Category: Aesthetics

Med-spas are seeing more and more men coming through their doors as they are embracing cosmetic and aesthetic procedures to look and feel their best as stigmas start to melt away. Botulinum toxin is a neurotoxic protein often used for medical and cosmetic purposes; Botox is only one of the commercial trade names for the…

“Baby Botox” (which doesn’t actually involve babies — phew!), might just be the future of injectables. Simply put, “Baby Botox” uses a lower volume of Botox (a.k.a. botulinum toxin injections) than a traditional injection to smooth fine lines and wrinkles. “Instead of using 25 units in an area, you may use 10 units,” Melissa Doft,…

Botox is an injectable cosmetic drug that temporarily paralyzes your muscles. It uses onobotulinumtoxin A, a neurotoxin produced by bacteria called Clostridium botulinum. At high concentrations, the toxin causes botulism poisoning. Botulism is a serious form of muscle paralysis that’s associated with contaminated food. Botox injections are considered safe. The injection uses a diluted amount…

We all know someone who’s had Botox and come back looking like they just spent a month in a spa drinking collagen. At a glance, Botox seems like an incredible and immediate solution to fine lines and wrinkles, and with over six million Botox injections administered each year, it’s also one of the most popular…