Archive for June, 2008

Botox wipes the grin off Shadbolt’s face (+photos) (The New Zealand Herald)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Tim Shadbolt says his first experience with Botox was also his last. The Invercargill Mayor - a former Aucklander - received two Botox injections near his eyes after volunteering for an extreme makeover competition organised by a beauty clinic in his adopted town.

Sex and the City (2008) (New York Times)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Carrie Bradshaw in New Line Cinema’s “Sex and the City”.

Shadbolt gets Botox makeover (NZPA via Yahoo!Xtra News)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt turns up his nose at face creams but has stepped up for Botox — albeit for charity.

Shadbolt prefers rough to the smooth (Otago Daily Times)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Believing it would take nitroglycerine to remove all the wrinkles on his face caused by his trademark grin, Tim Shadbolt said his first experience with botox was likely to be his last.

Oakland police pay off on gun buybacks (San Francisco Chronicle)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Botox, beer, savings accounts - that’s a sampling of how 209 Oakland residents plan to spend small windfalls they received Saturday from the Police Department’s no-questions-asked gun buyback program. “I’m getting Botox. I know it sounds horrible, but that’s…

Doctor makes big splash at picnic (Akron Beacon Journal)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

The youngsters agree there’s nothing mean-spirited about the shots they get from Dr. Suneet Sahgal. He is, after all, the director of the spasticity program at Akron Children’s Hospital. And the injections of Botox are strictly medical.

Get Botox, Land That Job! (US News & World Report)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

A new study suggests that it could happen, but I think it’s hype.

Houston Physician Sentenced For Fake Botox (KPRC Local 2 Houston)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

HOUSTON — A federal judge sentenced a physician who injected more than 170 patients with a product unsuitable for human use to 27 months in federal prison, U.S. Attorney Don DeGabrielle announced Friday.

Houston physician sentenced for administering fake Botox (KXAN 36 Austin)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

HOUSTON (AP) - A federal judge in Houston today ordered 27 months in prison for a physician who injected more than 170 patients — with fake botox. Prosecutors say the product used by Doctor Gayle Rothenberg is unsuitable for human use.

Houston doctor gets prison for injecting fake Botox (Houston Chronicle)

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Dr. Gayle Rothenberg was convicted last year of injecting unsuspecting patients with fake Botox. “I made a mistake and it became a federal case,” she told the judge before he imposed her sentence.