I tried the groundbreaking cosmetic surgery treatment that combines filler and Botox and here’s what I thought
Look, lets be real here – a filter can only do so much. Recently turning 35, scrolling through selfies, I started to notice things I hadnt seen before – a definite double chin was emerging, along with a furrow on my forehead that just never went away.
Unhappy about what was happening right before my eyes, I started researching the best non-invasive tweakments. Nothing major, a power facial or two and eventually, little adjustments that could be made via some micro-dosing on Botox. It worked, for a while. I looked better for sure, but the end result was still not what I was looking for. And if Im completely honest, I had a few unpleasant after effects from Botox that left me with eyebrows angled bizarrely in a way that left me less Gigi Hadid and more like the Joker in Batman.
So, I had some trepidations about treatments. That is, until I heard about The Edge.' A friend of mine, who shall remain nameless, is very plugged into the celebrity scene and showed up for a lunch date one day looking like shed borrowed a time machine. Shed literally gone from Kim to Kylie in one afternoon. I was completely obsessed. When pressed, she told me about this new, revolutionary non-invasive treatment that is sweeping the London beauty scene.
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Created by Mr Kambiz Golchin (a facial plastic surgeon who is widely recognised as one of the UKs best injectables guy), The Edge is a Botox and filler combo – tiny bits of each – applied in a way that Is very different than what other doctors are doing.
He explains: “In my opinion, most practitioners are missing a trick. They are loading up the centre of the face with Botox and filler, giving you big chipmunk cheeks and frozen foreheads, in an effort to improve the appearance of youth. But the truth is, it just makes the face too centre heavy. And it doesnt make you look younger, it just makes you look done.”
Golchin adds, “What Im doing it focusing solely on the periphery of the face, or the edges, using miniscule amounts of Botox and filler to tighten, smooth and fill out, but leaving the middle of the face alone. This makes you look fresh faced and young without looking like youve had a treatment. And the added bonus is that it lets you keep your natural expressions, those endearing crinkles around your eyes and smile exactly as they should be, real and left alone.”
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Judging by the difference Id seen in my friend, I went in with high hopes. And I was not disappointed. Heres what happened. First the doctors assistant cleaned my face (some makeup was removed FYI if you are planning to do this on a lunch break) and she applied a numbing cream which sat on there for 10 minutes or so. Then Mr Golchin injected tiny bits of filler in my chin, the sides of my jaw at the back, and the very top of my cheekbones back by my ears. He put Botox only right at the top of my hair line at the edges and under my chin. That was it. It took around 20 minutes in total and it was virtually painless. I mean its still a small prick, but the numbing cream made that totally do-able.
I did ask him why I needed filler, I mean my face wasnt exactly what youd call skinny – and wasnt Botox by itself enough? Golchin says no. "When women get to a certain age, treatments become less effective which is why filler is a better value-for-money choice and will have a greater impact. As we age, we start losing volume in our face, skin gets thinner, fat pads get smaller and your skull loses volume. Filler can replace the hollowness and give a long-lasting volume which makes you look younger. Many people associate filler to be more invasive than Botox but it's not. It lasts around 12 months and leaves a tighter, lasting effect.
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