One of our male readers wrote in to tell us a story about the increasing use of Botox for friends of his in their 30's. This particular fellow has an interesting viewpoint that we don't often hear, which is the thoughts of men and aging.
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You've told me a couple times that you have male patients, and I've been skeptical. Outside of news anchors and guys dating women twenty years too young, I just didn't believe it. My wife has been telling me for years that botox isn't just to make you her younger. She claims that you need to start Botox before the wrinkles really begin, and that retards the look of aging.
I may have to eat my words. I was on a business trip and met a friend from high school who is living down South with his wife. I thought I was boring him through dinner, because nothing I said seemed to make him laugh or really give me any hint he was listening. Later that night, he pulled my aside and actually told me that his wife had talked him into Botox. At the moment it really struck me - his face looked a lot like he did in his 20's, and it was because his forehead was smooth. He didn't look like a kid - he still had put on a few pounds, but he really did look younger. This guy isn't on camera. He's just another business guy with a job, and he's not one of those metrosexual types.
He asked me not to tell our friends, as he was slightly embarrassed by it, but it struck me that if this guy, of all guys, was on the Botox train, then it's clear a lot of men are on it or on their way. So consider this my mea culpa. You're still not getting me to do it, but my wife is probably going to win this battle for her skin, and I do have to admit, he did look better. We may not be talking about it yet, but something is going on.
We have of course held back his name, but thought this was something you might share with that skeptical man in your life.
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