7 Signs You’re Ready for Botox (And 6 Signs You Definitely Aren’t)

Ready for Botox?

To get Botox, or not to get Botox—that seems to be the question on the minds of women (and men) spanning from ages 25 to 65. Hailed as the most effective wrinkle treatment on the market today, Botox, or botulinum toxin, is just one of many FDA-approved brands that do the very same thing. “Botox is a brand name just like Kleenex or Xerox, which people associate with the actual product and use as a general term,” says David Shafer, MD, board-certified plastic surgeon and RealSelf contributor. “All of the products work very similarly, but differ in their molecular configurations and manufacturing.” Dysport and Xeomin are two other brand names for the injectable anti-wrinkle treatment, which seems to be skewing towards a younger audience by the minute. In fact, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, more than 7 million Botox procedures were performed in 2016 alone, and over 126,500 of them were on adults under the age of 29. So if age isn’t always a determinable factor to help in your decision to get Botox, what is? We turned to the nation’s top skin-care professionals for signs that you may or may not be ready for Botox.