By Stone Martindale May 9, 2007, 16:58 GMT
Gorgeous Virginia Madsen will not age gently into that goodnight.
Virginia Madsen - © Scott Alan / Photorazzi
Madsen spoke openly on Tuesday to the New York press luncheon about Botox.
The talented actress and Oscar nominee, 45, said that "over the years" she's put the wrinkle-erasing product to use in order to deal with her "11" lines, and "more recently," she said, she's also used a filler product called Juvéderm to fill in the marionette creases around her mouth, reported People magazine.
"As I started to talk about it and as it ended up in print there was such an overwhelming response from friends and family, lots and lots of actors, people on the street," said Madsen, who is the new spokesperson for Allergan, Inc. – the maker of Botox and Juvéderm. "They were surprised that I looked so 'normal.' "
People magazine reports Madsen was approached by Allergan to work for its campaign called "Keep the Wisdom. Lose the Lines," Madsen said that the National Women's Health Resource Center also shared its research with her about the misinformation when it came to aesthetic injectable treatments.
"I knew that I could join them, and I could turn my openness about my treatments into a potential call to action for people who were interested in maintaining their looks, but [who] need to know how to do this in the right way."
Stressing that "Botox and Juvéderm are medicines – they are prescription medicines" – Madsen said to People, "I think a lot of people have lost sight of that with the growing popularity of these products. I don't think anyone would ever consider having their eyes examined anywhere else but in a doctor's chair. It is very similar."
Madsen tells People magazine that moderation is the key: "I am not using these injectables to look 25," she said. "I don't want to be 25. I just want to look like me. I am 45, and I am in the best shape that I have ever been in my life."
"I made a lot of choices to keep myself youthful and strong. I work out. I eat good foods. And I also get injectables, and I just felt like it was really important for us to discuss the safety issues. ... I lost the lines, but I still look like me, which is the result that I think many people want to experience."
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