Originally published May 8 2005
Botox treatments becoming part of many 'to-do' lists for weddings
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
More and more people who are planning weddings are adding Botox treatments to their list of things to do before the big day, some experts say. At least one Canadian cosmetic surgeon says that, increasingly, people who have had Botox procedures in the back of their mind are using their upcoming weddings as an excuse to finally go through with the ordeal. "A bride doesn't want to look angry in her wedding photos," the surgeon said.
Before discovering Botox, Marc Roy's best defence against his hyperactive sweat glands was three undershirts.
They worked to a point, but after the public relations consultant got engaged, he was prepared to take bolder measures -- partly because he didn't want the added bulk under his wedding tux.
"A friend told me he'd had Botox injections in his forehead to stop excessive sweating and thought it might help me," says Roy, 30, who paid $1,000 for injections in his armpits about four weeks before getting hitched in Montreal last May. "My skin was very dry quite a while afterwards.
"A bride doesn't want to look angry in her wedding photos," says Carruthers.
Last week I had a mother of a bride come in, joking that she wanted to look better than the mother of the groom."
Determined to be the most gorgeous of grooms for their wedding last December, Toronto-based account managers Rob Serediuk and Greg McInnis opted for Botox injections to smooth out worry lines on their 33-year-old foreheads and eyes (McInnis also had Restylane injections to eliminate frown lines around his mouth).
"We're doing tons of tummy tucks and breast work on those heading into a second marriage," says Dr. Marc DuP�r�, a Toronto cosmetic plastic surgeon for whom pre-wedding treatments amount to five per cent of his business (in fact, he's attended the weddings of three clients).
Vanity has long been a welcome guest at weddings -- it's not uncommon for modern brides to have a makeup artist and hairstylist on the big day.
But thanks in large part to the slew of cosmetic surgery reality TV shows in recent years, plastic surgery now also has a place at the altar.
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