Botox Isn't Just for Women Anymore

Botox isn't just for women anymore- this noninvasive cosmetic procedure, which has grown in popularity across the board, actually appeals to a wide range of consumers including men. In the past women have certainly been the traditional target of most cosmetic procedures but circumstances and time have changed and the target audience for cosmetic procedures has changed to reflect it.

Men have traditionally been able to get away with aging in a more graceful and natural manner than women for a wide range of reasons. Whereas grey hair on a woman makes her appear "old" grey hair on a man makes him look "dignified." The fine lines and wrinkles around a woman's eyes may age her where on a man those same lines are deemed character lines.

The introduction to Botox allowed women to stave off the signs of aging around their face or at least reduce the impact of aging on their physical appearance. But now with more older men opting for the procedure as well, Botox has taken on a whole new life and meaning.

For most men who are opting for this procedure, there are a variety of reasons why including the fact that, much like their female counterparts they are fighting the natural indicators of age for reasons of vanity. For some men who are still chronologically young those small lines and early wrinkles that are appearing when they are in their forties are not a welcomed indicator that they have a face with character but are a reminder that they are aging, and not as gracefully as they want to.

However in a new twist more men are opting for noninvasive cosmetic procedures not out of a sense of variety but out of a sense of competition. The tight competition for jobs in poor economic times against younger men has made older males look at their resumes, education and their faces when they go into the job interview. The recent economic downturn has made jobs scarcer and those jobs that are available have more competition than ever before.

Men who have the experience and education to do the job can feel it comes down to looking the part when it comes down to the hiring bottom line. Looking too old with visible wrinkles can make men feel they are working with an open disadvantage to their younger and wrinkle free male competition.

Botox works by paralyzing the muscles that create wrinkles in the first place and stops them from being used. Hence the laugh lines, or frown lines are the first places most people will see wrinkles on their face appear and ironically the easiest wrinkles to eradicate with injections.

Injections are usually done in the doctor's office and the entire procedure only takes a few minutes to do with patients able to return to their normal activities such as work immediately afterwards. There is no down time and getting injections is something most patients can do on their lunch hour making this procedure easy and accessible.