Botox Port Elizabeth, Taryn Laine Clinic - Dr Mike Henry

Offering Botox ( Dysport, Botulinum Toxin) for Cosmetic Facial  improvement and Axillary

Hyperhidrosis (sweaty armpits)(excessive sweating) by an experienced, Cosmetically trained

doctor who consistently produces amazing results. You heard him talking on Algoa FM's

"The doctor is in" on Mondays .

 

Look younger, fresher and  more relaxed. 

Carol-Ann Kelleher of Algoa FM's "The Morning Show" has trusted us with her face for

the past 4 years. Click here to see her comments and before and after pictures.

Botox  together with Tissue Filler injections, Chemical Peels and Dermarolling can

put a ‘wow’ factor back into your appearance: we have seen it happen repeatedly over

many years in scores of patients.

Having dry armpits is a really liberating experience for those whose shirts and tops are

always wet.

Men don't imagine for one minute that it's only the ladies doing it. Who can afford not

to look calm, fresh and competent in today's bussiness environment?

• BT is virtually painlessly injected with very fine needles into target muscles or sweat gland - containing skin. It works by temporarily disconnecting them from the nerves that convey the electrical impulse instructions from the brain. The Acetyl-choline containing vesicles (packages) in the nerve endings can no longer offload this chemical link in the communication chain. The muscles are weakened or paralysed and the sweat glands no longer secrete sweat.

• The effect is temporary. The nerve endings spontaneously and completely “reconnect” after approximately 4 months. This “reconnect” time varies among different individuals, ranging from 3 to 6 months or more. Importantly “reconnection” occurs after every BT administration so the effect is never permanent. This is a good thing as our faces do change over time so an initially permanent attractive effect could eventually look undesirable. In the individual patient, repeated administration can sometimes allow for lower and slightly less frequent dosing which can decrease cost.

BT use in aesthetic (cosmetic/appearance) medicine

Excessive activity of certain muscles of facial expression or sweat glands can lead to the following undesirable effects:-

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• Dynamic facial wrinkles (like Frown or Smile Lines). ” Dynamic” indicates that these wrinkles/lines /furrows appear when the muscles contract but disappear when they relax. This contraction is often subconscious so you may tend to frown even when not feeling anxious or angry. Skilled BT administration can soften or prevent such undesirable wrinkling without producing an unnatural “frozen” appearance.

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• Imprinting of Wrinkles/Lines/Furrows. Ongoing excessive muscle activity over many years can cause dynamic wrinkles to become permanently imprinted so that complete muscle relaxation can no longer make them disappear. This commonly occurs on the forehead and around the eyes and mouth. Regular Botoxing from a relatively young age can safely prevent this progression. Once it is present additional treatments can be added to alleviate the problem.

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• Unattractive positions and profiles of important facial features. Dull drooping eyebrows, a sad or stern mouth, gummy smile or flattened “popply” chin are caused by subconscious over activity of certain facial muscles of expression as we age. Skilled BT application to the culprit muscles can achieve subtle but attractive repositioning and profiling without paralyzing natural movement.
  

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• Excessive Sweating (Hyperhidrosis) of axillae (armpits) or face results from nerve impulse traffic from the central nervous system to the sweat glands in the skin. Skilled BT injection of that skin blocks the culprit nerve endings, effectively and safely treating the problem for up to 6 months.

BT use in Neurology

Certain conditions (like Cerebral Palsy, Spinal cord injuries, Dystonias) lead to excessive nerve stimulation of muscles that cause disabling spasticity and abnormal posturing like facial grimacing and wry neck. BT blockade of this excessive impulse traffic allows these muscles to relax. BT injections are a fully accepted part of modern neurological treatment but are not available at our clinic. Please consult a neurologist.

How do I choose the right Botox Injector? Who do I Trust?

Botox is to a face what paint can be to a canvass: a skilled artist will use the paint to produce a beautiful picture – others , using the same paint, may make a mess. You need both the Botox and the Cosmetic Medical Artist to get the oil painting.

If you wouldn’t ask Michelangelo to quote you per brush stroke then don’t allow “cost per unit of Botox" or "cost per area to be injected” to be your main criterion for physician choice. Lisa may well moan in regret after having "shopped around" for the cheapest price. Our committment to you is  a superior cosmetic outcome and real value for money.

Many beginners are entering the field. It is possible to teach anyone with a medical background to inject Botox and Fillers, but to turn them into a cosmetic medical artist is an entirely different matter.

Special training at Congresses and Courses in this relatively new field of non-invasive cosmetic aesthetic medicine, years of experience and hard won reputation are the key criteria by which to gauge; before and after pics  can be the final decider.

Finally, beware of the rapid fire "Prick and Pay" operators who often "paint by numbers". Good technique calls for attention to individual detail, marking of injection sites in a sitting position with repeated facial animation, providing time for pain reducing techniques and free follow up visits to check the results. Beware of the injector who qickly lies you down and immediately starts to administer the Botox, perhaps effectively lining you up on a "conveyor belt" of patients.

Taryn Laine Clinic is well known for attention to detail and an unhurried approach. Our commitment is to provide that to all our patients.

Our Pricipal Cosmetic aesthetic Physician, Dr. Mike Henry, has attended many congresses and courses and has administerd thousands of treatments to hundreds of patients over many years. He is a member of the American Academy of Aesthetic medicine (AAAM).

Is Botox safe?

As safe as a Formula 1 racing car:   VERY SAFE if properly driven by an experienced well trained professional – an uncomfortable ride or potential disaster in the hands of the nonmedical and the novice.

Close ongoing worldwide medical scrutiny over several decades now shows Botox to be safe even when repeatedly administered to the same individual over many years. Trying Botox once or only having it very infrequently will not be detrimental.

Botox is mainstream medicine reported on in thousands of reputable International Medical Journal articles – Be reassured that it is not the stuff of “back street clinics” and don't beleive all the negative hype promoted by the medically uninformed.



Why is it called a “Toxin” ?

• Many highly useful modern medicines are toxic and even lethal  if administered in the wrong doses to inappropriate patients. Examples include household medicines like Aspirin, Paracetamol and even Vitamin A. Digitoxin is a valuable heart medication that must be carefully dosed. All continue to be widely prescribed and very useful in modern medicine.The key is responsible and knowlegable prescribing.

• Botulinum Toxin was first recognized as a lethal poison when ingested in massive amounts in bacterially contaminated food. It has been subsequently extracted, purified and intensively studied. When administered  to the right targets at the correct doses in an appropriate patient, BT is very safe. Incorrect administration by a poorly trained inexperienced doctor (or even worse, by someone who is not a registered qualified doctor), will predictably lead to undesirable and even dangerous effects lasting for several months.

How to Consult us.

Contact us to arrange a consultation or if you'd like to find out more about this procedure. Consultations with our beauty therapist, Daniella, are free. You may also email us your facial pictures for a free feasability assessment. Only your first consultaion with Dr.H is charged. No further consultation fee will ever be charged. We want no barriers to you returning for touch ups and refinements. All procedures are first quoted on before being administered. We charge according to the amount of Botox used and not per area to avoid silly "numbers games" in which you the customer stand the most to lose.

Our Commitment to you is excellence, thoroughness, and great value for money so that you keep returning year after year,

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