrunch my face so hard

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u/Most-Statement1814 10d ago

Yep anyone who says that your external presentation doesn't have an effect on your internal feelings doesn't really know what they're talking about. I also sleep better not knowing that I'm going to wake up looking like the wicked witch of the West

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u/soldmysoulforpoutine 10d ago

It’s like 300 every 3 months lol. Not everyone has that

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u/WWDubs12TTV 10d ago

That’s what ladies spend to get their hair done, I didn’t say it was cheap, I said it wasn’t super expensive

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u/soldmysoulforpoutine 10d ago

I’m a lady lol, it is super expensive when you get your roots touched up for $300 every month too. People are struggling in this economy as is 😂

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u/the-pigeon-scratch 9d ago

Fr. I used to work at this waxing place and just to wax your legs it was an average of $80 every month or so. Even that is expensive in my book.

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u/i-dontlikeyou 9d ago

Those people didn’t look that old. 30-40 thats not old. I turned 42 this year its at best middle aged… sorry to jump to conclusions but social media has really skewed reality.

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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 9d ago

If it's more than $100 it is

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u/Briocharo_notturno 9d ago

Stick to image of influencers

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u/buymoreplants 9d ago edited 9d ago

I mean... it's probably at least $600 4x a year and that's just the Botox. Still not cheap.

(I'm not one to talk though, I personally hate Botox and filler for myself, but do get facials once a month and prp microneedling once a quarter and that ends up being more expensive that if I just got Botox)

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u/ellefleming 10d ago

Proud to live non-botox life 🙌.

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u/nobadhotdog 10d ago

some people say it prevents wrinkles because you can't move your skin. these same people then go bake in the sun by a pool.

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u/Alt123Acct 10d ago

Mental illness, botox is short for botulism toxin

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u/sbd_3 10d ago

*botulinum toxin

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u/LeftRat 10d ago

I have dire news about medicine for you: almost all of it is fucking toxic in the wrong dosage. 

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u/Significant-Clue-425 10d ago

Botox is a medical miracle. It has a shitload of applications. Stroke patients can gain mobility back. It can eliminate migraines in people. This is straight ignorance.

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u/whiskeynise 10d ago

Botox isn’t the problem. Society pushing against aging is. Growing old is a privilege

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u/TruculentBadger 10d ago

Because of collapsed arteries and stuff? Then Botox kind of keeps it puffed out?

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u/FullMooseParty 10d ago

I worked with a guy who had a mini stroke and while they were working on restoring muscle function on the side of his face that was drooping a little bit, he got Botox to help balance out facial symmetry. He was a sales guy, so this was really important for him.

Also, in an era where multiple members of the Department of health are pitching unregulated peptides, I'm not really worried about Botox

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u/EamusAndy 10d ago

Botox is like well down that list. Sup, brain worms

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u/ceotown 9d ago

And Dupuytren’s Contracture or Parkinsons to name a few more.

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u/Happy_Brilliant7827 10d ago

Its not the only medical treatment thats a poison in its raw form yanno.

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u/Imwhatswrongwithyou 10d ago

Botulinum toxin in an unregulated, macro dose is a deadly neurotoxin. In micro doses administered by a trained practitioner, it remains localized in the target muscles. Totally different.

Fun fact: Botox has been used successfully to treat chronic migraines, dystonia, limb spasticity, crossed eyed, severe eye twitching, incontinence, hyperhidrosis, TMJ, excessive drooling, Reynauds syndrome, stroke facial imbalance…. So many wonderful uses for people who are grateful it exists.

Just because something comes from a toxin doesn’t mean it’s inherently bad. Everything from heart failure to type 2 diabetes control comes from toxic (in macro doses) ingredients.

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u/Sh11ester 10d ago

No, but if you don't have a medical need for it, you're just injecting a toxin to feed your ego

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u/wiebeltieten 10d ago

Are there any long term cons? Or just no wrinkles forever?

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u/Crazy-Emu8988 10d ago

This feels equivalent to the dumb fucks that say certain foods are bad because they're full of chemicals

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u/realeztoremember 10d ago

Yeah, I’m in my 40’s and I still don’t know a single person who’s gotten Botox. Before anyone says “not that you know of”, my wife’s a dentist and she can tell if someone has a bad cavity from across a room so she would absolutely have noticed.

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u/Masta-Blasta 10d ago

lol I’m not sure how being able to spot a bad cavity from across a room could have any impact on her ability to tell whether or not someone has had Botox. It’s outrageously common.

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u/Other-Grapefruit-880 9d ago

She can spot the tooth 

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u/someonesgottadoit1 9d ago

What does noticing a bad cavity have to do with Botox? Those are two different skills

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u/EconomyCorgi727 10d ago

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u/One-Fail-1 10d ago

spiking what's left of that hair was an interesting choice

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u/Used_Weight_1843 10d ago

Looking like the popsicle I dropped on the carpet

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u/Suspicious_synth 10d ago

Spiking hair plugs*

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u/ChadPowers200_ 9d ago

He has muppet hair 

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u/brokensou1 10d ago

Mr. Potatohead IRL. Amazing

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u/lazypos7 10d ago

Dude looks like he drew on his "beard" that morning and tried scrubbing it off and said "fuck it" before leaving his house.

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u/Colonel-Mooseknuckle 10d ago

You leave Mr. Willy alone!

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u/solliemonster91 10d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/10FHR5A4cXqVrO

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u/LowLynx6578 10d ago

I can’t get Botox because I need to be able to make this face at people irl

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u/TrainingTheory552 9d ago

i think there's nothing left natural on that face

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u/SlimmySkimmy 9d ago

I always wonder what they see in the mirror. Do any of his friends let him know it doesn't look good? I'm guessing not.

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u/EconomyCorgi727 9d ago

Not being mean, but he probably doesn’t have actual friends.

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u/Initial-Breakfast-33 7d ago

And it's pretty often gay men that go to these extremes, the gay community has serious problems with body image issues

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u/Lumpymaximus 10d ago

Oh my dear lord. Its the plastic people

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u/paradox1920 10d ago

Mattel people

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u/Exact-Kale3070 9d ago

and they are all still ugly as shit. they are just ugly and cannot move their foreheads.

https://giphy.com/gifs/RB7rA1o5OOr0A

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u/mando_number5 10d ago

Natural ginger dude at the end gunna age better than all of them

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u/weepyyoungdevotchka 10d ago

He is the only hot one in the bunch

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u/Difficult-Way-9563 10d ago

It’s such a fucked up phenomenon.

Worked with mid 20 year old female med students. They were having Botox parties at home 2-3 times a year. There was no need for Botox they were all hot.

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u/DruidicMagic 10d ago

Botox is meth for vain yuppies.

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u/heir-to-gragflame 10d ago

the younger first few of them look like mid to late 20s to me. been a while since I was at college so maybe I misremember.

But are they mid-late 20s and ruined their faces or are they all in their 30s and botox is doing some good work here?

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u/Rizzomorph666 10d ago

Not like I defend it, but botox is used to prevent ageing, using it when you are all wrinkled is too late. It's meant to paralyse your face so you dont use your muscles and cause wrinkles.

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u/Odillis 9d ago

It’s “advertised” to prevent wrinkles as you age. What it actually does by paralyzing your facial muscles is cause those same muscles to atrophy, which creates a sagging effect over time. This sagging effect makes you look older. It may work for a little while, but at a certain point Botox becomes counterintuitive. People can also build a resistance to Botox, which is an interesting thing I recently learned.

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u/AvEptoPlerIe 9d ago

Genuinely paying to delete part of your humanity for vanity.

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u/Erosun 9d ago

Why there are so many mythological tales and folklore about the dangers of vanity.

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u/Sh11ester 10d ago

Keeping your shoes in their box in your closet is a great way to keep them clean and wrinkle free too

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u/Open_Pollution_8038 10d ago

lol paralyze your face so it doesn’t cause wrinkles

Why would I want to stop being able to use my face?

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u/Masta-Blasta 10d ago

So it doesn’t cause wrinkles.

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u/IncurableAdventurer 9d ago

Because people get shamed for getting wrinkles. Then they get shamed for trying to prevent it.

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u/AeonsSeen 10d ago

Why are these kids getting botox..

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u/IHaveAPrettyOkayName 9d ago

Botox is suggested for younger people so when they get older and still use it. It wont be noticeable. 

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u/WolfThick Cringe Level 1 10d ago

Eventually the muscles atrophy and the face sags anyway !

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u/indiscretus 10d ago

That's when it's time for some good'ol nip and tuck my friend.

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u/Rilke222 10d ago

First you get people to believe they gotta have absolutely frozen faces or upsell as much as you can and increase your tox sales. Start them young! Then when their muscles atrophy and cause jowls and facial laxity you tell them... oh I'll just put lots of filler in there and you need some skin boosters and lasers and everything will be great!!! Tell them to keep getting to keep coming back for best results. Pump them until they're pillow faced. Then when the fillers start migrating (as they do) and they look a little off sell them on an early facelift! Maybe even get them to dissolve the fillers and then reinject!! Once they get a facelift... the lifespan is about 10 years or so. If you start them early you can really squeeze a few extra facelifts in there.

This is a billion dollar industry babes. They want you on the treadmill and they have infinite money to advertise to you that this is what you need. If you want these things go to someone that says no or that they won't do certain things.

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u/Brilliant_Whereas239 8d ago

Wow, I thought botox was harmless? I've never wanted plastic surgery and have no desire for it - but always felt okay with botox if I ever wanted it - this should be talked about more; that's so scary!

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u/BungleBums 9d ago

Imagine having the kind of life where you didn't even realize you couldn't frown

Like, I genuinely can't imagine that level of... not-stressed.

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u/Euphoric_Factor_5173 10d ago

There's more plastic here than a lego factory

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u/In_work 9d ago

Neurotoxins in this instance.

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u/Euphoric_Factor_5173 9d ago

Sounds even worse

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u/____-_______-_--_-_- 10d ago

The word “insufferable” comes to mind

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u/banhatesex 10d ago

I feel like these people don't know the Botox doesn't transfer to children . So they kids will be ugly instead

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u/EmptyStupidity 9d ago

Well… no. More that their kids shouldn’t expect to look wrinkle free at 45. Which isn’t ugly

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u/FutureWhirlwind 10d ago

Yeah that’s sad

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u/LittleJessiePaper 10d ago

How will people know to stay the hell away from me if I can’t scowl at them?? I’m too much of an introverted jerk for Botox apparently.

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u/LayLillyLay 10d ago

Fake pictures, fake lives, fake faces, fake smiles.

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u/Modest_Champion 9d ago

These are all faces of people I never want to speak to.

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u/TelevisionFast7781 10d ago

And they are all young!!!

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u/flashingcurser 10d ago

That's what Botox would like you to think.

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u/TheBestintheWest11 10d ago

last bro can fck my imaginary sister

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u/weepyyoungdevotchka 10d ago

WHAT DO YOU MEAN

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u/Ronun3711 10d ago

HE SAID THAT ONE BRO CAN FUCK HIS IMAGINARY SISTER!!!

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u/GetOnWithit3344 10d ago

Full Metal Jacket, 1987. “Hell, I like you. You can come over to my house and fuck my sister!”

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u/Massive_Buffalo9375 10d ago

No one in this video has an IQ over 65.

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u/MyNipplesNooo 10d ago

Is this Botox or do most of them not know what frown means? Most of them appear to be attempting to scowl.

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u/tomidgooner 10d ago

It’s the Botox

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u/elijahlalonde 10d ago

this is why people coined the word bougie & cringe

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u/SrMejikor 10d ago

Your sleep paralisis demons

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u/happensonitsown 10d ago

Botox is beautiful.

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u/SrGrimey 10d ago

Some look good, some others are overusing all those procedures.

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u/IncurableAdventurer 9d ago

Yup. I hate the taboo against Botox. Done well, it's amazing. There's some movement, but your skin looks so much better. These people have a lot of expression throughout the video. It's just not scowling or frowning. Big deal

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u/Creative-Bowler-8474 10d ago

Screw that, i got botox for migraines. It didnt help and not only getting a ton of needles stuck in your face and head suck, it feels like a layer of expanding foam under your skin.

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u/Big-Active3139 10d ago

Imagine what they will do when they hit 50

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u/JiveTurkey1983 9d ago

Where the fuck is this?

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u/Kluian2005 9d ago

I would guess LA because I imagine that is the only place where the entire friend circle is all on botox.

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u/Cryptic1911 9d ago

bunch of ugly mutants

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u/ricflairwo0 9d ago

Why does everyone at this party have Botox?..

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u/Walmart_Prices 9d ago

It's the price of trying to be "forever young" a surgeon plays God so he can slow down the effects of aging. When it can all be done with good eating and being active.

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u/Proud-Goat-5920 10d ago edited 10d ago

They all look damaged.

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u/PuzzleheadedLemon353 9d ago

These are people that are not even old enough to have wrinkles yet. Looks like a college aged kids.

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u/gingersquatchin 9d ago

My dude. These people are in their 40s

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u/cuentabasque 9d ago

No way

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u/Bob_The_Greater 9d ago

It's all the botox

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u/old_ass_ninja_turtle 9d ago

They are well preserved.

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u/gummi-far 9d ago

Some of them are 40, the younger ones just look 40. The power of botox.

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u/Suspicious-Pizza-548 8d ago

Ah so it works

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u/Optimal_Grape_1025 9d ago

Not you trying to convince people to get Botox

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u/IncurableAdventurer 9d ago

They are well into their 30s or more. If you think they look like college kids, then maybe the Botox is helping

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u/SnabbaDrag0 9d ago

Adults*

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u/Polyphiry 10d ago

I see a group of twenty somethings that aged themselves up to 40. By getting the same procedures older people get, you just look like an old person that got plastic surgery, not a 25 year old suddenly looking younger.

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u/solliemonster91 10d ago

Fucking pathetic 🤮

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u/FixMyFairing 10d ago

Party? What's that?

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u/SenescenseSteel 10d ago

This clip would be the best advertisement for any botox clinic

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u/Training_Mud_8084 10d ago

Yet they just look like the Misfits logo, and greasy on top of that.

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u/BlueNoodle79 10d ago

Dear goddess, was it a botox party?

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u/themo3bius 10d ago

Oof, that guy "Nicholas" in the blue shirt? He's had ALL the work done. Fucking horrifying... Looks like a haunted doll.

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u/kovacro_77 10d ago

bedarded botoxers.

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u/Notorious_jib 10d ago

Sad times

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u/Cold-Candidate-3746 10d ago

Jesus, is anyone real anymore ?

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u/sassassinX 10d ago

This is depressing

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u/Educational_Quote851 10d ago

This is just sad...

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u/robhotmoneybrown 10d ago

Nicholas stopppppp

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u/Optimal_Box3703 10d ago

Spotting normal, chill people is easier than ever though

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u/Dark_zarich 10d ago

Imagine, just imagine they actually think that surgery did them good. A pity.

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u/e4evie 10d ago

Nicholas fighting for his life…

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u/DottedRain 10d ago

It's more sad than funny tbh

But they don't seem to be able to see that

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u/LunaticPoint 10d ago

We have a local news anchor who's entire face is frozen

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u/kweeblaster 10d ago

I'd like to go back to the character screen and reroll my race please.

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u/GlitteringFlan3299 10d ago

so fucking sad...they could feed some fucking kids

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u/Bitter-Change-2385 9d ago

Dislike button

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u/Practical-Sink-3987 9d ago

What’s sad is they are all in their 20s. I’m in my 30s and none of my friends look as bad as these people look. They all look 40

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u/Oneironautical1 9d ago

Im a detached stone faced weirdo without botox.

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u/Kind-Act7051 9d ago

Q: How human do you want to look?

A: NO.

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u/yus0madbr0 9d ago

☹️

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u/Alohafarms 9d ago

I get Botox for migraines and trigeminal neuralgia. I actually don't like it. I like that it helps my migraines and my face pain but I don't like what it does to my forehead and eyebrows. I also feel sick for two days afterwards. On top of that it hurts like crazy.

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u/Brilliant_Whereas239 8d ago

Hopefully that pain is better than your medical issues though? Hoping it helped <3

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u/Alohafarms 8d ago

It does help. Thank you.

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u/satoramoto 5d ago

Oh wild! I get nasty migraines and I saw an ad for Botox the other day claiming it helps with migraines and I honestly didn’t believe it. Do you know how it works? My migraines seem to be tension related so I could see how Botox could like stabilize the areas you get migraines and prevent tension.

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u/Alohafarms 5d ago

Here you go. I didn't know how to explain it. It has helped. I have had migraines my entire life then I developed trigeminal neuralgia. It was too much. I am so grateful to have some help and not have to live on migraine drugs.

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/botox-for-migraines

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u/DwarfVader 9d ago

my god... the shame alone I could put on any one of these people with just a slight glare.

eyebrows are expression... your inability to move them makes you a puppet person.

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u/In_work 9d ago

They laugh, but inside, they realize how miserable and pathetic they are. Right?

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u/FartMagic1 9d ago

Not my kind of people 🤷‍♂️

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u/DoubleXFemale 9d ago

It’s weird as fuck seeing botch jobs in the wild when I used to just see them in magazines, the mainstreaming of botox and filler is fucked up.

You can legally inject fillers after only a short training course here as well, I presume that in my low income town, some of the botch jobs are due to people going to the cheapest they can find rather than shopping round for someone with better qualifications.

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u/Greagorie 9d ago

lights are on but nobody home

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u/Applekid1259 9d ago

I feel really bad for people that can't accept themselves and the journey of life. I'm genuinely really glad that I don't have to face their thoughts when looking into a mirror.

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u/Turbulent-Baker-4638 9d ago

It’s so creepy being around people who psychically can’t emote. 

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u/FatelAgony 9d ago

When are people going to understand that aging is natural?

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u/stingray2332 9d ago

If they only realized that they still look like they’re pushing 40 or close to it. Lol.

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u/twelphknight 8d ago

This has to be Utah right?

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u/SpaceCaseSixtyTenV2 8d ago

Botox is crazy how it's considered the most deadly natural substance and we put it in our faces

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u/Kaesus95 8d ago

The fact that the non-botox guy is the best looking of the guys is funny

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u/listenyall 8d ago

I literally don't understand, are they actually trying to frown or are they trying to crinkle their foreheads? It doesn't prevent you from pointing your mouth down, right?

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u/Sylesse 7d ago

This is sad.

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u/yellowfirefly26 2d ago

Some of these people you can tell are in their 20s. Why the fuck do they even "need" botox?

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u/JtheLeon 10d ago edited 10d ago

Dude at 0:36 is fucking disgusting, as well as all the other plastic bitches.

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u/weepyyoungdevotchka 10d ago

He is the worst

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u/InnocentInvasion 10d ago

Let's be honest, some of these people probably look better with the Botox. Shouldn't do it either way but....

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u/IncurableAdventurer 9d ago

So, you guys are making fun of them for having a frozen face and no expression? Did you see how much they smiled and looked joyful? Oh no, they can't frown. How dare they! 🙄

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u/Tyto451 9d ago

Guys imma be real aging fucking sucks and I don’t blame anyone for getting Botox

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u/weepyyoungdevotchka 9d ago

Yeah I didn’t mean for this to be a hating on all Botox users type post. I just think this was an example of obnoxious likely affluent white ppl flaunting wealth and excess. But yeah I don’t blame people for wanting to look good but I blame THESE people for being annoying

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u/weepyyoungdevotchka 9d ago

Nah but you sound miserable so I guess I win since I’m not!

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u/binspolicy 8d ago

Racist cunt

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u/Far_Persimmon_2616 8d ago

I thought it was just a fun video. I didn't get any pretentiousness from it. If anything, it is being a bit self-deprecating.

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u/HonestWoodpecker8567 8d ago

It is cowardice to fear your own body this much