Aesthetic Medicine / MediSpa News
No More DIY Botox
A website selling vials of injectable aesthetic medicines has been shut down. Last October, we reported that authorities were cracking down on a north Texas woman who was selling injectables like Dysport, Botox and Restylane over the internet in a kit containing two saline filled syringes and a vial of the medicine. The woman, […]
Off-label use of Botox benefits stroke victims
While the FDA finally approved the use of Botox to treat stroke victims (suffering damage to their arms and hands) this past March, doctors have been injecting it into stroke victims for nearly twenty years in a practice called “off-label” prescribing. “Off-label” basically means that physicians use certain drugs to treat conditions for which they […]
Use Of Botox Injections And Anticholinergic Drugs As Facial Sweating Cures
Have you had heavy facial sweating for the past couple of years already? If you’ve had it for years, you are definitely searching for a cure that will get rid of your excessive sweating for good or you have tried some treatment methods that disappointed you. Read this article to find out some important facts […]
Hand Rejuvenation: Women turn to cosmetic surgery to turn back the hands of time
In the Royal Society in London hangs a portrait by Henry Moore of the Nobel prize-winning scientist Dorothy Hodgkin. Instead of her face, Moore decided to draw just her gnarled and knobbly hands, worn by 68 years of work, motherhood and life, saying that “after the head and the face, hands are the most expressive […]
The Misconceptions about Botox
Botulinum neurotoxin, which was once called the ‘most poisonous poison on the planet’has recently seen a surge in the number of medical conditions that this elegant and specific chemical can treat. In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the pharmaceutical comes in two differing forms, Botox® and Dysport®. Botox was the original word patented by Allergan […]
Survey Reveals Injectable Procedures are Mainstream
Survey Shows Majority of Respondents Openly Discuss Use of BOTOX® Cosmetic and Hyaluronic Acid Dermal Fillers Despite what some may think, people aren’t hiding their use of BOTOX® Cosmetic and hyaluronic acid dermal fillers. In fact, according to survey statistics released today by The Aesthetic Surgery Education & Research Foundation (ASERF), the research arm of […]
Botox And Dermal Fillers In The Dental Office: Why Choose A Dentist As Your Provider?
According to the American Society of Plastic Surgery, Botox and dermal filler procedures are the two fastest growing cosmetic treatments over the last decade and the dollar amount spent on the two exceeds the combined amount spent on breast implants and liposuction. These procedures have become popular in this uncertain economy because patients want to […]
Controversial hormone injections could hold the secret to youth
Researchers are trying to figure out how to extend our vigor into old age, and a controversial hormone injection might be the answer. Baby boomers, some 79-million strong, are going gray, but many are refusing to surrender their youth without a fight. Scientists are split over whether there’s a biological limit to how old a […]
Fake Botox — a security threat?
So you may feel a little insecure when you look at Mom or Dad and they’re suddenly not able to smile anymore, or Aunt Millie is drooping at the eyelids from a botched botulinum-toxin job. But scholars at the Monterey Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies see a security threat of a different type. […]
Array of Uses for Botox
BOTOX has been the most popular nonsurgical cosmetic procedure for many years and in 2009 there were about 2.5 million procedures done in the U.S., according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. Botox training is growing to meet these demands. BOTOX is derived from a protein made by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The […]
