How about some Restylane Perlane® for your aching soles? Or a little Sculptra® for those withering hands? Fillers and Botox® have become a mainstay to reverse the signs of ageing, sagging, and tired looking faces. However, their uses no longer stop where the chin meets the neck. On the contrary, almost anything that can fit into a syringe is being injected into every conceivable crease and fold - literally from head to toe. Pairing up fillers is also becoming a trend.“If it moves, my patients want it frozen; if it deflates, they want it filled up; and if it droops, they want it lifted,” says celebrity New York dermatologist Fredric Brandt, MD who pioneered the use of Botox® in the neck. “Botox® and fillers are not just for wrinkles anymore. We can use volume, to lift the midface and jawline, beautify features, and camouflage flaws.”
DROOPY NOSES - Botox® can be injected to raise the tip of the nose that is pointing towards your toes, and Restylane Perlane® or fat can be added to fill out the bridge.
NICER NIPPLES - Injecting a thicker filler into inverted nipples can make them perk up at attention.
BROW LIFTING – Have your brow bones injected with fillers to enhance the contour and give an illusion of deep set, sultry eyes. Asymmetric eyelids can also be subtly altered by using low-dose Botox®.
SHAPLIER EARS - For shriveling lobes, a touch of Restylane® can be injected to plump them. If there is a line in front of the ear, and I don’t mean the kind you have after a lift, it can also be smoothed out nicely.
ACNE SCARS - Dermatologist in the UK are working with Isolagen to fill in nasty old scars left from blemishes and cysts gone awry.
GRANNY HANDS - Fat and Sculptra® are being used to camouflage unsightly bulging veins in combination with Botox®.
DECOLLETE – Rejuvenating the skin first with laser therapy, and then with Botox® injected directly into the body of the muscle will smooth out the lines.
A new study suggests that women with incontinence may benefit from the injection of Botox® into the main muscle of the bladder. Perhaps the ultimate lifting coup will be using Botox® for droopy boobs - one study suggests that by releasing the muscles under the breasts by injecting Botox®, the nipples can be raised. Sign me up!
Wendy Lewis & Co Ltd offers private image enhancement consultations at Georgette Klinger Spa & Salon in New York, and in London, and via phone and email from all over the world, for both men and women. She is the author of 9 beauty books, including The Beauty Battle. www.wlbeauty.com, wlbeauty@aol.com
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