OK I’ll admit it, I have been a total wimp about getting treatments on myself!  A great opportunity presented to me a few weeks ago where I was handed samples of a new topical anaesthetic cream and asked to assess it’s effectiveness. 

The best way to do this I proposed was to try comparing our existing cream (cream 1) to the new cream (cream 2).  In order to do this I had cream 1 applied to the right half of my upper face and cream 2 applied to the left half of my upper face.  Having done this and judging that my entire upper face was feeling a bit numb I felt the best way to truely test it was to puncture the skin!  Then I figured if I was going to this extreme I should make good use of it so each puncture was to administer some Btox. Naturally this didn’t hurt a bit!  Very effective way to eliminate pain (even if it is pretty minor according to most reports). 

Pity it took my face about 6 hours to feel normal again…So now I have gorgeous wrinkle free skin on my forehead, no smile lines and no frown lines!  My question now is should we offer a pain free service for wimps like me for Btox, the same as we use for lip enhancement and facial fillers?

- Dr Janelle Hall