There has been a monumental step forward this week as MPs have voted in favour of the Botulinum Toxin and Cosmetic Fillers (Children) Bill 2019-21. The legislation will make it illegal for those under 18 to access dermal filler and botox treatments We have been campaigning for a change in the law since [...]
Social media ads selling cosmetic surgery to teenage girls could be banned ASA launching consultation on proposed prohibition of adverts for cosmetic procedures aimed at under 18s Advertisements on social media selling cosmetic surgery to teenage girls could be banned under plans mooted by the advertising watchdog The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said [...]
You don’t start looking hollow-cheeked and gaunt overnight. Like many aspects of ageing, this creeps up on you as the fat pads filling out your face start shrinking, usually in your early 40s Even if you don’t have a particularly plump face, you have about 20 of these useful fat pads in the [...]
Botox, fillers and other anti-ageing treatments can help you cheat your way to younger-looking skin, but if you don’t want to look ‘done’ follow these ground rules, says beauty editor Annabel Meggeson A respected face doctor once told me about fallow periods. They’re the months in between injectables, lasers and the like, when you [...]
Barely a week goes by without lip augmentation making the headlines. Whether part of the widely-documented Kylie Jenner lip job saga (she denied it, admitted it, had them dissolved, had them redone…), fillers hitting the high street (Superdrug has recently tightened mental health checks) on customers booking cosmetic procedure appointments, following NHS criticism), the [...]
Aesthetic procedures are not something to be ashamed of. There is nothing underhand or morally dubious about wanting to look even better than we already do. If you ask us what we’ve had done and who we rate then we will happily tell you. Yet the aim is not that everyone should know [...]
You’re open-minded about dealing with your inevitably aging skin, but do you know where to start? Neurotoxins, like Botox, Dysport and Xeomin, can help with fine lines by immobilizing the muscles, and fillers can help to restore volume but which should come first? We asked Greenwich, CT, dermatologist Henry Gasiorowski, MD, to explain. Loss [...]
If you're planning to undergo an injectable treatment with a hyaluronic-acid filler such as Juvederm, and it's within your budget, you may want to consider asking your doctor about including Botox or Dysport in the procedure. Studies have shown that filler results may last longer when used in tandem with Botox. Many doctors believe [...]
We first told you about Selphyl, a type of facial filler made from your own blood, in April 2010. At the time, the procedure sounded promising, but results were yet to be seen. Now, doctors across the country are reporting great outcomes as more and more of them add it to their arsenal [...]
A REVOLUTIONARY NEW DEVICE THAT PERFECTS FACIAL INJECTABLES A major change in the way anti-ageing ‘fillers’ are being administered means that the risk of bruising and swelling from facial injectables is becoming a thing of the past. As members of the British Association of Cosmetic Nurses learned at their Second Annual Conference that [...]
