Injectables
The boy-toxers: One in five botox patients is a man, with City bankers ironing out wrinkles to get ahead
Almost one in five cosmetic surgery patients are now men with City bankers spending their bonuses on ‘Boytox’ treatments to get rid of their wrinkles, a new report showed yesterday.Britain’s males are recognising the increasingly tough jobs market means personal appearance is more important than ever and are prepared to emulate women by turning to [...]
DIY Botox business busted in Mansfield Texas
Undercover officers raided the home of a Mansfield woman who they say was selling do-it-yourself wrinkle treatments.Police confiscated boxes, computers and more at the home of Laurie D’Alleva and charged the Tarrant County woman with illegally offering prescription drugs — including botulinum toxin Botox injections — without a license.
Read full story via Health [...]
Warnings over DIY Botox kits
Vain Brits are putting their lives at risk by buying DIY Botox kits online and injecting themselves with the drug at home.Experts say users are also in danger of paralysis and even blindness – as the muscle-freezing toxin can stop eyeballs moving.
Read full story via The Sun News.
Botox gets a rival Azzalure
A serious contender to Botox – the celebrities’ favourite frown-freezer – has been launched in the UK.
Azzalure was previously marketed under the brand name Dysport, but licensed only to treat medical conditions such as cerebral palsy, facial tics and strokes – but it can now be used for cosmetic use.
Read full story via Mail Online.
Bellevue salon owner faces trial for bad Botox
Another story that illustrates the perils of seeking cheap BOTOX or other cosmetic suregery treatments from non-professionals. This article in the seattlepi.com tells the story of a woman who was injected with a substance sold as BOTOX by a Bellevue salon owner. It resulted in brown spots that needed to be treated by a plastic [...]
Site Offers DIY BOTOX Without Prescription — With How-To Video
Wired magazine ran an article on the following website that offers BOTOX without a prescription and a how to video on do it yourself BOTOX injections. This is a very disturbing idea. Not only do you not know whether the product you are injecting into your face is authentic, but to think you could be [...]
Cheaper than facial surgery, Botox cosmetic injections surge in popularit
EL PASO — Concerns about the economy might cause people to develop more furrowed brows and deeper worry lines, but the shaky times also have many searching for inexpensive ways to iron out those wrinkles.
Dr. Herbert Nassour said the area and the nation have seen a surge in patients interested in getting Botox cosmetic injections, [...]
Botox lawsuit raises issues on injections
A federal lawsuit filed in California by Las Vegas physician Ivan Goldsmith argues that sales representatives for Allergan Inc., maker of the popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox, promote multipatient use of its 50-unit or 100-unit single-use vials.
Goldsmith’s lawsuit alleges that doctors can only make a profit using Botox if they reuse the single-use vials that the [...]
‘Bunny lines’ Reveal Botox Excess
Bunny lines are the subtle crinkly wrinkles on both sides of the nose that often appear as a direct result of Botox-related paralysis, and they get their name from the cute way bunnies scrunch up their noses.
“The most common cause of bunny lines is repeated use of Botox to the glabella, the area between the [...]
Botox Maker Sues Over Off-Label Rules, Citing Free Speech
In an attack on the regulation of drug marketing, the makers of the antiwrinkle shot Botox have filed a free-speech lawsuit against the federal government.
In the complaint, filed Thursday in federal court in Washington, the specialty pharmaceutical company Allergan charged that restrictions on promoting unapproved uses of Botox for medical conditions like spasticity violate the [...]
