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There was a woman in Vancouver who has been fortunate enough to have the charge of refusing to take a Breathalyzer test thrown out of court. She explained to the judge that she was incapable of blowing into the screening device, as her face had been paralyzed by having Botox injections. She used the Botox explanation when representing herself during her trial on a charge of refusing to take a Breathalyzer test. She had been pulled over after midnight, April 24th and had been requested to take a Breathalyzer test. Having been given multiple chances to blow into the device, but the mechanism failed to register each time.

The woman explained in court that she couldn’t get her lips to form the proper shape to blow into the device because of Botox treatments she had received beforehand. Her Mexican doctor wrote a letter that stated that “when an individual undergoes Botox treatments, their upper lip and mouth area are affected so that they are unable to purse their lips or whistle.” This can last for up to six months and it is very common for Botox patients to be unable to use a straw or wrap their lips around a Breathalyzer device.

A Botox procedure is an injection that inhibits wrinkles by partially paralyzing the facial muscles, and the judge agreed to dismiss the charge for a month. Police have never heard of Botox being used in a defense against drunk driving charges, and they find the excuse very hard to believe.

Nevertheless, it is presumed that claiming to have undergone Botox treatments may be used as excuses in more drunk driving charges in the future. It is one of the most unusual defenses to have been presented to date, and such defenses may actually be legitimate, provided that other women that refuse to submit to a Breathalyzer test have indeed received Botox treatments before being asked to take said test. While there have been interesting excuses brought up as defense in different court cases in the past, this is one of the most unique to have been used to date.

The Food and Drug Administration has recently approved Botox to help treat chronic migraines. This raises the question about what other conditions Botox, also know as the freezing fluid, is being or could possibly be used for. Off label use of medicines is very common, but it is more common when it comes to Botox. It has become an option to treat some cases of leaky bladders, excessive sweating, gummy smiles and involuntary ticking or winking.

Dr. Craig A. Vander Kolk is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. He claims to have recently treated a brass instrument player who received an injury while playing the horn. Vander Kolk commonly uses Botox to treat what is know as trumpet-lip. He sees people from around the country from all the major orchestras for this same condition. “It does things to smooth muscles that help many conditions. It has so many different uses that it has changed things a lot for people”. “It’s helpful for many different conditions”, says Vander Kolk.

Dr. Joseph Eviatar is a board-certified oculofacial plastic surgeon and ophthamologist; he is also the medical director of Chelsea Eye and Plastic Surgery Associates. Eviatar claims that Botox can redo a ‘gummy smile’. “The vast majority of people have no idea they can get rid of a horsey smile by dropping their upper lip a little.”

“It is also useful to treat people who have had a stroke”, says Dr. Noah Rosen. Rosen is a neurologist at the North Shore University Hospital and also uses Botox to treat involuntary tics and movements such as involuntary winking.

Dr. Peter McAllister has used Botox to treat bladder spasms and says “It can also be used to treat excessive sweating. McAllister is a neurologist in Fairfield, Connecticut and a clinical assistant professor of neurology at Yale University School of Medicine.

Vander Kolk says, “You can’t quite call it a miracle drug, but it’s an amazing medication.” Other doctors are beginning to agree with him about the many possibilities that Botox could have for patients with all sorts of different conditions.

Eating well improves and facilitates healing, eating poorly will delay, complicate and inhibit the healing process. This is an important when it comes to treatment. Many patients want to have cosmetic procedures and a speedy recovery as well. Using nutraceuticals are one option to increase the healing process.

Using post surgery nutraceuticals has had promising data in clinical studies. Certain nutraceuticals can assist in speeding up the recovery process, by strengthening the immune system, reducing inflammation and adding support to the dermal repair. They can help to reduce immune deficiencies and the side effects of having surgery done. There are some nutraceuticals that especially help with the healing process.

Protein need is increased when there is a wound or stress. Protein helps with the granulation tissue and also increases collagen and the strength of the collagen.

Arginine is an amino acid and is needed during periods of stress. It is also a part of collagen and it’s strength.

L-Glutamine is also an amino acid and is needed for energy and boosts immunity. It can buffer against acidosis as well.

Super Oxide Dismutase is an antioxidant enzyme and there are advantages to consuming this one over other antioxidants. It is a biological catalyst and can rapidly reduce again and again reactive oxygen.

French Maritime Pine Bark is extracted from pine bark and is proven to be an anti inflammatory agent and has propertied similar to antioxidants. It can increase intracellular production and act at a scavenger of free radicals in the body.

Gotu Kola Seed has been used to treat wounds and skin conditions. The plant can act as a collagen and glycosaminoglycan can synthesizer in the wound.

Zinc and Copper are important in enzymatic reactions, they are needed for the linking of collagen and elastin together. Zinc demand is increased during cell production and protein secretion. Zinc also inhibits bacterial growth.

Vitamin C creates collagen as well and helps with the bond between collagen fibers.

Pre and Probiotics are organisms that provide food and supplements, growth and activity in the microflora. Both of these have shown to increase nutrient absorption, inhibit pathogen growth, increase the immune system and increase regularity.

Bromelain is a protease enzyme that comes from the stem and fruit of pineapples. It is effective in treating inflammation and pain from inflammation.

Arnica is an astringent herb that is used topically after surgery. However, it can be taken orally as well to reduce inflammation.

Orlando, Florida residents now have new options available when it comes to facial rejuvenation without incisions and there is no downtime.

Surgeons are now expanding their rejuvenation procedures at locations such as day spas. Aside from having the full range of plastic surgery available, many now offer non surgical procedures that have no down time. Surgeons have realized that cosmetic surgery is not for everyone and offering rejuvenation procedures that turn back the clock and make patients look younger without surgery is a huge benefit. These advances have opened doors in day and medical spas.

Offices have been created that offer non-surgical age treatments. They offer the latest in products and services, while still having very skilled and experienced doctors and medical professionals in comfortable settings. One of the best procedures now offered is the no downtime face lift. These new treatments include Intense Pulsed Light, or IPL, injectable treatments and chemical peels. Patients and doctors work together to determine the best treatment options, based on their skin type, age and desired results. The correct diagnosis, guidance and options need to be examined to determine the best treatment. Doctors consider restorative, reparative and preventative measures for each patient.

injectable treatments and chemical peels, that is smoother and firmer as well. If a dermal filler is used, the skin has volume that has been lost with age. This means that lips are plumper, brows are lifted, lines, folds and wrinkles are filled. While using such procedures as Botox, means that crow’s feet can be reduced, neck bands removed and furrows and frown lines on the forehead are diminished. There are no incisions with these types of treatments. Patients receive no anesthesia and there is no down time for patients, which for convenient that having a face lift done.

Facial rejuvenation procedures are a short and long term commitment for cosmetic doctors. The short means that patients have improved skin and facial features, however the long term is that their skin stay that way for years to come. Patients receive skin care regiments that will help to maintain and enhance their skin after the procedure has been done.

With so many adults now a days using cosmetic surgery to change themselves, teens are now looking to use cosmetic surgery as well. This is a huge societal problem.

This is what many doctors and medical professionals are now seeing in many of the cosmetic surgery clinics and botox offices. Teenagers, some as young as 13 years old, are already have procedures done to remove and reduce facial lines and and wrinkles. By 2009 there were 12,000 botox injections completed on children that were between the ages of 13 and 19.

Botox has advantages when it comes to the cost of the procedure. Botox is around £200 for the injections, compared to 1,000′s of pounds for plastic surgery treatments.

One reason there has been an increase in plastic surgery and botox injections in teens may be due to prominent figures that are in media, as well as older actors and actresses that are having these treatments done. Many of these people opt for these procedures to be able to compete with their younger counter parts for movie roles and TV spots.

Recently, The Today Show featured an episode on teenage plastic surgery. During the show arguments posed that plastic surgery is nothing more than receiving braces or having similar procedures done. Orthodontists do not question whether peer pressure is determining the need for braces. However, plastic surgery is different and peer pressure can become too much for a teen. They end up only seeing their nose, ears or breasts and that can lower their self esteem according to surgeons and teens.

There are plastic surgeons that opt to send potential patients to therapy first, before undertaking a procedure. This can give a teenager the chance to talk about why they want the procedure done in the first place. One such reason has been to look like a certain actor or actress. A therapy session can also allow the doctor to determine the teenagers maturity in making the decision to have plastic surgery completed in the first place. Cases where a large breasted girl has problems in sports and backaches from her large breasts, may have a legitimate reason for the surgery. While, some doctors who see patients under 15 that want to enlarge their breasts they will turn away for the surgery.

In the many professions where client interaction is an integral part of the job, it is not uncommon for industry veterans to feel like the signs of aging on their face are impairing their ability to perform their job adequately. A number of these individuals are turning towards an innovative new procedure known as Cell Enriched Cosmetic Surgery to turn back the clock and reduce or eliminate the signs of aging.

Cell Enriched Cosmetic Surgery is a procedure where fat cells that contain stem cells are transferred to other areas of the body to add more volume under the skin in the areas where the fat cells are relocated. One common application of this procedure is to transfer the fat cells to the cheek area to reduce the effects caused by the deterioration of muscle tissue as the individual ages.

Cell Enriched Cosmetic Surgery has been approved for use and performed in many European countries for a number of years, although the number of practitioners available to perform the procedure is very small. The benefits associated with this procedure includes more volume in the area where the cells are added and longer lasting results than what is obtained with the synthetic fillers available today.

The process begins by removing fat cells from a single area or multiple areas of the body, depending on how many are needed for the procedure. These cells are then treated to induce the stem cells within them to multiply by the thousands, creating a rich, natural dermal filler that is created from the patient’s own cells.

After the stem cells located in the fat cells have replicated to the surgeon’s liking, the enriched cells are relocated to the area of the body that the surgeon is targeting, such as the face or breast. Some surgeons prefer this method of obtaining the cells for relocation because they claim that the stem cell enhanced fat cells help the tissue heal faster and will assist in substantial tissue regeneration.

Cell Enriched Cosmetic Surgery is popular among the patients that seek out the treatment because they view the cells as something natural from their own body that has been enhanced and reintroduced to the areas where it is needed. A higher volume of fat cells can be used for the procedure over more common synthetic fillers and the results of the procedure last for a longer amount of time – typically between 5 to 10 years.

With the increased temperatures this summer we have seen an increase in personal grooming habits. A 23% increase actually. The most popular treatment this summer has been laser hair removal. It is actually popular with both men and women.

Recent studies show that people in all age groups receive laser hair removal treatments, because of the ease and effectiveness of the treatment. The highest group of men and women receiving the treatment are in their 20′s to their 40′s. Because of their age they may have more disposable income to spend on personal grooming habits and luxuries of this nature. London, Brighton and Leeds have seen the most treatment done.

Their procedure is most common between February and August as people get ready for summer. It is the most common non-surgical procedure that is offered. As such it is popular all year round.

They use a class 4 laser for the areas have lighter colored skin and a YAG laser for the darker colored skin. The lasers go beneath the skin surface and the heat stops the hair from growing. The laser finds the dark color of the hair and destroys the hair root. Laser hair removal does create permanent hair reduction.

Laser hair removal does require multiple treatments, since the hair must be growing to be removed. Treatments only take 20 minutes and hair anywhere on the body can be removed, from the face to the bikini line to the arms and legs. The treatment is not painful, there may be only slight discomfort that does not last long.

Laser hair removal is now one of the largest cosmetic surgery non surgical treatments in the UK with one highly regarded cosmetic surgery company treating thousands of patients wanting hair removal from varilous parts of the body. They up hold a level of standards in both the surgical and non surgical procedures. They have been a leader in ensuring that the government continues to regulate laser use and treatments to protect all patients.

1. Microdermabrasion scrapes dead skin cells from the skin to reveal younger looking skin. This corrects sun damage, uneven skin tones, wrinkles, acne and brown spots.

2. Chemical peels go deeper into the skin to remove uneven pigment, improve the texture of the skin and reduce wrinkles. The skin will be red and peel later. Alphahydroxy and trichloroacetic acid are the most common chemicals used.

3. Laser treatments are a newer form of facial treatments, but they are very popular. They have numerous uses for them. There is laser resurfacing of the skin that goes deep into the skin and it is not painful. However, it does not work on dark skin tones. There is also laser scar removal which uses the laser to vaporize the scar and new skin grows in it places. It can look very natural and the scar is not as noticeable. Also, laser tattoo removal uses lasers to remove tattoos through multiple sessions. Lastly, there is laser hair removal that kills the hair at the root, for a more permanent hair removal affect.

4. Injectable fillers are available in numerous forms. They are used on the cheeks and lips usually. There is Botox that is effective, but can be deadly if done incorrectly. Or there is Collagen injections. The collagen has been collected from animals and turned into human collagen. It can be used on most areas of the body. Lastly, there is the option of using the patients own fat to fill in wrinkles, lines and scars. This is the safest method to use.

5. Surgery can be done on eye lids, ears and chins. These surgeries improve drooping eye lids, fat pockets around the eyes, reduce the size of ears and increase the size of the chin.

6. Nose jobs are done for both aesthetic and deformity reasons. Nose jobs can either increase or decrease the size of the nose.

7. Face lifts lift the facial tissue, due to sagging from age. The procedure is very invasive and there is a very long healing process associated with it, which is at least a month, if not longer. Face lifts remove years from a person’s face in one procedure.

8. Facial implants fill in sagging areas of the face.

9. Permanent makeup can be added to eyes and lips.

10. Liposuction can be done on the chin, neck and cheeks to remove pockets of fat that has built up over time.

Mr Adrian Richards, Clinical Director of Cosmetic Courses has called for the Government controlled MHRA to clarify it stance on two major issues.  Are Nurses allowed to administer Botox injections without the patient seeing a doctor or dentist and whether the term Botox can be used on websites?   Mr Richards stated that because the MHRA recommendations are not being enforced they are being widely ignored throughout the UK.

The MHRA- Medicines and Healthcare regulatory Agency is the government body “designed to ensure that Medicines and Medical devices are acceptably safe”.  As such it regulates the use of all prescription only (POM’s) including Botox.

The MHRA’s guidelines state that Botox “can be administered by an appropriate practitioner or under the guidance of an appropriate practitioner”.  By this they mean a Doctor, Dentist or Nurse who has completed extra training to allow them to prescribe Botox.

Mr Richards however feels that the MHRA phrase “under the guidance of an appropriate practitioner” is unnecessarily woollen and can be interpreted in many different ways.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have stated that they do not consider it good practice for nurses to administer Botox via a remote consultation.  They recommend that each patient is reviewed in person by a Doctor or Dentist prior to treatment.

This is not specifically stated as a recommendation by the MHRA.  This has resulted in some Nurses abiding by the NMC recommendations but many ignoring them completely and administering Botox injections with no contact with an “Appropriate practitioner”

Mr Richards stated that the MHRA guidelines are being widely ignored with impunity because no Nurse has yet been prosecuted by the MHRA for repeatedly ignoring their recommendations.

Likewise advertising prescription only medicines such as Botox is illegal.  However many websites feature Botox heavily on their home pages.  The MHRA’s role is to enforce this but again Mr Richards said that these companies were ignoring the recommendations because the MHRA have never taken any legal action against them.

Mr Richards urged the MHRA to clarify both of these issues as soon as possible to ensure that Botox treatments are as safe as possible and administered by appropriate practitioners.

The leading Botox and dermal filler training company in the UK Cosmetic Courses have launched a series of video tutorials aimed at medical processionals who want to learn the finer points of their art.

The videos by Cosmetic Courses (the UK’s leading medical aesthetics training company who have trained over 2600 doctors and nurses to inject Botox and dermal filler) are produced and presented by Mr Adrian Richards and he covers many different subjects in the eight vidoes he has produced so far including the injection techniques, muscle structures, everything you need to know to build your own cosmetic practice.  And no you cant do this on yourself at home Botox is POM (Prescription Only Medicine)

I would recommend watching Botox training2: Where to Place Botox injections as a lead video. It starts with a clear introduction about what the video is about, shows a detailed medical understanding (also suitable for lamens) and puts the viewers mind at rest. I had never seen a botox video before, but felt relaxed as the patient seemed to be very happy to receive treatment and very much in control and she wasn’t tied to a chair or suffering too much pain…i am a little squeamish you know.

So lets start gently with a video that shows the muscle structure of the face and which muscles can be targeted with Botox.

Adrian is a highly competent professional having started his Botox training company many years ago has vast amount of experience, but also a friendly person to learn from . And very importantly makes people feel as though everything is very normal (well as normal as having needles containing poison and then stuck in your forehead, eyes, nose and god knows where else gets) and down to earth (not outside of their ability/ comfort level). Here you see the actual practical Botox training video and look away now if you don’t like injections.

Botox training 4: Anna describes her botox injection is the final one of the set that is showing the effect of the results afterwards and further relieving the fears of any potential patient.

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