Botox

[tamborine]

Have you had it & what d'you think of it?

[islasmum]

I've never had it, and I never would - don't fancy the idea of paralysing my facial muscles.

[Brinjal]

Yes and is great as long as you don't over do it.

[naomi24]

I wouldn't know where to get it done. What sort of places do it?

[meglet]

Wild agree with Brinjal, don't overdo it. My mum had Botox without telling us and none of us noticed! (She hasn't bothered again). BUT when someone has had it regularly you can definitely tell - their face gets shiny somehow, their eyebrows start pointing up Spock-like and they just have a kind of blank expression. Think Katie Price.

[tamborine]

oo0oo if only KPrice

[naomi24]

Any chance of an answer to my question?

[ummmm]

Naomi - you can get it done at specialist clinics. The kind that do facial peels, laser treatment etc...

[naomi24]

Oh, right. Thanks ummmm. I asked because I don't know anything about it. I just see a procession of surprised looking faces in newspapers. ;o)

[ummmm]

I believe that botox is used to treat excessive sweating.

[woofgang]

Its also used to treat permanent spasm following stroke or head injury.

[yogasun]

Also used to treat dystonia, two people I know have this which in their cases manifests itself with a head shake.

[DTCwordfan]

Old colleague of mine is the CEO and President of the Co that makes it, Allegeren, one David Pyott, a Brit, working in San Fran. He has received a CBE - for which we cynics named his award as "Cheeks Botoxed and Exhausted."

[naomi24]

I know it's used in medicine, but I had no idea where people go for cosmetic purposes. A friend of mine left disabled by a bleed from an inoperable brain tumour has it in her useless arm in the hope of reviving it to a degree. It's not working. :o(