Despite it’s popularity, celebrity Botox regulars are starting to turn their backs on the face freezing injections.

First, Lulu and Amanda Holden announced that they were no longer going to have Botox injections. Then, Dannii Minogue followed suit after some X-Factor viewers commented that in last year’s series, her face was almost immovable and expressionless.

With almost 55,000 women in the UK alone having Botox for cosmetic reasons each year, has Botox reached it’s popularity peak?

Some women find that they have unwanted side effects after their Botox injections such as severe headaches. However cosmetic surgeons are keen to point out that side effects are most often problematic because of poor practice and less-than-reputable clinics.

Botox also tends to leave the patient with a slightly startled look – a tell-tale sign that Botox has been administered. With injections needing to be topped up around four times a year, the current economic climate will also be making some women question whether their regular Botox injections are actually a good use of money or not.

Despite the public revelation that some celebrities are turning their backs on the wrinkle-busting injections, plenty of other celebrities are still rumoured to be having their regular Botox fix. With any cosmetic procedure, there are bound to be a few people who experience problems and here at CosmeticSurgeryBible, we believe that Botox is firmly here to stay for the next few years at least.

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Crawford has said that she has visited a London cosmetic surgeon for several years now to have the Botox injections.

“There’s a doctor here in London who I’ve gone to for Botox,” she commented in an interview with the Daily Mail.

“I did a whole skincare line with him. But I haven’t done Botox for ten years. And I didn’t do collagen, I don’t think.

“Because people have such expectations of what they are going to find when they see me, that brings added pressure to fight the ageing process.

“I mean, don’t get me wrong, I think I’m holding together pretty good.”

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Ramsey has had filler injections on the lines around his face to help plump out the creases on his face, a cosmetic procedure he is reported to have spent around £400 on. Ramsey has said that he decided to have the filler injections after music mogul Simon Cowell suggested he should have it done.

The procedure appears to have had some effect. In earlier photos of the chef, deep lines could be seen on his forehead, chin and between the nose and mouth. Today, the wrinkles are definitely less pronounced.

The dermal fillers are not the first cosmetic procedure that the chef has had. Earlier in the year he admitted to having had Botox injections to improve the look of the skin on his face. However, he said that no-one appeared to notice that he had had Botox injections.

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There is much pressure on women to get back to their pre-pregnancy shape as soon as possible after birth. One of the biggest complaints is a saggy chest area. As women get older, the chest area is one of the giveaways to a woman’s age as the area starts to sag, particularly in sun-worshippers, and wrinkles start to appear.

Botox has many uses however it is most commonly associated with helping to make the face look younger by reducing the look of lines and wrinkles. This technique is now being extended to other areas of the body to help them stay looking youthful for longer.

The ‘Breastox’, as it has been termed, is not cheap at around £1,000 per session however the injections are great for a boost of confidence, particularly in new Mums – although the treatment is not recommended for anyone who has given birth in the last three months.

The Breastox procedure involves an anaesthetic cream being rubbed into the chest area. Around a dozen injections of Botox are made into the pectoralis minor chest muscle. This muscle is then ‘frozen’, leading other muscles to compensate and strengthen thus casuing the bust to lift. This lifting effect ensures that wrinkles are smoothened out and the area perks up.

The best candidates for this Breastox procedure are women in the 20s and 30s with A or B cup breasts. It will take about a fortnight before the full effects of the injections are seen, and the results will last around three or four months before more injections are required.

At around £1,000 per session, Breastox Botox injections are not cheap – and the total costs may end up being £4,000 a year. If a patient likes the results from this cosmetic procedure, it is worth looking into having a full breast lift operation because although the initial outlay is more, in the long-run a breast lift may be the cheaper option.

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“’I'm feeling better, I’m looking after myself and I’ve had nothing done – yet,” Walsh commented in an interview with British newspaper the Daily Mail about the dental work he has had done.

“I got my top teeth fixed, that’s all. It’s called maintenance. “I went to Simon [Cowell]‘s dentist in London. I said I don’t want to look like Simon – I like to look real. I don’t want to look as if I’ve been standing in front of the mirror all day.

“Simon does, but he admits that. He has mirrors everywhere, and he looks at himself, and he’s making eyes at himself, and he’s frowning at himself. That’s all I can say bad about him.

“It just took two or three visits. I’m glad I’ve had it done now, because I have to look after myself. It’s like looking after the car. You have to valet the car, keep it in good shape.”

When questioned over whether he would ever have cosmetic work done, Walsh replied, “If I thought I needed it [Botox], I would – for business reasons. But I’m happy with the face I have at the moment.

“’I'm not hired for my looks. I’m on the panel because of my experience as a pop manager.”

With two glamorous girls – Girls Aloud singer Cheryl Cole, and Dannii Minogue (who is giving up on her Botox injections) – on the panel again this season, Walsh admits that he is more style conscious than before.

“I’m a little more conscious of my clothes this time, but I still don’t think I am like the other judges,” Walsh continued.

“They are always pruning and preening, nipping and tucking. They’ve got make-up girls and hairdressers and stylists – but I arrive on my own.

“The funniest thing is seeing Simon blow dry his own hair. He loves that funny haircut!”

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Minogue has said that she has taken the comments on board and is going to stop her Botox injections.

“I see the comments,” she commented in an interview with Grazia magazine. “Plastic. All Botox.

“I can see what people see, but I have to say that while I have been open about doing it [Botox], I’m not doing it now.

“For the X Factor is it actually quite useful to be able to have facial expressions!”

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Current migraine drugs do not work for everyone. Botox is one option for migraines but is not a permanent solution and also does not work in all cases. However one cosmetic surgeon has discovered that by combining a forehead lift with Botox can help relieve the pain of migraines in around 90 percent of patients, with few side effects.

Dr Guyuron discovered that by removing the supercilli muscle in the face – the major muscle involved in frowning – seemed to stop or lessen migraines in many of his patients. Dr Guyuron believes that migraine headaches are caused by nerves in the face, neck and/or scalp being irritated by overly tight muscles so by loosening up these muscles, the pain can be cured.

The procedure involves having Botox injected into the supercilli muscle, freezing it and releasing some of the pressure on the surrounding nerves. A small cut is then made into the muscle and a small part is removed. The gap in the muscle is filled in with fat, normally taken from the upper eyelid. This cosmetic procedure not only tends to ease migraine headache pain but also smooths out frown lines giving the patient a more youthful look.

Dr Guyuron has started some tests on the procedure by comparing this surgery against a dummy treatment where patients are operated on but their muscles are left intact. Initial results show that 57 percent of patients who had the full operation have been fully cured after a year compared with just 4 percent on the dummy operation. 83 percent on patients who had the full operation said that after a year, their migraines had fully stopped or the pain was significantly less.

Other doctors have been working on similar procedures and have reported similar results.

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“I really need it and I haven’t had it – it’s a nightmare,” she explained in an interview with The People. “Amanda Holden looks bloody brilliant, she didn’t need it.

“’I don’t really want the award for being the wrinkliest actress on telly so I suppose I should have it at some point. I am not flying any flag for older women.

“The only reason I haven’t done it so far is that I’m too embarrassed. I also have a very low pain threshold and I am scared that it will hurt.

“I don’t want to look foolish because quite a few ladies who do it do look a bit daft. I guess I just have to find the right surgeon.

“Everyone is obsessed with it [age]. ‘I feel like everyone is looking at my face and saying, ‘Go on then, I dare you’.”

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“Yeah, it’s Simon’s fault,” Ramsay explained in an interview with British newspaper The Daily Mail. “I had lunch with him and he leaned over and started prodding my chin saying, ‘Mate, you’ve got to do something about this’. I was like, ‘F*** off!’

“I mean, I know I’ve always had a face like Freddy Krueger, but more and more people were commenting on my chin. A make-up artist actually said to me, ‘God, what happened to you? Did you have an accident when you were little? Did you fly through the windscreen with no seatbelt on?’ I mean, f***!

“Anyway, I was getting a complex for the first time in my life, so I did it. Botox. A jab here and one here. And no one has f****** noticed.

“When I was talking to my mum about all the c*** that’s been going on, and telling her I was going to do this interview, she said, ‘Keep your chin up’. I said, ‘Yeah, well at least I’ve got a new one of those’, but it went over her head.”

The cynical amongst us here at CosmeticSurgeryBible.com are not that surprised that many people haven’t noticed changes to his chin. Botox, when used in aesthetic procedures, is usually used to freeze muscles and not to plump out wrinkles or smooth the skin. To help smooth the appearance of the chin, Ramsay might have been better off looking for a dermal filler such as Restylane or Juvederm.

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Dr. Simon Ourian claims that he accidentally stumbled upon the alternative use for Botox whilst treating a patient for migraine. His patient was having chemotherapy which made her hair fall out. She was also suffering from intense migraines. Botox has already been found to help stop migraines in some people so Dr. Ourian injected his patient with the toxin to see if it would help cure the headaches. Botox was injected into the lady’s scalp. After the injections, the lady’s hair started to grow back.

Dr. Ourian has said that he has tested his Botox baldness cure on volunteers for three years now, adding extra vitamins into the Botox injections to help make the process more effective.

Although it is currently unknown what effect Botox can have on curing baldness, it is theorized that because Botox is a relaxant it helps to dilate the blood vessels around the injection site. The dilated blood vessels allow nutrients into shrunken hair follicles thus stimulating hair growth again.

The baldness cure claims as yet have not been officially tested in scientific trials therefore it is currently not know how effective Botox is in curing baldness. However if the scientific trials prove there is a solid base for Dr. Ourian’s claims, it could pave the way for new treatments for baldness.

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