MORE MEN GETTING BOTOX APPARENTLY AS AMMUNITION IN BATTLE OF THE SEXES
The wrinkle medicine "Botox is used by 100,000 Britons a year. And according to statistics published last week by Transform, Britain’s leading cosmetic surgery group, a fifth of all patients are now men. In the past 12 months, there’s been a 50 per cent increase in male patients signing up for Botox treatment".
Botox is injected into the muscles, reducing muscle contraction for a period of three to six months. The treatment is designed to break the habit of frowning or squinting and so reduce the appearance of the lines and also reduce the development of further facial lines. After Botox treatment it takes 2-3 days for the effects to start to be seen reaching its maximum effect at 7-10 days. The treatment can last from to 3-6 months, on average 4 months.
The reason why men are opting for Botox is perhaps elucidated by this remark from a man in his 40's "My wife and I divorced three years ago. I was dating but had lost confidence and found myself lying about my age. A few days after I had it done, a miracle happened. I looked in the mirror and I was 10 years younger. People mistake me for someone in their mid-thirties. These days, I can flirt with confidence".
"The British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons says, when used “appropriately”, Botox is safe but the treatment’s beginnings were far from benign. First developed by Dr Edward Schantz in 1946, it was intended as a tool in biological warfare. But Schantz found that when injected into a patient with neck muscles in spasm, the activity stopped. In 1962, American doctors used botulinum toxin to treat twitchy eyes, noticing in the process that patients’ crow’s feet also vanished".
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