Botox Boob Job

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What is a Botox “Boob” Job?

Botox injections are used for a variety of reasons ranging from treating medical illnesses that involve muscles spasticity to smoothing out fine lines and wrinkles on the face. Doctors are finding new applications for Botox every day, one of the most recent being a breast lift with the filler, often referred to as a ‘Botox Boob Job’.

Why Botox?

Botox has been deemed as a safe and effective treatment for managing fine lines and wrinkles on the face as well as tight muscles that can affect posture and mobility in patients with cerebral palsy or other muscle disorders. Botox blocks the neuromuscular junction, which alters the signals that reach the muscles through the nerves. The procedure only takes a few minutes to perform, and the effects can last for a few months.

The Botox boob job

How a Botox boob job works is that the filler is injected into the pectoralis minor muscle, which is located behind the breast right over the chest wall. Once injected, it is relaxed and loses its tension. It is believed that this injection counteracts the normal function of the pectoralis minor by pulling back the shoulders and resulting in a breast lift.

The procedure can be difficult to perform since the pectoralis minor muscle is hard to target as it is covered entirely by a thick pectoralis major muscle. This application draws questions as to whether blocking the function of this small muscle has any benefit over offering a traditional breast lift in the first place.

The Botox boob job is different than a traditional breast augmentation procedure because it does not actually increase the size of a woman’s breasts, only gives the appearance of an increase.

How long does a Botox boob job last for?

The effects of the procedure, which is generally only offered to women who have a smaller cup size, last between 4 and 5 months.

Costs of the procedure?

Treatments can cost up the £1000. The Botox boob job takes longer to perform than facial treatments with Botox, and so it is more expensive.

Risks of a Botox boob job?

The general side effects of Botox still remain and there is risk of an allergic reaction, though rare, but the extents of risks associated with the Botox boob job are unknown. Insufficient numbers of the procedure have been performed at this point.

Please remember, with any cosmetic procedure it’s always important to do your research and consult with a certified practitioner to find the right option for you.

Should middle-aged women stop treating Botox as a shameful secret?

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Sixty is the new 40, or so they say, which means by my calculation, that if you are 56, your actually only 36. The ageing process is as inevitable as death and taxes, but as we have recently discovered, it’s not unstoppable.

We know just how hard it is to hold back the passage of time when you arrive at a certain age. It’s not that you should be in denial about your age, just that you want to look as good as you can, and heaven knows there is huge pressure on women in all walks of life to do the same now. 

The effort it takes to look good in mid-life should not be part of some secret or a silent conspiracy. Regular readers will know that women have always been incredibly candid about what they’ve had done to hold back the hands of time. 

We’ve regaled readers with our tales of everything from chemical peels to Vampire facelifts where your own blood is injected into your skin, and we like to think that on the whole the results have been good. 

But despite the readiness to try the weird and the wonderful in the search for timeless beauty, there’s always been one thing some women have refused to do, inject their face with poison. Botox may have been all the rage for many years. So what’s the big deal, you may ask? A woman in her 50’s who has Botox, so what? Despite British beauty clinics claiming to treat 500,000 women every year, we can count the number of women who would happily stand up to be counted among them on one hand. 

Think about it. How many of your friends suddenly look fresher but insist they’ve just got back from a holiday they never told you about or had an amazing night’s sleep? 

Just think of all those 50-something Hollywood stars who don’t look a day over 35? Surely you don’t believe they hold back the years by doing Pilates and drinking seaweed juice as they claim? I suspect part of the reason that no one admits to having had a helping hand from Botox is that they are obsessed with the cult of ageing gracefully. But why, in this world where parading our innermost secrets is de rigueur, is Botox the treatment that dare not speak its name? 

So is it the cost that women are trying to keep secret?  We don’t think so. Most people pay around £250 per session, two or three times a year, which is a drop in the ocean to many middle-class women. Their annual stash of anti-ageing creams and serums would cost more than four Botox treatments a year. It’s not the money or the shame. There is no guilt in using creams, but there is in using needles. 

Botox, after all, is a poison that contains tiny amounts of highly purified botulinum toxin, produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum, one of the most lethal toxins there is. However, as it has been used by doctors and practitioners for decades to treat a range of conditions, from migraines to muscle spasms, and is available on the NHS for some ailments, so it can hardly be regarded as dangerous. 

When applied with skill and in the right hands avoiding the cut-price high-street cowboys, Botox takes years off you. 

So is it guilty secret no more? Can you say your name out loud and say I’m a Botox user? Does it feel like big a relief to say it???

Let’s hope that other women start doing the same!!!

Secrets to a Hollywood smile!

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Are you concerned about your smile or feel it’s too ‘gummy’?

People who are embarrassed by their large, visible gums are now turning to Botox for the ideal Hollywood smile.

An increasing number of practitioners are injecting Botox into patients upper lip muscles, to decrease the amount of gum shown and prevent the so-called 'gummy smile'.

For people that smile aggressively, Botox can decrease amount of gum shown. Also, for those whose full lips disappear and get thinned out when they smile, Botox can also correct that.

In the past surgery was the main treatment option, but that is often too costly and painful. Botox on the other hand takes ten minutes to administer and last for up six months.

For more information on this procedure get in touch with one of our experienced nurse practitioners and book in for your free complimentary consultation.