Yes, you heard me right. BOTOX! And how do i know? Because another beautician told me so. Her circle of friends who are also beauticians use to work in a prominent cosmetic centre in Klang for several years. Apparently the doctor supplied them the Botox as it is strictly sold to doctors.
By law, doctor, medical assistance(called male nurse in US), and board certified nurses are allowed to give intramuscular, subcutaneous, intradermal,insertion of IV lines(if they are able to), and administer drugs via intravascularly. Botox injections are intramuscular injections into selective muscle groups to minimize or to temporarily paralyze it's movement, hence that's how dynamic lines are corrected.
Countries where the field of cosmetic medicine is far more advance than ours, Eg Australia (As far as I know as I was trained there), the nurses are the ones who injects as it's not difficult at all to administer botox. All you need to know is the anatomy and function of the muscles of the face, which muscle to inject to and it's consequent effects, and the dosage needed.
While simple ones like forehead lines, Crow's feet, and Glabellar lines aren't complicated at all, they are being routinely done by the nurses, while the doctors attend to more complicated cases and surgical cases. As a matter of fact, the nurses and beauticians are the one who operates the IPL(Intense pulse light) machine.
Unless if the nurses are well trained by their doctors, they should not inject even if they are able to,legally speaking. Cosmetic treatment is an art, one needs to understand the characteristics of a beautiful face, then only able to administer the right treatment, and very often Botox by itself does not suffice.
Though legally they are allowed to, but are they capable is another issue altogether.
Understanding the anatomy is not difficult, but understanding what beauty is and how to manipulate the movement of individual muscle to produce a beautiful and youthful face is an art that no one can claim they've mastered.
I simply don't understand as to why would the customers request for botox injections by the beauticians. Do they have the impression that just because a doctor administers the botox, it's more costly? No! Why do you think beauticians are doing it? Simply because for the commercial returns! Well, I don't guarantee the injected material is the original botox, as there are "fake" ones, or "yet to be approved" ones.
Are you sure you are getting the real thing? How would you know if it's the real Botox?
The photos speaks for itself. There! Only trained physicians are allowed to inject, not because we are can, but because we understand the characteristics f a beautiful face! (provided you are trained, that is...)
How would you know you've been injected with the real Botox?The label on the vial has holograms that states the name of its manufacturer,ALLERGAN.
Can't see it, ok, allow me to magnify the image and do some colour alteration.
Ok, i admit, my photo processing skills is bad! But you get the point, right? Despite all these measures taken by the manufacturer to ensure it's originality and preventing other parties to product the "fakes", they can still use the empty original vial, and fill it up with the fake ones. Why not? It has been done before.
One of the clinic that i used to work in for 11/2 years (hint:it's a well established clinic that has 4 branches)
The clinic is a panel to several restaurants in the area, hence for all their employees, they are required to be vaccinated for typhoid. Since they ran out of vaccine, the "smart" owner prefilled the empty vial with sterile water and administered to those poor fellas.
I immediately quit working there.
omg... fake vaccine !
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