Janice Dickinson

How Botox essentially works is that it’s a protein called botulinum toxin that came about in the 1960’s originally used by opthamologist to help eye patients. It became popular in the late 1980’s and started being used in plastic surgery centers. When it is used in low quantities, it actually relaxes the muscles on your face that are responsible for wrinkles and other unsightly crevices. The moveable muscles on your face are restricted from contracting for a period of time. It usually takes about two-three days until you will see any difference in your facial features. Once the protein settles in, the results will last for a period of three to four months. The chemical is mixed with saline and administered through a very thin needle that is connected to a tiny syringe. The needle is then inserted into the areas wish to be treated and the toxin is supplied into the facial tissue. It’s a relatively safe and painless procedure and it only takes a few minutes until the treatment is completed.

Celebrities that use Botox on a regular basis include Janice Dickinson, Jenny McCarthy, Simon Cowell, David Hasselhoff, Virginia Madsen, and Fergie. Janice Dickinson as admitted on having cosmetic surgery in the past to enhance particular parts of her body. However, she confesses that going to have Botox injections helps keep her face youthful and smooth looking. It’s something that is done on a regular basis, every 2 -3 months typically. From the male perspective, David Hasselhoff has no qualms for anyone to know that he has used Botox. He knows first-hand how many people in Hollywood routinely use it to keep of their appearance. So, as you can see, Botox is no longer taboo among the people of Tinsletown and it is now becoming second nature to cities beyond. Baby boomers are everywhere have discovered the secret for keeping wrinkles at bay.

Botox is here to stay; there is no two ways about that. Anyone that is considering it should get with their physician first to make sure that it is right for them. Be sure to also do your homework before selecting a person and place to administer your Botox. Be sure to have a registered nurse or doctor do the injections. Many places take short cuts and do not have licensed providers or offer water down product which can be dangerous and deliver negative results. Evanesque MedSpa in uptown Dallas, Texas offers Botox by appointment and has hundreds of clients that boast of the amazing results they receive. Call today and set up an appointment – 214.575.5252

Evanesque is offering Botox services in their Uptown Dallas med spa. You can get the rest of your questions about Botox answered on their FAQ page on their website. Book an appointment today.

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ALL BOTOX INJECTIONS ARE NOT CREATED EQUAL

More and more the general public is falling in love with the magic affects of Botox. There was a time Botox users were very secretive about there injections, today people are becoming much more open and actually passing along referrals.  But if you have not taken the Botox plunge yet, there are a few things worth considering.

How is it sold?
Botox is sold either by the number of units injected or by the area treated.  I believe the most fair way is by the unit. By the area is very vague and you may pay $199 for one area when in fact, if you paid by the unit, it may have only cost you $98 for that area.  This a fact, rarely  will a place  give you more units than what the $199 covers but they will give you less.

Dilution Ratio
A vile of Botox once opened must be properly mixed. The dilution protocol is 2.5ml of sterilized saline per vial which equates to 100 units of Botox. Take it a step further, imagine a business that dilutes each vial with 3ml of saline, now that vial suddenly contains 120 units of Botox in a more diluted, less effective form. The prescribed dilution rate will provide the best results that  last approximately 3-4 months. Sometimes when you see an advertisement for a really good deal, it’s quite possible that the dilution rate has been compromised and that your results will not last as long. (The saying is true….”You get what you pay for” )

The Injector Matters
Do your homework by asking friends where they go for Botox. Be sure you like the results on that person you are asking. Does it look natural?  There are places that will inject everyone with the same pattern or over inject, when really fewer units are needed. You should feel comfortable with your injector and be able to discuss your expectations. It is important that a trained and qualified injector administer your Botox. Be sure your injector is either a registered nurse, physician’s assistant or a doctor.  An esthetician should NOT be administering Botox.

Results
There is not a cream or serum out there that can give you the results of Botox. It is amazing and can take years off your face without taking away your expressions. Results from Botox will begin to take affect three days after your injections and typically take up to a full 10-12 days before your maximum results are achieved. If you are planning around a specific event you will want to keep this information in mind when scheduling your appointment. You can expect the results to last approximately 3-4 months. I always tell clients to budget for it quarterly. Staying consistent will actually lessen the amount you need over time because the muscle is already in a weakened state.

Bottom Line
Botox is here to stay. Start budgeting for it just like you do your hair color. You will love looking in the mirror at the younger, refreshed face looking back!

Barbara Rader
Evanesque Med Spa, Owner

Evanesque is an Uptown Dallas medical spa, offering laser hair removal, teeth whitening, spray tanning, as well as Botox treatments for Dallas and Fort Worth residents.

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US Magazine’s online site reported that Desperate Housewives star Terri Hatcher created a Facebook album titled “Oy with the Botox,” wrinkling her brow to prove she’s now filler-free.

During the ET interview, the Desperate Housewives star also admitted that she was surprised by how quickly her pics were dispersed online. “Honestly, I am so behind the game on Facebook!”
“But, to be clear, she explained, “It’s not about Botox to me…I don’t have any judgement about doing Botox…I’ve done Botox, I may do it again — I don’t know. It’s not the point.”

Hatcher, like other stars have used BOTOX in moderation to maintain their youthful appearance.

Evanesque is an Uptown Dallas medical spa, offering laser hair removal, teeth whitening, spray tanning, as well as Botox treatments for Dallas and Fort Worth residents.

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It is important to find a good injector for Botox. Find a professional that truly listens to you and be wary of the injector that just comes in and starts poking. Different patterns are available to achieve various results. Did you know you can have an eye brow lift? Or, if the corners of your mouth pull down they can be lifted too.
For optimum results, Botox treatments should be maintained quarterly. The goal of the injections is to weaken the strength of the wrinkle causing muscle. Over time the Botox wears off and the muscle begins to strengthen again. That is when you need to call for your next appointment. You do not want the muscle to regain full movement. Over time, less Botox is needed to achieve the same results because the muscle remains in a more weakened state. With a little bit of budgeting anyone can plan for Botox treatments and the results are so amazing most clients figure out a way. You don’t have to overdue your look and be careful of anyone over-promising results or offering unique, one-of-a-kind Botox at extremely high prices or extremely low prices.

Across the board averages depend on where you live. The northern part of the US is the most expensive and southern the least. Expect to pay between $10-$15 per unit or $250- $1,125 per treatment. Be weary of folks offering in-home Botox parties, especially if alcohol is served. Botox should always be performed by a doctor or licensed nurse practitioner who is familiar with the procedure and the delicate nature in which it should be performed.

Check out some before and after pics of celebrities and regular folks that have had good and not so good success!

Evanesque is an Uptown Dallas medical spa, offering laser hair removal, teeth whitening, spray tanning, as well as Botox treatments for Dallas and Fort Worth residents.

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As of 2007, BOTOX Cosmetic is the most common cosmetic operation, with 4.6 million procedures in the United States, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. Qualifications for Botox injectors vary by county, state and country. Botox Cosmetic providers include dermatologists, plastic surgeons, cosmetic physicians, nurses practitioners, nurses, physician assistants, and medical spas. The wrinkle preventing effect of Botox lasts for approximately 3-4 months and up to 6 months. Here are four common uses and two not-so-common uses of BOTOX Cosmetic.

1. Crows’ feet – These lines creep up around your eyes for the first time between 30 and 45. It’s a sure sign of age that many decide they don’t want to experience. You can take five to ten years off of your face by getting BOTOX where crows’ feet regularly appear.
2. Forehead creases – These start appearing around age 25 and are hard to disguise with make-up, tanning, or any type of lotion for temporary softening. You can make these go away with BOTOX for a period of time.
3. Frown Lines – Sadly frown lines can make someone appear disgruntled or unhappy, which could be far from the truth. These too can be taken care of.
4. Furrowed brow - Commonly associated with the face of a worrisome person, a furrowed brow could make you appear more serious or less fun-loving than you would like to be perceived. Let your personality speak for itself without it misleading others.
5. Sweaty Palms – Some people, men and women, have excessive sweating manifest through his/her hand palms. This is another way BOTOX can be used.
6. Sweaty Underarms – This can be an embarrassing problem, especially for business men and women. Sweaty underarms can make their victim very uncomfortable by having to constantly change dress shirts or blouses. Get this taken care of by having a BOTOX injection in the right areas.

Evanesque offers teeth whitening in Dallas, as well as a full line of medical spa services including BOTOX Cosmetic injections, Microdermabrasion, non-chemical peel treatments in their Uptown Dallas office. For more information, check out www.Evanesque.com.

This surgical procedure that may be the nearest thing to the fountain of youth we can have is the innovation called botulinum toxin or simply BOTOX® . Primarily used to remove wrinkle lines, botox is a “purified protein administered in a simple, non-surgical procedure that temporarily improves the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines between the brows, on the forehead or for crows feet around the eyes in people of at least 18 years of age,  a well-acclaimed BOTOX® center in the market said.

For those of you who think this procedure may not be a trusted method in achieving the closest thing to perfect youth, you better think twice since, according to a report, this Botox treatment may be the most convenient and efficient way you got in the US market.Moreover, it has become so popular in the United States, it ranks second only to chemical astringents among different beauty procedures requested by patients, according to a famous beauty journalist. This can also be contributed to the fact that it is one of the most efficient nonsurgical, safe and precise methods in facial enhancement. No wonder many people are easily convinced nowadays to try it someday.

How Long Does BOTOX® Last?

The effective and long-time visible results Botox provides to the patients also contributes to its almost impossibly odd popularity among the US population. This is probably because BOTOX® has been used already therapeutically for over 15 years and is approved in more than 75 countries, not excluding those conservative places that would usually disapprove of BOTOX® treatment or any facial enhancement for that matter.

How Does It Feel?

Most hesitant people who think any facial enhancement is a danger to one own’s body should always reconsider their assumptions about Botox. One reason being for this rethinking is that not only are the perceived complications about Botox not really significantly affecting any part of the body, they are also considered the mildest forms of any side-effects any type of bodily procedure may have. In fact, an instruction given by one of the most popular agencies of Botox in the market explained that this procedure is a simple, 10-minute treatment consisting only of a few tiny injections and after this time period, the patient may now resume normal activity immediately.A favorite amongst celebrities and women in their 30’s it would be enough to say that this procedure is a recommended facial enhancement to those who would go ones own way to look good but will not entertain cosmetic surgery or extreme facial sculpting.

Many people nowadays tend to get pressured to look good. In fact, in a recent research conducted by The Nielsen Company it was shown that almost all of US Consumers attest to the fact that the pressure to look good has never been so great. This burden done on these people, however, does not automatically translate to people buying or feeling obligated to purchase health and beauty products that do nothing but artificially cover up their feeling of not being too good-looking.

As a result, Americans, along with the majority of people across the globe, feel that buying beauty products does not really contribute to their need of feeling beautiful and attractive.

This, however, “doesnt necessarily mean that consumers are compelled to spend more on beauty products and treatments. It seems the older you get, the less you spend, as teens and consumers in their 20s spend more in this category, said Shuchi Sethi, VP of Nielsen Research Team.

Along with many of the obvious products that most Americans cannot bring themselves to buy, the Nielsen research was able to also find out that:

• Less than a quarter of US consumers (23%) agree that they spend more on beauty products and treatments. On a global scale, 30% of consumers agreed they spend more than they used to.
• When consumers do invest their personal grooming dollars, US respondents reported spending the most on hair care (81%), skincare regimes (61%) and facial treatments (47%).
• The fewest US dollars go to hair removal (21%), tanning (23%) and eyebrow/eyelash tinting and shaping (29%).
• If money were no object, US consumers would spend the most on body massages, teeth whitening, hair care, facial treatments and manicures/pedicures.
  

The reasons identified by the Nielsen team why these products do not appeal too much to American buyers mainly suggest that personal grooming is the best way to maintain good idea of beauty and it will actually yield better self-esteem results than buying beauty products from the market that not only cost much, but also sometimes a bit more hazardous to one’s health.

This finding does not, however, suggest that more and more people are ignoring the effective use of alternative products to maintaining that ideal beauty that most people aspire to become.

Effective services like sunless airbrush tanning, laser hair removal, botox, organic facial peels and other alternative beauty-maintaining methods still appeal to a huge  number of people in the market looking for fountain of youth products, according to the Nielsen Research report.

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Treatment of Enlarged Prostate
The development of Botox to treat an enlarged prostate has been a relatively new development in the medical world. Men over the age of fifty can experience positive results of the symptoms which are associated with an enlarged prostate, including the experience of painful and frequent urination. Botox injections have the ability to decrease the size of the prostate by up to fifty percent.

Treatment of Excessive Sweating Disorder
Botox has been used for almost a decade to treat excessive sweating disorder. Botox is injected into the sweat glands to reduce the amount of sweat is being produced. There are four main areas in which these injections are used; the face, the palms of the hands, the bottom of the feet and under the arms. Injections over a period of sixteen months can decrease sweating up to fifty percent.

Treatment of Wrinkles and Aging Skin
Botox for the prevention of aging is used when injections are made just below the skin of the face. The muscles below the skin are paralyzed and therefore wrinkles are relaxed. It is used as a temporary way to treat aging, and can last up to four months. After prolonged use the results can increase the overall appearance of the face, causing the skin to appear younger while reducing the amount of wrinkles that develop in the skin. It is growing in popularity as a treatment to maintain the youth of women and men around the globe.

Treatment of Migraine Headaches
Botox is used to inject into the head, into the temples, back, front or sides of the head to prevent migraines from occurring. Those suffering from migraine headaches on a regular basis can benefit from the injections which are made into the head.

Treatment of Sagging Breasts
Botox is used for the treatment of the sagging skin that is associated with the breasts. This temporary lift can be seen for up to three months and is being completed in Europe where the Botox is being injected into the pectoral muscles to give the breasts the temporary lift that many women desire. This works on smaller breasts, as the muscles are easier to manipulate.

Treatment of Overactive Bladder
In the treatment of overactive bladder, Botox is used as an injection into the base of the bladder to reduce the side effects that come with an overactive bladder. This can stop bladder leakage on a regular basis and is effective for months at a time. When used in conjunction with medication it can stop the symptoms entirely.

There are many uses for Botox above and beyond these disorders. New treatments are being discovered constantly by researchers learning about new uses of the injection.

Botox is commonly used for the treatment of fine lines, forehead creases, frown lines and furrows within the brow. After Botox , men can experience an increase in the youthful appearance of their skin. Generally after about 4 days men will see a noticeable decrease in their unwanted lines and wrinkles these conditions will continue to improve through about the 10th day post-treatment. These results typically last 3-4 months for most men. 

After using Botox, the skin appears to be smoother as the fine lines are filled by the muscles being relaxed; these lines are created through the repeated use of muscles being used in the same manner. When these muscles are flexed on a daily basis, the appearance of  frown lines becomes more noticeable as your skin begins to lose its elasticity , This is very normal for all men as we age and our body doesn’t replace the collagen in our skin as it did in our youth.  Relaxing the muscles beneath skin gives the appearance that the lines have filled themselves in.

The procedure is great for men on the go as it can take as little as ten minutes to complete an entire procedure. Once the procedure has been completed there is very little to no recovery time. People also enjoy that the procedure is relatively painless, as the small guage needles now being used are much more comfortable than the larger ones used in years past. Botox can benefit most adult men in a noticeable way and in a very short period of time. Men should expect their results to last 3 – 4 months. 

Although the results from Botox are not permanent the men undergoing the procedure can expect to see results in a very short time. This is one of the great things about Botox, the results are fast and recovery time is limited. Many men are going for Botox treatments in Dallas on their lunch break from work, or after they have completed work in the evening and are fine to go back to work immediately thereafter. Botox treatment has a cumulative effect when men stay on a fairly consistent tretment regimen. Also, a consistent regimen usually means that the amount of Botox needed for each treatment will likely decrease. Intuitively , this should make sense assuming the deep lines and wrinkles are never allowed to completely return before your next treatment. 

How are the Botox treatments administered to the body to treat excessive sweating disorder? Botox is injected into the sweat glands in the four common areas where excessive sweating persists; the palms, the undersides of the feet, the underarms and the face. Botox is commonly used to paralyze portions of the faces where wrinkles have developed. When injected into the sweat glands of these areas the Botox has the ability to freeze the muscles ensuring that the amount of sweat that is excreted from these glands will be reduced.

Acetylcholine is blocked to prevent excessive sweating from occurring, as it activates the sweat glands. When the Botox is injected into the body there is a high chance that the excessive sweating disorder can be stopped nearly immediately after the injection. There is a high success rate of the injections, as an alternative to other courses of treatment which are invasive and painful.

Botox is used as an alternative to treatments which caused a myriad of side effects in patients. These treatments that have been used in the past include; antiperspirants applied to the skin, surgical removal of the glands which produce sweat in the body, cutting the nerves which provide the message for the glands to produce sweat and blocking the glands that produce sweat with the use of small electrical injections.

As an alternative to these treatments, Botox provides few side effects and is one of the least invasive procedures, as it involves a tiny needle being injected to the sweat glands, under the skin. The small needles are generally painless and do not involve any components of the body being removed.

In as little as one treatment session, up to ninety percent of patients have responded favorable to the botox treatment.There are many benefits to undergoing the injections for those patients suffering from the disorder; excessive sweating can make daily activities impossible, as conditions can cause flare ups which can be embarrassing. The course of treatment involves regular injections for up to a period of sixteen months. After this time the patient often experiences fifty percent decreased sweating, even without the Botox injections. Most patients undergo the treatment on a regular basis to decrease the side effects and symptoms of Hyperhydrosis. Ninety six patients have seen success in the procedure, and there is continued research to make the treatment more effective in preventing excessive sweating.