If you’ve been following me for a while now, you know I’m not a newbie to fillers/injectables.
I first started with Botox at the age of 37 then had to quit, because, well, Botox quit working on me by the age of 40.  Yep, I became resistant to injectable neuromodulators. Don’t worry if you currently love Botox, it doesn’t happen to many people. But it CAN happen and I’m living proof of it.
And yes, I also tried Dysport and Xeomin after the Botox ordeal – but they’re all neuromodulators, which don’t work on me anymore. Hence, why I’ve had bangs cut to cover my deep forehead wrinkles for the past 4 years. It is mega cheaper to just wear bangs, but way more high maintenance than Botox ever was! And I’d give these bangs up in a heartbeat for Botox to work on me again! *Sigh. Before and one day after getting 1 syringe of cheek filler in each cheek.
So then in March of 2018 at the age of 41,  I tried my first round of lip filler and I talked about it over on the blog here if you’d like to see before and after photos and read more in-depth about that experience. I think I’ve gone back for touchups about 4 times since then for the lips. That filler lasts a loooong time for me and I’ve been very very happy with being given the upper lip I never had.
Now let’s get to the cheek filler part and why I did it, what it’s like, and whether I would do it again.
First, let’s get the judgment out ...