Botox: Out, Acupuncture: In

New York Times   |  NORA ISAACS   |   December 13, 2007 11:02 AM

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JANE BECKER, a composer and solo pianist, celebrated her 50th birthday at the dermatologist, paying $1,500 for shots of Restylane and Botox. But three months later, their wrinkle-smoothing effects wore off. So, she turned to a less-artificial youth tonic: facial acupuncture.

Like many women who have tried acupuncture in pursuit of beauty, Ms. Becker hoped that having needles strategically inserted into her face would be cheaper and last longer than her birthday injections.

Ms. Becker, now 53, started with 10 sessions in five weeks ($1,000) and has gone for monthly maintenance since ($105 a session).

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- wm1066 See Profile I'm a Fan of wm1066 permalink

After a while your body starts to like acupuncture. Going to the session isn't a problem like going to a regular doctor visit. It's very relaxing.
But you need to have some one who knows what they are doing. Not someone who has taken a weekend seminar on acupuncture.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:51 AM on 12/14/2007
- vivibear See Profile I'm a Fan of vivibear permalink

Every women want to stay young. I saw many ladies on http://femmate.com discussed how to maintain on the board very often.

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- sparkey See Profile I'm a Fan of sparkey permalink

The picture looks like it came from an old Emmanuell movie.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:59 PM on 12/13/2007
- rabun666 See Profile I'm a Fan of rabun666 permalink

Ellyn Burstine[?]the actress used acupuncture for this purpose in the 80's. She went to a doctor of oriental medicine[DOM] in San Francisco. He was a DOM at a college in S.F. where I went to a clinic. he was from China. I went into the clinic one day and mentioned that I might need an antibiotic. He held up a rather long needle saying "this is your antibiotic". The next day I didn't need an antibiotic, the acupuncture addressed and healed the problem.

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