Author: Amy Caliri

In the past, we’ve talked about feeling younger with HRT, but now let’s talk about looking more youthful. Botox has gotten so popular that it is now a tent pole of cosmetics. 

Who doesn’t want to reduce the fine lines, wrinkles, and miscellaneous markers of aging? Botox is less expensive (with lower rates of complication) than other procedures such as face lifts. 

It’s not a great shock that men, women, boys, and girls, okay, not boys and girls research Botox to look younger longer.

The popularity stretches well past the de-aging. Being FDA approved means the efficacy and safety are well known. And a wide range of health issues, for example, migraines can be treated with Botulinum Toxin. As a cosmetic treatment, Botox is head and shoulders above most other outpatient nip and tuck like face lifts.

Why Botox?

It is NOT a surgical solution

Dermal fillers or minor surgery are able to reduce the wrinkles and maybe the right choice for some folks. But Botox is considered a less invasive and less painful solution that also still grants terrific results.

Botox is also fast! according to one Botox provider in Southlake, injections can be completed in only a couple of minutes. And the benefits will be visible within a day for most people, especially those looking to reduce wrinkles around the mouth, eyes, and forehead. 

Many spas and even some salons can now offer Botox treatment. However, it’s recommended that you find a skilled medical provider who offers other treatments the first time you get Botox. Why? Well, maybe something like Dermal Fillers, KYBELLA Treatment, Laser Therapy, or a PRP Facelift would be better for you. 

Also, while the risk is a very, very low medical procedure, this isn’t a haircut. Make sure you talk to someone who knows what they are doing, and not just someone who wants to sell something.

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The fitness icon Jack LaLanne who held the world press up record, and marked his 70th birthday, by towing a flotilla of 70 rowboats for a mile-long swim is the definition of healthy aging. LaLanne worked out like a monster, never eating dessert, most of us lack not only the will power but the genetics to age like LaLanne. And thankfully we can live longer better lives now without having to be so blessed genetically and willing to suffer.

If you look at YouTube you’ll see chemists, and body builders discussing how celebrates back on pounds of lean mass, and stay forever young. The good news for most of us is that we don’t need to dive into exotic, or unsafe compounds. For a good many of Hollywood stars use bioidentical hormone replacement is helping them stay young.

For example The Rock, is probably not taking steroids and is instead using hormone pellet therapy.

Now sure most of us, will not work as hard as the rock, but most of us are just looking to maintain our health as we age. And avoid sacrificing too much of the things that make life fun. I want to live long enough to eat ice cream with my great-grandchildren not become Mr. Olympia.

Taking hormone replacement isn’t a magic bullet, but it can sure help you age more gracefully. And society is learning to accept that HRT can help us age better, and even live longer. Meet Joan Macdonald, a 72 year old woman, who with a little hard work, and according to IFBB Pro Greg Doucette some hormone replacement turned her health around.

We’ve known that HRT can help us live longer, and better for years. In 1997 a 12 year study was published suggesting that “millions of women could be missing out on up to three and a half years of life by failing to take advantage of hormone replacement therapy (HRT). This has been echoed by studies in 2019.