‘I’m really sure now; no more botox for me’
Image: Mark Groeneveld
Sanne is known for her sketch videos on her Instagram channel @laviesanne. She is mother of James (7), Isé (4) and baby Amélie.
My botox adventure is over. I’m giving up. About three years ago, after much deliberation, I had the first prick put in my frown. Not so much to get rid of wrinkles, but to prevent them. To be fair, I was strongly influenced by everything that came online about it at the time. I became fascinated by handsome influencers and breathlessly watched videos on TikTok of cosmetic doctors. Yes, I was sure, a tramway between my eyebrows: I didn’t want that.
“Yes, I was sure, such a tramway between my eyebrows: I didn’t want that”
The first time my botox adventure turned into a fiasco; naive as I was – I knew a lot that botox could also go wrong – I ended up with a dentist who would put a syringe in my forehead. Well, I knew that. I walked around for a month with a droopy eyelid and uneven eyebrows.
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Once I found the right address, I started to see the fun of botox. Lines disappeared like snow in the sun and my skin looked smoother than ever. Even my other half was excited: “I can get used to not being able to look angry anymore, honey!”
“It felt unnatural not to be able to frown when I looked into the sun”
While he joked about it, I found that to be a flaw. It felt unnatural not to be able to frown when I was facing the sun or concentrating. Nor could I get used to my face in a ‘frozen’ position when I was listening intently to someone.
When I got pregnant with the third I had to take a botox break. It sounds crazy, but precisely because it was a no-go at the time, after giving birth I felt an irrepressible need to get another shot. That was four months ago.
The last time
So now I’m at the point where my last botox treatment has worn off. And I have to admit that that feels incredibly liberating. I have the expression in my face back, my mimicry matches my emotions again and my guy can finally see by my snout that I’m ‘not amused’ when he left his underpants lying around. I am now really very sure; no more botox for me.
This article appears in Kek Mama 01-2023, available in stores from 3 January.
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