Reloxin is another compound of botulinum toxin A, the active ingredient in Botox, that should be available soon.The good news is that having a competitor for BOTOX® Cosmetic should help to bring down prices.But if you're thinking that every Botox-injector is going to immediately switch over to the newer product, think again. Reloxin doesn't behave exactly [...]
The Financial Post is reporting that people are turning to non-surgical cosmetic treatments in the current economic climate.According to recent surveys by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS) and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), more patients are opting for non-surgical procedures instead of expensive surgery due to costs and the risks of taking [...]
Bryan McCourt is a 37 year old man who is not shy about describing the cosmetic medical treatments that he has had done in this interview from UK newspaper The Sunday Sun.Bryan does regular skin peels, botox every six month and has had fillers injected.The reporter described him as looking at least 10 years younger than [...]
More and more men are trying medical cosmetic treatments like Botox. As the competition becomes fiercer in business, men want to appear more relaxed, healthy and vital.I came across this article from the British Times Online where a man describes his own experience of having Botox for forehead creases and frown lines.Despite being in my early [...]
British Beauty Blogger put up a post here about a home laser hair removal system called Tria.One of her first statements is this:I’ve actually tried a Tria home laser hair removal machine, but due to my appalling attention span, quickly realised that I didn’t have the patience for it.This is my concern with all of these [...]
Here is an educational piece that we provide to people who are shopping for Botox. It outlines the factors people should take into consideration and the questions they should ask before signing the consent form for Botox. We’ve created the following guide to help you decide on the best Botox® Cosmetic treatment option for you. We [...]
I came across this press release from a cosmetic surgery group in the UK called Transform. They are describing a 50% increase in the number of people requesting treatment for Bruxism, which is the medical term for excessive teeth-grinding.Transform can reveal that it's Britain's men, aged 35-45, living in London who are most likely to request [...]
Jenny McCarthy is interviewed in Michigan Magazine and I found an excerpt on the Access Hollywood website.She is someone I admire for her work on autism. The sense that I get of her in this interview is that she is comfortable in her skin. She doesn't apologize for where she's at and what she does or [...]
Do your arms bother you?If you have sagging skin on your arms, it doesn't matter how much you diet and exercise, they don't tighten up. Here are before (top) and after (bottom) photos of one of my clients who didn't like the way her arms sagged. She underwent injection lipolysis (Lipodissolve) and Accent RF treatments. She [...]
I just saw this blogpost reporting that a study has been completed to see how well Sculptra works in darker skin types.A question was whether darker-skinned patients would create too much collagen, causing hypertrophic scars and keloids. But it turned out that "they do very well with this product," according to Dr. Mest, with new collagen [...]