Fillers for Marionette lines

How do I find a reputable practitioner? I am seriously considering this following Flaxseeds results.

I have never had any cosmetic surgery and wouldn't know where to start.

Thanks

I was having the same thoughts about my marionette lines the other day. I thought maybe I was being a bit weird as I had never heard that you could fill them.

Thank you for posting this

Flaxseed, thanks for the info. I was confused by Lily’s post because she seemed to think that Botox plumped up her lips.

Have had fillers for my marionette lines for a couple of years now, also Botox in forehead and my practitioner puts a tiny amount in the downward pulling muscles at corner of my mouth to help prevent problem worsening. She is a medical practitioner and knows her craft, it doesn’t look odd, overdone or too young, just me, but more rested and refreshed, wouldn’t be without it now .

Thank you for reporting back Fkaxseed and delighted you are pleased with the results. I have decided to treat myself as a reward for losing two stone. That part starts tomorrow. Saw myself sideways in a full length mirror yesterday,time.to take control.

GillT57

I always said I wouldn't have any cosmetic treatment, but I too have these lines and when my face is not animated or smiling, I do look bad tempered, what would be called a 'resting bitch face' I suppose. So, if I am just sitting listening to a friend, not talking, not smiling, I am looking disgruntled. I would be interested in hearing how you get on!

I've always had a 'resting bitch face' - but I think it's becoming more and more 'bitchy' with age, lol! Hence the reason I avoid cameras like the plague!

Polly73
She did take before and after pics but I wouldn’t feel comfortable posting them on a public forum.

Foghorn My practioner also works for the NHS and is medically trained. She also very honest and refused to top up someone’s lips recently as she felt they had had enough.

arewethereyet I agree. The amount of work young girls have is frightening and really quite sad.
missadventure I certainly skipped out of there (as much as you can with arthritic knees) with a spring in my step!

I’ve been having Juvederm for marionette lines for about ten years. Just about to have them redone. Each time the effect lasts for about 18 months. I go to a proper plastic surgeon who although now retired from the NHS has years of experience in serious stuff such as burns and reconstructions in addition to cosmetic surgery. I’m always pleased with the result as if left, the lines make me look miserable. I have a naturally downturned mouth and apart from filling the lines he gives me a little bit of an upturn at the corners which makes a significant improvement.

Interesting. I wish you could have posted before and after pics. Sounds a very reasonable price.

Flaxseed I'm glad it worked out well.

These treatments get a very bad press because of the bad practitioners and the people who overdo it. But for every person who does too much and every bad practitioner there are probably a dozen people that you wouldn't know had had 'work done' but feel a bit more confident in their world.

I do worry about the young girls who are so obsessed with their looks that they are getting fillers in their teens, and read recently about one girl (in her twenties) who had got into a huge amount of debt on her credit cards getting these treatments.

Excellent result then.
So pleased you're pleased. Now, try not to be too overjoyed, or you'll build up more lines.

Just thought I would pop back on to say I LOVE my fillers! They look so subtle but give me so much more confidence.
However, once the Marionette lines were done, my naso labial folds looked worse so I popped back for 1ml in them tonight. I feel 10 years younger!
So for anyone thinking of having fillers I would highly recommend them!

I don’t think anyone will immediately think ‘she’s had work done’, yet I suspect colleagues might think I look less tired and miserable without being to able to put their finger on why
I think I have been lucky as I have only had a small amount of redness afterwards, which disappeared within the hour and no bruising.
For those of you considering it - go for it!

GillT I’ll report back!

Mazgg Glad to hear you are pleased with the results. I hope I am too!

PamelaJ1 Fillers are used for Marionette lines or nasolabial lines. Botox is more for frown lines.
And yes, I do look miserable , but I’m not (at least not all of the time!)
anna I am glad you are pleased with your results. I am having a minimal amount too as want the results to look subtle.
Bigbertha1 This is going to cost me £150 and can last up to 18months.
I was given some birthday money so thought ‘Why not!’
My practitioner is medically trained. I wouldn’t use someone who wasn’t.

I had this done a couple of weeks ago and I am delighted with the result. I didn't have any bruising or marks but look less miserable.

Well now I know what marionette lines are, thought they were something to do with puppets! No absolutely not worried about any I may have don't think they are particularly pronounced, even if in repose I may well have a "resting bitch face" do I care? not really can't always be wearing an ear to ear grin. Aging is an inevitable process, from what I've seen of well known faces who indulge in Botox and the like, with a few exceptions, I think they look worse than if they had let nature take its course.

I always said I wouldn't have any cosmetic treatment, but I too have these lines and when my face is not animated or smiling, I do look bad tempered, what would be called a 'resting bitch face' I suppose. So, if I am just sitting listening to a friend, not talking, not smiling, I am looking disgruntled. I would be interested in hearing how you get on!

I’d never heard the term marionette lines till I read this thread. Now I have a name for what I see when I look in the mirror. I find mine are very much improved if I remove my glasses before casting my eyes on my face ?

LilyoftheValley

I hope it goes well! I haven't had fillers yet but do have botox on my forehead and, last time, had it around my mouth. So satisfied - my mouth is slightly fuller but it is so subtle.

I am a bit confused by this. Botox doesn’t fill anything. It blocks the signals from the nerves, stops the muscles responding but doesn’t do plumping.
Was the Botox injected into the muscles that pull the corners of your mouth down so your mouth looks less miserable?
I’m not suggesting that you look any more miserable than the rest of us ?. As one ages the muscle that pulls up the corner of our mouths weakens so that we don’t look quite s happy.

I had fillers for marionette lines just last week. I was apprehensive but I am very pleased with the results. I had minimal amount of filler and the result is very subtle. I do feel it's a bit self indulgent with everything that's going on in the world but I don't spend money on expensive creams and makeup so I treated myself. I didn't find the treatment painful and I had a very small bruise at one corner of my mouth which has gone now.

Do let us know how you get on Flaxseed. I am sure you will be delighted with the results.

I had fillers for Marionette lines, about 5 years ago. It cost £700 over 2 appointments, and I was thrilled with the results, which lasted a couple of years ago. It was done at a cosmetic surgery clinic, in the city centre.

Last year, the lines were particularly bad, as I'd been on a ventilator for 2 weeks, and the marks were really ingrained. I paid £200, for one appointment, at my local pharmacy, last November. I was pleased for a few days but then noticed that where the lines had been filled, there were white scars (like stretch marks) in the place of the lines. This has worsened, and the man who did the fillers advised me to massage the area, daily, he said the white scars were "just the fillers showing through the skin" Absolute tosh. I'm now line-free but instead have quite obvious white scars.

Go to someone reputable, and get some recommendations, if possible.

YesBlueBelle it’s healthy to love yourself within reason. I’m a singer and perform regularly so it’s just part of the business.

Oh people love yourselves

The cost is prohibitive as fillers and Botox have to be replaced regularly. Better to have a facelift if you have money to burn.

For fillers I'd go to a dentist, seriously. They seem to be advertising this type of procedure and obviously you'd be treated by someone who is an actual surgeon, rather than some sort of 'practitioner'.