Beauty products that promise Botox-like results are twisting the truth – nothing beats proper cleansing, moisturising and protecting
Sitting on my kitchen table is an unopened face cream accompanied by a press release describing it as “Botox for bedtime”. I won’t name the brand or product because there are dozens, if not hundreds, just like it. This one just happens to have broken the camel’s proverbial and compelled me to correct this common and maddening misconception: botulinum toxin injections ( Botox) are never a replacement for skincare – and vice versa.
What Botox/toxin does is restrict specific muscle movement. In non-medical applications (remember that Botox is now used widely to treat migraines, teeth grinding, incontinence, excessive sweating and more), it is injected around “dynamic wrinkles” – that is, deeper lines that are moving constantly throughout everyday life. This prevents those habitual movements that both deepen the wrinkles and exaggerate their appearance. A serum or cream can never truthfully claim to do the same or have anything like the effect, regardless of your commitment to the cause (you can spend your life savings on skin serum and never see off those frown lines between your eyes). Continue reading...
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