However, Dr Auluk adds that what the study really highlights “is that the facial aesthetics industry is poorly regulated”. We can assume that the majority of 56 per cent of non-respondents had no adverse effects and consequently did not report, although it is difficult to prove this.” It’s also true that self-selecting studies like this tend to be biased. Researchers from UCL advertised the survey on social media earlier this year, and although 655 people replied, only 287 answered all 17 questions, some answering so few that only 511 were analysed.ĭr Kam Auluk is a dentist and clinical director at the Skin Culturist clinic in London says, “It is important to emphasise that only 44 per cent of the patients answered all the questions in the survey, of which 77 per cent reported adverse affects. Especially as a separate survey from the British College of Aesthetic Medicine (BCAM), which represents doctors and dentists practising aesthetic medicine, reports that the “rate of adverse events following botulinum treatments remains low at 0.33 per cent (3.3 per 1,000 treatments)”. The statistics however have raised eyebrows – at least in those still able to move their features. One even claimed that side effects of their wrinkle-reducing treatment had cost them £1 million in “monetary values or time they took off work”. Anxiety was the most common complication, affecting 85 people, but six people reported that the jab had left them disabled. Of 511 patients who responded to an online questionnaire about their experiences, four out of five said they suffered side effects, including headaches, dizziness, and brain fog after receiving the anti-wrinkle jab. However, the results of research by University College London (UCL) into side effects makes for scary reading. But now it’s estimated that more than one million Botox injections are performed in the UK every year.

Once, the wrinkle-reducing jab was considered a treatment for ageing Hollywood stars. More and more of us have been seduced by Botox.

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