.
. WELCOME
. WELCOME BACK TO THE SHOW AND WE'RE GOING TO GET REAL HERE
FOR A MINUTE ABOUT COSMETIC
PROCEDURES SPECIFICALLY BOTOX.
I SPOKE WITH DERMATOLOGIST
SHEILA FARHANG ABOUT TRENDS IN
THE BEAUTY COMMUNITY AROUND
THESE PROCEDURES.
WELL, I WILL ADMIT I'VE BEEN
GETTING BOTOX SINCE I WAS
THIRTY TWO YEARS OLD AND SOME
MAY SAY OH MY GOSH, THAT SEEMS
SO
.
. WHAT
. WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? BUT I WORK IN A VISUAL MEDIUM.
IT JUST BOTHERED ME AND SO I
THOUGHT I WANT TO CHANGE THIS.
SO I'VE BEEN DOING IT SINCE
THEN AND I HAVE TO SAY IT
DOESN'T MAKE IT GO AWAY FOREVER
BUT IT IS JUST ENOUGH RIGHT?
NO, YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
SO YOU STARTED IN AN AGE WHERE
MOST OF MY PATIENTS ARE
STARTING TO COME FROM BOTOX IS
JUST A BRAND NAME BUT WE'LL
JUST SAY IT FOR SIMPLICITY'S
SAKE.
IT'S BOTULINUM, IT'S A
NEUROMODULATORS, IT'S BOTULINUM
TOXIN BOTOX IS THE FIRST ONE
THAT CAME OUT ON THE MARKET IN
THE EIGHTIES AND IT'S KIND
OF THE WELL-KNOWN ONE BUT
THERE'S DYSPORT ZELLMAN DVO
THERE'S A NEW COMING ON THE
MARKET THAT'S SUPPOSED TO LAST
SIX MONTHS BUT FOR THE SAKE
OF THE SHOW WE'LL CALL IT
BOTOX.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE KNOWS AND
WE DON'T DO WHAT WE USED TO DO
BACK IN THE EIGHTIES WHICH IS
FREEZE EVERY MUSCLE IN THAT
AREA WE WANT TO SOFTEN THE
WRINKLES.
YOU CAN THINK OF SOMETHING LIKE
REALLY STRONG LIKE A STRONG
BULK OF MUSCLE IF YOU'RE
RELAXING THAT YOUR SOFTENING
THOSE WRINKLES SO ONE YOU DON'T
SEE THEM AND MAKEUP DOESN'T GET
STUCK IN THEM AND TO PREVENTING
THEM FROM BECOMING ASHTON
LATER.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SAY
PREVENTATIVE BOTOX IN YOUR 30S
SMALLER UNITS AND I ACTUALLY
LIKE FOR A LIFTING EFFECT AS
WELL.
SO YOU ARE RIGHT ON THE MONEY
AND THAT'S WHY YOU LOOK SO GOOD
WHEN YOU'RE FINISHED.
IT'S THE TOUCH UP MY APPEARANCE
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
I STILL I STILL HAVE THE
MOVEMENT AND YOU DON'T NEED TO
FOR WHAT YOU DO.
ONE OF MY DEAREST FRIENDS AND I
WERE JUST TALKING YESTERDAY AND
SHE IS ORGANIC TO THE CORE AND
EXPRESSED THE CONCERN ABOUT
PUTTING IT IN YOUR SKIN OTHER
LONG TERM HEALTH EFFECTS WE
HAVEN'T SEEN ANY EVIDENCE I'M
NOT SPEAKING FOR OR AGAINST
RIGHT NOW BUT AS A JOURNALIST
ASKING WE HAVEN'T SEEN EVIDENCE
LONG TERM THAT IT'S HARMFUL,
CORRECT?
NO, YOU'RE RIGHT AND I HAVE A
LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THAT ONLY
WANT ORGANICS NO TOXICITY
ALTHOUGH THEY DO STILL COME IN
FOR THEIR STOCKS BECAUSE THE
NAME I THINK IS REALLY WHAT
SETS US OFF AND KIND OF IS LIKE
A LITTLE TRIGGER BECAUSE A HIGH
DOSES EVEN NATURAL THINGS LIKE
FROM THE GROUND HIGH DOSES CAN
CAUSE BAD THINGS.
YEAH.
SO WHAT IT IS BOTULINUM TOXIN
IT'S A CHEMICAL THAT STOPS THE
ACTIVITY THE NEUROTRANSMITTER
SOME LITTLE PROTEIN FROM FIRING
THEM OFF AND BASICALLY HAVING
OUR MUSCLE GET ACTIVATED.
AND SO ALTHOUGH YOU'RE NOT
GETTING RID OF ALL OF THAT,
YOU'RE JUST KIND OF PREVENTING
IT FROM IT'S FULL EFFECT AND IT
DOES WEAR OFF ABOUT IT STARTS
KICKING IN ABOUT A COUPLE DAYS
FULL KICK IN IS ABOUT TWO WEEKS
.
THAT'S WHEN I HAVE MY PATIENTS
COME BACK JUST FOR LIKE A
FOLLOW UP, MAYBE TOUCH UP, SEE
EVERYTHING'S GOING AND THEN IT
LASTS ABOUT THREE, FOUR MONTHS
AND MOST PEOPLE OF COURSE YOUR
METABOLISM AND EVERYTHING THERE
ARE CERTAIN HEALTH DISEASES
WHERE YOU CANNOT YOU'RE NOT A
GOOD CANDIDATE FOR BOTULINUM
TOXIN OR BOTOX.
YOU ALSO CAN'T HAVE IT WHILE
YOU'RE BREASTFEEDING OR OR
PREGNANT.
BUT I DO KNOW DERMATOLOGISTS
WHO DID THAT ANYWAY AND SO IT'S
KIND OF JUST ONE OF THOSE
THINGS WHERE YOU CAN'T STUDY
PREGNANT WOMEN AND SO YOU JUST
SAY NO, IT'S BETTER JUST NOT TO
DO IT.
THERE ARE NO STUDIES TO SHOW
THAT IT'S DETRIMENTAL THAT IT'S
A BUILD UP OF TOXICITY IN THE
SKIN IT DOES WEAR OUT AND SO
THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW AT THE
MOMENT.
OK, THANK YOU FOR I JUST I
THINK THAT THAT'S THE QUESTION
A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO WANT AN
ANSWER TO.
I NOTICED LATELY THAT WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE LIKE BOTOX
PARTIES AT EITHER PEOPLE'S
HOUSES OR LOCAL BOUTIQUES.
I KNOW SOME ARE COMPLETELY
LEGIT BUT IS IT IMPORTANT TO
REALLY BE WARY OF WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO GET YOUR BOTOX?
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT.
SO FOR INSTANCE, WHAT IF
SOMEONE PASSES OUT BECAUSE
OF NEEDLES?
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO WHEN
THEY'RE AT SOMEONE'S RANDOM
HOUSE WHO DOESN'T HAVE MEDICAL
KNOWLEDGE OR KNOW WHAT TO DO
AND THEY BANG THEIR HEAD OR
SOMETHING?
ANOTHER THING THAT I SAW IN MY
OFFICE THE OTHER DAY WAS A
BRIDE TO BE AND SHE'S GETTING
MARRIED IN THREE WEEKS AND SHE
WENT TO JUST A RANDOM SPA AND
NOTHING ELSE FALLS ARE BAD.
YOU JUST REALLY HAVE TO KNOW
THAT YOUR INJECTOR IS REALLY,
REALLY EXPERIENCED.
I DO RECOMMEND GOING TO A BOARD
CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST, THE
PLASTIC SURGEON FOR GOOD
NATURAL RESULTS.
HER EYELID IS DROOPING AND YOU
CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT
THAT.
SO I JUST PRESCRIBED AND I YEAH
I KNOW IT'S LIKE THE WORST
THING THAT COULD HAPPEN SO I
DID PRESCRIBE HER AND I DROPPED
THAT ACTUALLY CONSTRICTS THE
MUSCLE TO JUST LIKE TEMPORARILY
LIFT IT UP A LITTLE BIT BUT AT
THIS POINT IT'S PERMANENT UNTIL
FOUR MONTHS UNTIL IT WEARS OFF
.
I MEAN IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER
BY THEN BECAUSE IT'S KIND
OF LIKE SLOWLY WEARING OFF THE
TECHNIQUE REALLY DOES MATTER
ALSO IN MY LIKE MORE MATURE
PATIENTS I TEND TO GO REALLY
LIGHT ON THE FOREHEAD AND
STRONGER HERE BECAUSE YOU WANT
BROW LIFT, YOU'RE KNOCKING OUT
ALL THESE MUSCLES.
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A DROP AND
THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS
EXCESS SKIN AND IT'S JUST NOT A
GOOD LOOK.
SO OF COURSE REMEMBER BEFORE
ANY INVASIVE COSMETIC
PROCEDURE, ANY ELECTIVE
PROCEDURE YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
CHECK WITH YOUR