Hangers&Hangers

Finally, after all the “acne cures” on the market today they have finally gone directly to Gold for probably the most expensive solution yet.   Not just any gold but lauric acid inside Gold nanoparticles to attack the acne bacteria directly.  Can you just imagine the marketing hype and the price tag for that cream!?   Still, nothing indicates the treatment will ‘cure’ acne which to-date usually can just be controlled.  Guess if you have to have the most expensive method available, this will bring that to a whole new level.  But, if you just want your acne taken care of at an affordable price, Dr. C has had over a 98% success rate with compliant patients in clearing up their acne.  Even the old acne scarring of youth can be pretty well eliminated in a single treatment.  But clearly there will always be someone who must have the Golden Treatment.

Recent studies indicate the use of Botox  “…may diminish the quality of emotional experiences.”  Now, if you read carefully you’ll notice that the emotions that are diminished are associated with frowns and negative emotions.  Nothing wrong with diminishing your negative emotions and the bad day blues, is there?  Other studies indicate that people with natural frowns also experience improved social relations and feel happier after they have their frowns minimized or reversed with the use of Botox or Dysport.  So, I guess it’s fair to say the Botox makes you happy…really.

Every day I see patients that are new to medical cosmetics and one of the first treatments they are confused over is Botox.

Botox, and now Dysport, are medicines used for a large number of different treatments.  They are effective in treating symptoms as diverse as Cerebral Palsy and sea sickness.  For our purposes I will keep it limited to Cosmetic services.

Most people identify Botox with facial wrinkles and indeed that is its most common use.  But, not just any kind of wrinkle.  Botox and Dysport work only on dynamic wrinkles.  The kind of wrinkles that occur or are enhanced when you make strong expressions.  Frowns, squinting and even smiling.  (These are not the same as static wrinkles that are there all the time regardless of your expression.)  The areas most effected by dynamic wrinkles are the forehead, brow area and around the eyes.  By treating the specific muscles that make these wrinkles, they are dramatically softened and over time they can be eliminated.  These are not the same muscles that you use to actually make your facial expressions (unless you feel all the added wrinkles enhance your expressions).  I’ve treated patients as young as 19 and as mature as 79.  It’s not the age, it’s the look.

Wrinkles are not the only use of Botox and Dysport.  In the proper hands, they can be used to change the shape of your lips and your smile, the shape of your nose when you smile and other areas in a very subtle way that can still have a dramatic effect on your appearance.  I have treated actors and actresses who needed specific muscle groups to perform in specific ways and my ‘custom Botox’ has been the treatment of choice by those who could have receive treatment free of charge else were.

In the wrong hands, you can get the “frozen” look that so many people are familiar with, drooped eye brows, crooked lips and strange effects during normal expressions or worse.  The good thing about these ailments are that they won’t last.  After about 3 months your expressions and face will begin returning to ‘normal’.  Of course, when you get the look that you want, the bad thing is that it too will return to ‘normal’ in about 3-4 months.

Botox and Dysport have other benefits that many people are still not familiar with.  Tired of wet, clammy hands and feet?  Disappointed that, in this Florida humidity, you can’t wear those special blouses and tops without unsightly sweat marks and stains?  Excess sweating can be controlled for 8 or more months with just one treatment.  Migraine headaches can be controlled and even eliminated for months at a time.  Do you ever wonder how the Hollywood Stars keep their cool on stage under all those lights?  They use Botox in a lot more places then just their faces.

With one of the highest retention rates in all of Florida and years of unique training, my treatments are not like anything else.  The Botox ‘connoisseurs’ have found that there truly IS a difference.  Call me for a complimentary consultation and experience the difference that is Med Spa Plus.

In health,
Diane Cantrell, M.D.