Publication: British Vogue. Published: 21 October 2026. Feature: Now That Botox Is Routine, Why Do Women Still Lie To Men About It?
British Vogue asked Dr Nina Bal, Advanced Facial Aesthetics Clinician and founder of Facial Sculpting, about the patients who keep their treatment to themselves. Her observation in the feature: "There is often a desire to keep treatments private, particularly within relationships where their partner may be sceptical about injectables."
On where the scepticism comes from, she told the magazine: "There is still a stigma around anti-wrinkle injections, particularly among men, who may associate them with looking unnatural and are often influenced by extreme examples in the media."
The feature also picks up a confusion we meet weekly in clinic, which is that wrinkle relaxing injections and dermal fillers are treated as the same thing. They are not. Wrinkle relaxing injections soften the movement that creases the skin, and dermal fillers use hyaluronic acid to restore volume and shape. The two answer different problems, and a plan built on the wrong one is the usual reason a result looks worked on rather than rested.
That distinction is set out treatment by treatment here: anti wrinkle injections and dermal fillers. Which one suits a face is settled at the consultation, and the patient guide sets out what to ask of any practitioner before anything is booked. Current costs are on the prices page.
