An effective skincare regime is important for maintaining healthy, beautiful looking skin, but there might come a time when you want to do a bit more to turn back the clock.
Thanks to a wide range of minimally invasive aesthetic procedures, we can now diminish the signs of ageing effectively and achieve natural appearing results non-surgically. However, it might seem daunting to choose the right type of treatment for your ‘first time’. Well, my first advice would be to go for a temporary treatment.
Two of the most popular minimally invasive treatments are dermal fillers and volumisers and wrinkle relaxing injections with botulinum toxin(known commonly as 'botox')
Hyaluronic acid is an example of an excellent temporary filler for so-called ‘static lines’ such as the nose-to-mouth lines. Fillers/volumisers can also be used to improve a gradually ‘deflating’ facial contour with a gentle cheek or lip plumping treatment for example.
For ‘dynamic lines’ caused by repeated facial expression movement ,such as frown lines between the eyebrows, the muscle relaxing botulinum toxin remains my all-time favorite.
Overall, I recommend a step-wise approach with phasing of treatments, so that changes will be gradual and you will continue to feel your own self, while optimal correction is achieved over time. Compare it to joining the gym – you wouldn’t expect to be all ‘sorted’ after a single session, would you?
You
may have recently heard in the press that the regulations surrounding
injectable cosmetic treatments have changed quite dramatically in the last
couple of weeks, and this may have led to considerable uncertainty and possibly
worry for anybody having such treatments
Following some revelations on a Panorama programme about doctors who are
prescribing Botox for administration by non –prescribing nurses and,worryingly, even medically
unqualified beauty therapists, the practice of so-called “remote prescribing”
has been banned by the General Medical Council (GMC), and one doctor has
already been suspended for this practice.
What remote prescribing means is that the doctor is prescribing treatment for a
patient who he/she has not personally assessed face to face, and it is then
administered by a non-medical aesthetician .This is a practice that has gone on
for some time both in large chain clinics and also a lot of small nurse-run
salons, but it is only now that the GMC have taken action to stop it.
The rules are now clear. Doctors, dentists or qualified nurse prescribers
can only prescribe Botox after a face-to-face consultation.
I would
like to reassure you that as far as my practice is concerned nothing has been
affected. As a practicing dentist and medical prescriber I will continue to
individually assess, prescribe and administer all injectable treatments as
appropriate, following the highest standards possible so that your ongoing
satisfaction and safety are ensured.
