On a mission to remove the lines on her face without erasing what makes her unique, writer Roberta Bedford gave JUVÉDERM a shot. Here, she shares her journey from “sad” to selfie-ready. (Brought to you by JUVÉDERM)
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed that the lines on my face are growing more pronounced. I have healthy self-esteem and I love what I look like, but lately I’ve been abandoning otherwise-excellent selfies because the creases around my mouth remind me of a sad clown and my eyes appear drowsy and sluggish. A little plumping of my thin upper lip would also be nice. But I don’t want to look like anyone else; I want to look like a better version of me.
Although I’d long been intrigued by JUVÉDERM, I hesitated to book a consult because I didn’t want to support the idea that women shouldn’t look their age or that imperfections are unattractive. But de Maio told me that he rejects “the dictatorship of beauty,” a term he often uses to describe the uniformity of conventional beauty standards. “Tiny distractions are not necessarily negative,” he said. “It’s the message your face is sending that’s important.
With that, my hair was pulled back with a headband and I reclined in a chair. For the next few minutes, Carroll made a series of JUVÉDERM injections around my face. The pain was tolerable because the injections contain lidocaine. The process went more quickly than I’d imagined it would. And during the procedure, Carroll’s nurse gently moved a small rose-gold vibrator over my face—a cleverly resourceful way to distract one from the injections.
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