Category: Botox etc.

Botox vs Dysport – which injectable is better at reducing the look of facial wrinkles?

For people looking to reduce the look of crow’s feet on their face, it is a minefield trying to decide which beauty treatment to go for. Two of the more popular treatments are Botox and Dysport. Both Dysport and Botox are botulinium toxins, with Botox having been around for longer. In a study published in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, the two injectables were compared to discover which was better overall.

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Botox is under fire again with new claims that the anti-wrinkle injections could actually have the opposite effect – leaving patients looking older in the long-term.

Botox is now such a popular procedure that some people are using it in their twenties (and, more shockingly, some women are giving their children Botox) to help prevent wrinkles from appearing. However Dr Darren McKeown believes that if Botox injections are started too young, they could actually help speed up the ageing process rather than slow it down.

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If you are looking for a boob job without the surgery, Botox may be the answer.

In the past, women looking to enhance the look of the breasts generally only had one option – a mastoplexy, more commonly known as a boob job. However Botox may now be a non-surgical option to help womens’ breasts look more pert.

The ‘Botox breast lift’ is said to be much cheaper than a it’s surgical alternative, and promises instant results, no recovery time required and is said to have no side effects.

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Scientists have warned that Botox injections may cause harmful side effects in areas of the body that have not had the Botox injected.

Many people are aware that some of the side effects of Botox injections may include muscle weakness and/or sagging around the injection area. However new research has shown that Botox may have effects on other areas of the body as well and that the injections may be harmful over a long period of time.

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Botox is one of the most popular beauty treatments around, and is also used to treat a number of other ailments too. However could Botox actually be giving you wrinkles?

Cosmetic practitioners have long noted that by freezing certain muscles, others will often start to be used more as your body starts to compensate. Dr David Becker has now published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology showing that by using Botox, you may in fact be giving yourself extra wrinkles.

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‘Boytox’: The rise of the male Botox patient.

Cosmetic surgery is often seen as a women’s interest however in the UK at least, more and more men are starting to take a greater interest in their appearance.

Almost one in five Botox patients in the UK are now said to be male. The trend is mainly down to two influences – the tough job market where personal appearance can make or break an interview, and the fact that more and more male celebrities (such as Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsay) are coming clean about their cosmetic treatments.

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Botox is one of the most popular cosmetic procedures on the market. But has the Botox backlash begun?

Despite it’s popularity, celebrity Botox regulars are starting to turn their backs on the face freezing injections.

First, Lulu and Amanda Holden announced that they were no longer going to have Botox injections. Then, Dannii Minogue followed suit after some X-Factor viewers commented that in last year’s series, her face was almost immovable and expressionless.

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