Stiff upper lip stays in Florida

– Quarantined Florida residents worried about their laughter lines and crows’ feet need frown no longer – Botox is back, and it’s being offered at a drivethrough.

On 4 May, the US state allowed a partial relaxing of restrictions imposed to slow the coronavirus pandemic. That means certain elective medical procedures could resume, including Botox injections and cosmetic surgery.

Michael Salzhauer, a plastic surgeon known as “Dr Miami”, who has also starred in a reality television show, has been conducting drivethru Botox injections in the garage of his building in the posh Miami neighbourhood of Bal Harbour.

Salzhauer said the idea struck him as he was sitting in his car waiting for a blood test for Covid-19 antibodies.

“The areas that we inject Botox are the upper face, exactly the parts of the face that aren’t covered by the mask, so it’s really ideal,” Salzhauer said, while wearing a mask, face shield and surgical gown as he waited for his next drive-up patient.

Patients sign up online, paying an average of $600 (R10 000) each for a stippling of shots across their foreheads. – Reuters

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