No Trace Faces – Botox Lite

No Trace Faces – Botox Lite

Line-free luminaries such as Demi Moore and Jennifer Aniston seem to defy every possible law of nature and gravity. Despite having faces that beautifully express every emotion, we rarely see a line, wrinkle or furrow appear on their face, even on those tell-all close-ups.

A new technique of wrinkle-relaxing injections, where Botox is administered in lower doses but more frequently, could quite possibly be their secret.

Dr Ram Nath of The Wellness Clinic says he often treats  women from all walks of life, with this new, softer technique that has been dubbed “Botox Lite”.

“Instead of injecting Botox in high doses to absolutely erase the lines and wrinkles every four to six months, we are now injecting lower doses every 8-10weeks,” he says.

“Wrinkle relaxing injections should not completely freeze the face. They should simply minimise the lines and wrinkles and still allow for some natural movement.”

Botox Lite offers the perfect solution for patients wanting a more natural appearance to a line-free face, rather than the frozen, immovable and expressionless faces we have seen on certain celebs in the past.

“Increasingly, we have patients asking us for a very natural result, where people think they simply look relaxed and refreshed, rather than looking like they have had a great deal of work done, or that they have no expression,” Dr Ram Nath says.

“By injecting lower doses more frequently, we are able to maintain full expression and movement of the face, together with a refreshed and more youthful look. We are experiencing tremendous success with this method of injecting.

“What it means is that the face maintains a relaxed and rejuvenated appearance consistently. In the past, we waited until the injections completely wore off before the next treatment, which meant that the patient’s lines began to reappear.

“While this new method does mean the inconvenience of more frequent clinic visits, it also means that patients don’t ever experience the reappearance of unwanted lines and wrinkles. We are able to consistently maintain a natural, youthful result.”

Another added bonus is that patients are able to choose to have some expression lines stay, which again offers a more natural result and give the appearance of ageing beautifully.

“For a woman in her late 50s to have absolutely no lines or creases on her face is just unrealistic,” he adds. “What we like to achieve is a look that will complement the age that they feel, but will also be true to their biological age. A hint of laughter lines around the eyes, for instance, keeps the results very realistic, but still beautifully refreshed.”

Expect to pay approximately from $450 to $650 per treatment, depending on the practitioner you visit and the areas you are having treated.

(Article published in Shape magazine, Singapore in October 2009)