What Is Botox?

Botox is an FDA-approved treatment for lines and wrinkles. The treatment uses an injected form of a purified protein made from botulinum toxin. It relaxes the muscles that cause wrinkles allowing the skin to smooth and the wrinkles to fade away. Injections take less than 30 minutes and the results last 4-8 months. After treatment, you can head immediately back to your regular activities; many patients come in on their lunch breaks for Botox injections and return to work immediately after treatment.

Celebrities and Botox

While some celebrities are adamantly against the treatment, many Botox users proudly admit it (and we speculate many use it and don’t admit it). Let’s take a look at a few of Botox’s biggest celebrity fans.

Kim Kardashian

Kim Kardashian proudly received Botox injections on television in an episode of Keeping Up With the Kardashians. Since then, she’s admitted to using the treatment occasionally, although its speculated those occasional injections are more common than she might admit.

Kelly Ripa

After more than a decade on TV, Kelly Ripa still looks great and she attributes this to Botox. She’s admitted that Botox is one of her favorite products and claims the treatment cuts her makeup application times in half. She even goes as far to say, “Botox changed my life.”

Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy has said, “I tell everyone [about Botox]”. She personally gets the treatment in her forehead and loves that a little goes a long way.

Kylie Minogue

The popular Australian singer Kylie Minogue has admitted to using Botox to slow the signs of aging. At 47, she’s still looking great.

Simon Cowell

Celebrity women aren’t the only ones using Botox. In one interview, Cowell said, “Botox is no more unusual that using toothpaste.” He reportedly receives injections regularly to keep up his well-known good looks.

These are just a few of the many celebrities that have tried, and loved, Botox. What’s all the hype about? Come try the treatment for yourself and you’ll quickly see why Botox is a favorite of celebrities and regular people everywhere.

A Supplement to a Healthy Lifestyle

The best liposuction results are achieved on men that are already living a healthy lifestyle. Liposuction isn’t an alternative to the gym or healthy eating, but rather a supplement. It can be used to shape, sculpt, and refine the body as it removes stubborn fat deposits. This stubborn fat often sticks around even after your best efforts. Liposuction gently removes it, permanently. For many men liposuction is one of the most effective ways to achieve the sculpted look they’re after.

Target Problem Areas- Wherever They May Be

Liposuction isn’t just for the belly. It can be used to target problem areas across the body. Dr. Matarasso uses liposuction to treat excess fat in a variety of areas on his male patients including:

• Male Breasts (gynecomastia)
• Buttocks
• Abdomen
• Thighs
• Arms
• Waist
• Knees and Calves
• Neck

If you’re interested in learning more about liposuction, talk with Dr. Matarasso. He can help you decide if liposuction can help you achieve your goals and which areas would most benefit from treatment.

Precision and Accuracy with Tumescent Liposuction

Dr. Matarasso uses tumescent liposuction in his practice, a special type of liposuction that injects anesthesia right into the fat that will be removed. This anesthesia causes the fat to swell and firm allowing more fat removal with greater accuracy and precision. The anesthetic also constricts blood vessels for less blood loss during the procedure. This type of liposuction encourages quicker healing and less bruising and inflammation after surgery.

Many of our patients love tumescent liposuction for the quick recovery period. Many are able to return to work and regular activities after just a few days. The incisions used are very small which minimizes scarring and healing times. If you don’t want people to know you’ve had liposuction, don’t tell them. They’ll just think your sculpted look is all natural.

Ready to Learn More? Contact Us Today

Looking great isn’t just for the ladies. Men are increasingly turning to cosmetic enhancement to look their best too. Give us a call today and learn more about how liposuction can benefit you. We love our male patients!

If you’re still unsure about men and Botox, let’s take a quick look at some of the facts. Last year (2013) 385,358 Botox treatments were performed on male patients, a surprising 6% of all Botox performed. Since 2000 the number of men turning to Botox is up more than 300%. Those in the business jokingly call it Brotox. Men are even using Botox as a career tool to give them an aesthetic edge in an increasingly competitive job market. Botox is tried and tested on both male and female patients. In fact, in clinical trials of frown lines, 17.5% of those tested were male.

What is Botox?

While most of us are familiar with Botox, or at the very least the jokes made about the procedure on TV, very few actually understand how this treatment works and its many benefits, especially men who may not talk openly about the treatment with their friends. Our faces contain a surprising number of muscles. Some of these we knowingly control (when we smile for example) while others contract on their own (squinting in the sun). Each day our facial muscles make thousands of movements. These muscle movements (both voluntary and involuntary) can lead to wrinkles.

Botox helps these muscles to relax, smoothing common facial wrinkles. It is administered by targeted injections (placed in precise locations to relax specific muscles).Don’t worry about looking fake or frozen. When properly administered Botox produces natural looking results. The procedure takes about 30 minutes start to finish and requires no recovery period. Come in, get injections, and get back to work. If you don’t want anyone to know, we won’t tell. Your new good looks can be our little secret.

Does Botox Work?

Botox is highly effective, both in men and women. In one study of patients with moderate to severe frown lines, 80% were determined to have significant improvement 30 days after treatment. Botox can treat wrinkling across the face including crow’s feet, frown lines, lines between the eyebrows, and more. Check out these results real men experienced when they received Botox injections. Could Botox help you look younger?

Looking great isn’t just for the ladies; men deserve to look their best too. Come talk with Dr. Matarasso about Botox and find out if this procedure is right for you. You’ll quickly see why “Brotox” is a trend unlikely to stop any time soon.