The Clinic Blog

I was in a tube station in London and read an ad for a competitor laser hair removal clinic that claimed that you shave your legs 11,540 times in a life time. I don't know about you but I think it takes at least 2 minutes to shave your legs. That means from the time we become aware that hairy legs may not be that attractive to the age when we're too old to be bothered to be attractive, we spend about 384 hours shaving our legs. On a 12 hour waking day this is 32 days of shaving.

I am now in my 40's and every day I find myself looking in the mirror and discovering an additional line, age spot or blemish.

At some point I am going to need to stop trying to cheat old age and embrace the fact that it's OK to look older and actually you can be old and beautiful. But is that time now?

At the clinic I can have botox anytime I like. And believe me I have had more than my share over the years to my mirrors delight. But the battle is getting harder to win.

As someone who has watched a loved one suffer at the hands of migraines, I found the news that the freezing effects of the botulinum toxin has provided relief for some sufferers. We do a number of botox treatments at the clinic but would not have connected a treatment that helps you look younger and smoother with severe headache relief. We'll be watching this space with great interest.

Statistics reported on the websites of cosmetic surgery associations are claiming that the use of injectable treatments like botox and fillers plus non-invasive treatments like laser are on the increase.

At the clinic we have certainly seen an increasing trend to opt for treatments like botox and scuptra as a way of helping women look younger, even in the throws of recession. Given the results, speed of visual improvement and relative cost effectiveness, it's not that surprising that going under the knife is being seen more of as last resort.