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At What Age Do You Really Need Botox?Can preventative Botox stop a wrinkle in its tracks? A dermatologist weighs in on when six women should get Botox to keep aging at bay |
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While Botox (and other injectibles like Dysport and Xeomin) might not raise eyebrows, the practice of "preventative Botox" -- injecting Botox into areas before wrinkles form, rather than as an anti-aging measure -- still does.
But, according to New York City-based dermatologist Dr. Whitney Bowe, MD, getting Botox in your 20s and 30s ultimately prevents you from requiring more invasive procedures later. Many women balk at getting Botox so early, instead resolving to get it "one day" -- meaning their 40th, 50th or 60th birthday. But Bowe says that only guarantees your wrinkles will require even more TLC (read: fillers, lasers and injections) down the road.
So how early is too early for Botox? We asked Bowe to assess the expression lines of our beauty editors, ages 22 to 41, to figure out the best age to get Botox.
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