Botox - the inside scoop!

I now have something in common with some very famous folk.........from Kylie Minogue to Simon Cowell to a host of desperate housewives stars, to Oprah Winfrey, Sandra Bullock, to our very own Helene Zille, Noleen from 3 Talk and even husband and wife team Die Nuutsman and Michelle Garsforth............we've all experienced the miracle that is botox...and we like it...we like it a lot!

I have to confess that I am a recent convert....yes I too heard the stories about it being snake poison.......tales of ending up with an expressionless face that could look neither happy or sad......why my very own mother Kate...told me that my face would eventually collapse if I had it too often.! Ahhhhhhhhh...a little knowledge ...and what is worse...incorrect knowledge can be a dangerous thing! But suffice it to say that the little bits and pieces I had read about and heard about was enough to make me absolutely terrified of actually taking the plunge.

So how did I come to cross over to the other side? It all started whilst looking for a skin therapist who could actually do something noticeable for my skin. I was fast approaching 49 and in my line of work, youthful skin increases my longevity...yup sadly...ageism, particularly if you are a woman , is a very real thing...I can see Helen Zille nodding in agreement.

Anyway after doing the rounds of various places I ended up at the Taryn Laine Clinic after seeing an advertisement of theirs...mmm I thought... those chemical peels sound really good...and they really were. You know that night out when you start off with a glass of wine and then before you know it you've got a shooter in your hand? Well I guess it was something like that that happened to me at The Taryn Laine Clinic. Heck it really was inevitable after seeing how stunning Dr Mike Henry's gorgeous wife looked ....a self confessed botox babe! I was truly astonished when I heard how old she was. So during my visits for peels I would listen to her telling me all about botox etc...and the rest....yup...it's history.

Now if you are as afraid as I was then you need to read all the bits and pieces on the website that answer your concerns and fears about botox. If there is an unanswered question then please email the clinic.

I have to tell you that the results have been amazing!! Truly amazing!...but hey ..I'm getting ahead of myself...so what does it entail this botox thing I hear you ask? Well I can only speak of my personal experience, we all experience things like a visit to a dentist differently.

Right...so obviously you know that botox involves injections to the face. The forehead...I hardly feel it...below the eyes a little more sensitive but nothing that I cannot handle. For me it is really not uncomfortable at all!

Nowadays I bump into folk I have not seen in a while and they say to me..'you look so good!'.....my ex-sister in law with whom I braaied (barbequed)the other day as she was visiting from England, and whom I had not seen in years said to me 'You cow...you haven't aged at all...you haven't got any wrinkles!!! Ahhhhh..that's because I have my very own Michelangelo ...Dr Mike Henry!