I’ve seen and head about medical estheticians, medical assistants and even front desk staff administering Botox injections.
It’s not legal, as this story on the prosicution of a medical assistant clearly shows.
Betty Guerra’s monthslong nightmare is over.
The 45-year-old former medical assistant learned today from her attorney that the 10 [...]
Dysport is often called the “New Botox.” However, Dypsort has actually been available in Europe for therapeutic indications since 1991 and for cosmetic applications since 2001. In April 2009, Dysport (officially known as BoNT-A/D) was approved in the United States for the “temporary improvement in the appearance of moderate to severe glabellar lines.” These are [...]
People are risking death or serious injury by using an illegal Botox equivalent without prescription, a CBD cosmetic doctor warns.
Dr Mario Soteriou, of Cosmetic Image Clinics, said self-administering the goods obtained at a new US-based online store was equivalent to playing “Russian roulette”.
He said neither the Botox equivalent nor the dermal filler sold on the [...]
Via an almost unbeliveable story on Wired: Fake Botox or not, Discount Medspa is going to jail!
A website that sells a prescription drug similar to Botox without requiring a prescription claims it has more than 2,000 customers. Some have learned how to inject the botulism-derived drug into their own faces from YouTube videos produced for [...]
Medical Spa MD is now publishing training manuals and books for laser clinics, plastic surgery centers and dermatology clinics.
These medical spa training eBooks are designed specifically for medical estheticians, cosmetic laser and IPL technicians and front desk staff, to provide a consistent environment for new hires and keep the staff informed the latest cosmetic [...]
There's a lot of Botox used around the world from sweating to headaches to wrinkles.
Here's a graphic from a Botox story on CNN.
In the hunt to discover the next blockbuster medical use for Botox, doctors have injected it experimentally into muscles and glands all over the body, making it medicine’s answer to duct tape. [...]
Federal officials in Washington State indicted three beauty salon proprietors this week for administering phony Botox and for trying to bribe an officer to overlook an unauthorized laser device.
In the first instance, Xin “Faith” He of Natural Beauty in Bellvue, WA told clients she was injecting Botox and the hyaluronic acid dermal filler Restylane when [...]
Medical Spa MD: I came across this article from Australia on Botox and Restylane being injected in womens feet.
IT’S the subject of whispered conversations over cocktails deep within Flemington’s Birdcage. The secret weapon a flock of fashionistas rely upon to teeter upon 10cm stilettos all day long at the races.
Botox and filler injections for [...]
Image by Arturo de Albornoz via Flickr
A pointed nose and taut skin seem to have emerged as the two most important assets for Indians going by the number of people opting for rhinoplasty or “nose jobs” and botox injections in the country.
Among the non-surgical procedures, some of the widely practised procedures [...]
From Medical Spa MD: Medical Spa RX has had it’s first physician who has reordered Botox 5 times. In fact, there are a number of them. Woot!
Oddly enough, I consider 5 reoders of Botox significantly significanly more impressive than only 4. (I don’t know why. Perhaps because Medical Spa RX has only been offering Botox [...]
