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About three years ago, supermodel Cindy Crawford was quoted in Gala Magazine as admitting to relying on Botox, collagen, and vitamin injections to maintain her gorgeous face. She said “I’m not going to lie to myself: past a certain age, creams work on the texture of your skin but, in order to restore elasticity, all I can really count on is vitamin injections, Botox and collagen.” The lovely 43 year-old mother of two is again admitting that she has the help of a dermatologist. Cindy tells GQ Magazine that her radiant skin is due to Botox, but that she doesn’t think she’s had collagen lately. She sounds pretty honest to me:
Cindy gets real in an upcoming interview for GQ. “There’s a doctor… in London who I’ve gone to for Botox,” Cindy, 43, admits. “I did a whole skin-care line with him. But I haven’t done collagen, I don’t think.” And Cindy says a little nip or tuck is only natural for someone of her stature. “Because people have such expectations of what they are going to find when they see me, that brings added pressure to fight the aging process,” she says. “But don’t get me wrong. I think I’m holding together pretty good!”
[From Star Magazine, print edition, December 14, 2009]
Cindy doesn’t have that waxy look that so many women get when they’re over-botoxed. While I would guess that she’s had something done to look that great, especially because she has no lines on her forehead or between her eyes, it wouldn’t immediately occur to me because she doesn’t look cat-like or overplumped. She’s radiant, and she’s a great advertisement for injectibles. It doesn’t hurt that she was gorgeous to start with. I’m getting around the age when I’m considering Botox, and am leaning toward trying it out. My face would probably look all jacked up though, which is why I haven’t done it yet. You can’t just go to any dermatologist and have to find a great one.
Cindy Crawford is shown at the premiere of Up In The Air with her husband Rande Gerber on 11/30/09.
Written by Celebitchy
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It’s great that she’s admitting to using those products and minimal. Another plus is, she still looks like herself, just like CB says.
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I’m also getting to the point where I am reconsidering my “HELL NO” philosophy on Botox!
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She’s talked about the vitamin injections before, as well as going to that Sebagh guy for some special dermatology they apparently don’t practice in the U.S. (eye roll)
She looks good though, so more power to her. She can be an ad for plastic surgery or outpatient surgery restraint.
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Special dermatology cream my butt. Her entire face cream marketing gimmick is just that.
Anyway, it’s high time she had that mole removed. It’s taking on SJP proportions now; becoming bigger.
It’s just annoying to see models like Cindy selling something on TV that clearly has no relation to their own personal ‘beauty’ regimes.
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wow…really can’t tell.
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I love that she’s talking about it, but would love it even more to know exactly what she does because she looks fantastic. I fell for her infomercial and liked the cleanser and night cream, but they’ve added a glow product that I never tried. (Currently use Olay and Syn-ake and Syn-Coil now.) It does annoy me to hear that she doesn’t use the skincare line, which is a rumor I had read before.
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I had the upper left quadrant of my face sliced off in a freak accident on my 18th birthday. I’m now almost 47. After 5 or 6 reconstructive surgeries and 3 or 4 artificial eye replacements, I still don’t think I look normal (although most people are surprised if I tell them about it). I don’t tell anyone unless it’s an obvious issue, because I have absolutely zero depth perception (some guy at a stop light last week actually got out of his truck and came back and beat on my driver’s side door because I was too close to him at the stop light…) Anyway, I read about the botox and collagen and I think God how lucky to be able to be normal looking and look even better. I would do it in a heartbeat. I totally understand what Crawford says about feeling the pressure of expectations, because I’ve felt it the last 30 years. I look “normal” from a reasonable distance, but get 3 feet away…well, I just think it’s perfectly normal to want to look your best. More power to her.
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@Lantana- I am sorry about your accident and what you had to go through! Please do not feel that you are expected to look perfect, because accidents or not, none of us are perfect. There is beauty in imperfection! ((hugs))
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I appreciate her honesty- it’s so refreshing. I think she looks great – more power to her!
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She is not an honest person she is selling her skin care line but she’s getting botox? That is terrible!
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Firestarter – Thank you. For being a Prodigy fan you’re OK
I don’t worry about looking normal bc I avoid looking at myself and I have a sense of humor about things. Like the guy beating on my window last week, I rolled down my window and told him I have no depth perception and he proceeded to swear at me so I blinged my wedding ring off of my fake eye and yelled back I HAVE NO DEPTH PERCEPTION, YOU HAVE TO SEE OUT OF TWO EYES TO HAVE DEPTH PERCEPTION! He looked at me like I was possessed by the devil and walked back to his truck (while holding up 4 lanes of traffic both ways). But I was just saying how nice it would be to have the option of looking good, or looking different but still looking good. To me, that would be a blessing. It would also be a blessing to make 20M a year, and it would be a blessing to be married to JDepp and go sailing to the island, it’s a blessing NOT to be married to Eddie slutboy, I could go on — that’s why I love this site so much.
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@Lantana, after hearing about your troubles, I don’t feel like commenting on silly things such as botox or collagen injections. Thank you for the renewed perspective. And I add my (((hugs))) to Firestarter’s.
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She doesn’t think she has had collegen injections? You mean she doesn’t know?
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Lantana- I wish I could have been there for that, when you blinged the ring off your eye! That would have been priceless!
A sense of humor goes a long way in all situations!
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Is she going to admit that she has had cheek implants as well?
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I’ve had botox injections for about a year. It works great. My face does not look frozen and I have still have limited forehead movement. I have not gotten it in 6 months though and the lines are starting to slowly come back. sucks that it is so expensive but it really does make a huge difference.
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Latana, I also would have loved to see his face when you bonked your ring off your eye. What a moron! I would have been tempted to throw it in gear and plow through his back bumper while he was busy having his tantrum.
I’m sorry for the pain you’ve had to deal with over the years. Thankfully, it sounds like you have been blessed with a sense of humor, intelligence, and perspective. I wish you the best!
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Lantana, ditto to what Whitey Fisk said!
As for Cindy, at least she’s admitting it, and whatever she’s had done it’s been in moderation and well done. I have no interest in doing any of that myself, but I think if you do, the trick is to not go overboard because you can always tell when someone did just a little too much.
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@ Lantana:
I know it’s such a cliche to say that “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder…” and to me, beauty is in the life of the honest, be yourself and you truly ARE beautiful!
I have facial scars from skin cancers and I would love to get some BONDO for my face, but after all these years (I am now 8 years skin cancer free), I think my scars are my own battle scars.
Lantana, stay true to you, and you will truly be a beauty! Hope you aren’t all hugged out by now, but here’s more for you… <<>>
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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Add my ditto, Lantana. It sounds like you’ve done remarkably well in coping with it.
People – just be careful with restylene. I had it under my eyes before going to a wedding and it looked terrible – puffy, lumpy and with visible injection bruise/dots which are still there 2+ years later! It’s only supposed to last 6 months. I paid to look tired and baggy-eyed for 2 years. Bah!!!!
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She does look good, but to me, it’s so hard to tell what celebs really look like from a photo. You can’t see my crow’s feet and forehead wrinkles as much in a photo as you can when you’re standing right next to me in the real world, so I often wonder about celebs. They looks so flawless on the red carpet, but they’re wearing tons of make-up and they’re posing under perfect lighting conditions. Maybe some of them look older in real life than I would expect…???
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@DoMaJo- Congrats on being 8 yrs free!
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I tried botox once and it was a nightmare. My eyebrows drooped, i had incredible headaches and nauseau for the first week. Everyday I would look in the mirror and wonder how my face would look that day–my forehead kept contorting. It looked great for a month or two and then when it wore off, wrinkles were much much worse. Never again.
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Dee is right. She does hawk a skin care line that she credits for her appearance, so in that way she is a bit hypocritical.
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AND it was a very small amount by an expensive and reputable dermatologist who charged a fortune for it.
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I want to thank all of you for the kind comments. I feel like I portrayed myself as some sort of attention-seeker, and I really, truly am not, and I am humbled by the kindness. The last thing I want is attention. I totally was just making the point that it would be so nice to have an option to look “normal”. But I actually DO look normal, almost. So all is good
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They all do it but it’s refreshing to hear someone own up to it. I wonder if the one’s who don’t admit to these procedures think we’re all a bunch of idiots??? I say, who cares…if it makes the person feel and look better, go for it!
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Linda Evangelista admitted to using Botox so I get annoyed everytime I see her L’Oreal ad for some collagen line eraser. It’s so fake and false.
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Cindy Crawford says she’s not sure if she’s had collagen? I can’t imagine getting injections and not knowing what I’m getting.
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Lantana – you totally *don’t* come across as sympathy seeking but instead all onto it and all rockin’ business. Instead of cuddles I’ll add a high-five
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