Wrinkles

... The Brandon Sun: Online Edition Saturday, February 11th 2006 Quick Navigation -- Classifieds Contact Us Fund Raising History Media Guide News - Local News - Provincial News - National News - World News - Lifestyles News - Entertainment Obituaries Opinion Press Pass Privacy Policy RSS Feeds Site Map Sports Home local provincial national world opinion sports lifestyles entertainment Classifieds Obituaries Media Guide Contact us RSS feeds TV Listings Archive Letter To the Editor Submit Classified ad Fund Raising Privacy Policy Site Map Saturday, February 11th, 2006 More than just Botox By: Carolyn Stuart Email Story Printer Friendly Version If you saw the movie Christmas with the Kranks, you will undoubtedly remember the scene in which Tim Allen’s face is frozen in time because of Botox.

It’s very funny, but not real.

Botox has been the butt of many jokes and cartoons.

“I don’t think people really understand Botox, and when it’s portrayed in the movies or in jokes, it gives Botox a bad reputation.

But it’s such an effective treatment, and it’s safe,” said Dr.

Barb Kelleher.

“It doesn’t paralyze the muscle; it weakens it by blocking the nerve endings.

Once it’s injected, it never dissipates more than one centimetre from the injection site.” Kelleher, who just opened Kelleher Medical Clinic in the Chancellor Building on 18th Street last month, has been a family physician for almost 15 years.

She supervised the treatments at Simple Solutions in the Western Medica...

Read more...