A group of researchers working with the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) sent questionnaires last March to 687 patients who had received Botox and/or wrinkle filler treatment.
The findings indicate that wrinkle treatments, such as Botox or Juvederm, are more ‘mainstream’ than people once thought. Some of those noteworthy findings are as follows:
- Most survey respondents described themselves as healthy individuals. 95 percent of them reported exercising and 78 percent cited healthy eating habits.
- Nearly 70 percent of the respondents who had been treated with Botox also opted for dermal filler treatment.
- Who is the ‘typical’ patient? According to the survey results, she’s “a married, working mother between 41-55 years of age with a household income of under $100,000.”
- 66 percent of the respondents said they received Botox treatment 2-3 times per year.
- 72 percent of the respondents chose Botox to treat glabellar lines – the vertical lines that appear between your eyebrows.
- 63 percent of the respondents chose dermal fillers to treat facial wrinkles and folds, mostly the nasolabial folds or ‘smile lines’ that travel from the nose to each side of the mouth.
- 87 percent reported that they discussed their treatments with others, and 70 percent said they received support from the people they told.
A full summary of the results is available (in MS Word) here.
