On the one hand, we have Justine Bateman who is encouraging women to push past the fear of aging and accept themselves. On the other hand, we have Kelly Ripa who’s got a PowerPoint of exactly where to place the needles. While being honored at Variety’s 2023 Power of Women event, Kelly imparted all of her Botox wisdom to the readers of People, telling them her top spots to inject and why. She says the neck to keep it from showing age, armpits to stop sweating and forehead to prevent the “elevens.”
Kelly Ripa is not afraid to keep it real.
“I know about Botox,” the Live! host said to PEOPLE at Variety’s 2023 Power of Women event in New York City on Tuesday.
An honoree at the annual gathering, Ripa, 52, imparted some of her expertise on the cosmetic injections.
“It’s good for your neck,” Ripa says, adding that it “stops your neck from aging.”
Ripa has had Botox in her armpits as well, and says “it helps with sweating.”
The space between her eyebrows is another spot the Live! host says she’s had the injections. “It’s also just good to prevent the elevens here,” she notes, referring to the vertical lines that most people see between their eyebrows when they frown.
No matter where the Botox injections go, the key is who does them, Ripa says. “You gotta get a good person to do it.”
Something nice: I prefer term ‘elevens’ to ‘worry lines.’ I agree that finding a good practitioner is crucial. I also hope they give advice as to the amount and frequency. I’ve always been spilt on the sweating thing. I understand why a celebrity doesn’t want to be caught with pit stains, but blocking a sweat gland seems unwise.
As for Kelly’s advice about turning back the clock (at a women’s empowerment luncheon), I won’t knock her for it. I am aging my way. You are aging yours. I feel that if a person is doing something for themselves and not because of external pressure, then I can’t stand in any more judgement of Kelly than I can Justine. Like, if a person wanted proper Botox advice, this sounds like it’s good advice, at least.
Unrelated but funny – on Watch What Happens Live, when asked about the Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes affair, Kelly joked that she and husband Mark Consuelos “have taken a vow of chastity while we’ll be working together because I know how ABC does not like that, you know, TV partners banging on the side.” At least I hope it’s a joke, considering Mark’s only “deal-breaker” is no sex.
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People should do whatever they want with their bodies. For me, Botox is a neurotoxin and it travels. Injecting it in your armpits would put it right by a ton of your lymphatic system. Hard pass.
As someone who gets Botox twice a year for excessive boob sweat, I can tell you that it doesn’t completely block the sweat glands, it just turns down the volume a bit so you’re not sweating through clothes, or like in my case, being blessed with ample bosom, as my Gramie would say, sweat soaking my bra and running down my abdomen just going about my day, not even when exercising.
Wait, you can get it for boob sweat? (runs to google)
I used to work in the industry as a reporter, and the pressure to not age is pretty strong – but so is the pressure to not admit you are doing anything about aging.
That being said, botox in the armpits is a game changer if you sweat excessively.
First time I heard about the sweating thing. That sounds really unhealthy. Isn’t sweating good for flushing out toxins and such?
I would not use it all if I was nervous about it. But Botox only blocks 2ish percent of our sweat glands and their ability to cool the body.
I don’t have hyperhydrosis. but I have seen it and the patients are miserable, isolated and hot from wearing multiple shirts. Kelly Ripa might not be the best spokesperson for arm pit sweat; but I can understand why she uses it there.
A few of the hyperdrosis patients I’ve seen have excessive palm sweat. They are in their 50’s now. When they were younger, using keyboards was part of life. Now we used keyboards for much/most of our work communication. Palm sweat, especially in the presence of others, affects their work significantly. It’s been used for clinical use for decades safely.
I have hyperhidrosis and it’s primarily in my armpits and my forehead. If my insurance would have covered it I would have gotten botox in my armpits.
Sweating does not “flush out toxins”.
It’s just water and some sebaceous oil gets carried along. Its purpose is to cool you.
“Toxins” are excreted when you exhale CO2, fart, pee and poop. Your intestines, liver, lung and kidney filter out the stuff you don’t need.
Signed,
RN
Thanks for that explanation. So the whole sauna detox thing is bs.
You’re right to be skeptical about the underarm sweating. I have hyperhidrosis and would constantly sweat from my underarms all through high school and into my 20’s. It would never stop even if I was freezing. I tried everything to stop it. I finally heard of a product called drysol that you apply (it burns!!) and it will stop the sweating. Well, at 29 I could finally wear coloured cotton shirts again, but now at 47 (it still hasn’t come back and I only applied it for a few months the first time) I sweat like crazy in my face and my feet have been swollen for years. I finally had a light bulb moment when I realized that my feet are so swollen because the water I was releasing constantly under my arms has nowhere to go now. I am positive that is the reason. Doctors have not been able to figure out my swollen feet. So, words of advice… blocking a sweat gland is unwise.
I think its important to remember how many sweat glands we have. Blocking the arm pits still leaves 90%+ operational.
In adolescent medicine, its been used since I started working – the 1990’s. We use it safely for hyperhydrosis and certain types of spacicity. The only patients we saw who did not opt or continue to receive treatment were those who could not get insurance coverage for it. I have never seen a doctor present the option until other measures, like Drysol, have been tried.
It is overused, certainly, for people with cosmetic concerns. Its safety profile, like other long used medication, is well established.
I can’t speak for quack doctors, in the right hands it can give women (mostly) their social confidence and comfort back.
I had a similar experience. I used the medicated super deodorant during a summer internship in Atlanta, so that I would not sweat through my suit and pit out. My sweating migrated to my crotch and feet and I ended up with jock itch (thanks hosiery and 100 degree heat)! So miserable. I looked it up at the time and it was called “referred sweating”.
Forget Kelly – what is JUDY BLUME doing? She looks amazing.
Am I the only one who is terrified at the idea of sticking needles their face, neck and armpits? Seriously, I know I am not brave, but the thought of purposefully causing myself pain is not something I would ever do. If Botox came in a tube, I would buy it; but no thanks to needles.
I got a small mole removed from my nose years ago. A local was administered and OMG that was painful AF. I regularly get cortisone injections into my hands and shoulder joints but the nose injection….yikes. I don’t think I could tolerate Botox injections. At 64 there’s definitely times I’ve thought of it.
I find Kelly Ripa absolutely exhausting and annoying.
She never stops pushing her “perfect” family, her I take great care of myself and I’m still so hot, and my husband is still hot and adores me and everything is so, so perfect.
Do not get Botox in you neck. I went to a highly-recommended derm (she does all my doctor friends) for my first attempt at Botox to help lessen the look of the bands in my neck. I can barely tell a difference and it’s affected my ability to work out! I do pilates, and it’s near impossible for me to hold my head up for different abdominal routines. It’s so frustrating and enraging. I’m mad I ever tried the stupid stuff after swearing it off for so long. I can’t wait for it to wear off,
The funny thing to me about botox is I would guess both Kelly and Justine are the same age, despite looking pretty different given their choices around how they age.
Nothing wrong with that, but to me botox just keeps the face tighter, the person still looks older.
Obviously there are exceptions, but we can’t all be Halle Berry (le sigh).
I’m afraid of Botox, still. I think my neck could use it like looks wise big time but I’ve had a surgery there and I’m a scaredy cat. Age however you want fam. You are beautiful.
I cannot stand her or her husband.
+1
I definitely won’t be watching “:Live With Kelly and Mark.” That;s for sure, and I know nobody least of all them cares about that. Just making a statement.
I’ve been getting Botox for YEARS – laugh lines, elevens, and eyebrows (to hold them up so I can wear eyeliner lol). When I was younger I used greater doses multiple times a year, wanting to hide all signs of aging. Now that I’m approaching my 60s, I use much lower doses twice a year. Can’t lie though, I haven’t seen my face Botox free in so long I can’t even imagine what I’d look like without it and don’t think I want to. To each their own….
Nah, I’m going to just moisturize and let nature take its course. I’m looking forward to looking like a proper witch. Let everyday be Halloween.