Before anyone ops for surgery they should first invest time in training to get as much out of it as they can. Then, if results of their training stops short of their goal, by that time, electing to have surgery, they’ll find they won’t have need for as much surgery and their skin will be in far better shape for healing. Once all is healed, they should jump back into their training and not let it happen again! What are your thoughts on Botox?

The most popular cosmetic procedure today is Botox. This procedure has done much to build my business. I have many clients who decided to give FlexEffect a try after trying a few injections of Botox.

Paralyzing muscles (corrugators) to prevent frowning also causes those muscles to atrophy: within six weeks as much as half of muscle is lost to atrophy. Over a period of time, repeated injections will result in hooded lids (drooping upper eyelids). The area of injection also becomes extremely flat. This is not what I would call a fair trade off.

For every person trying to eliminate a line or furrow through Botox, there is a trainee eliminating same line and furrow through FlexEffect – without side effects.

What type of changes should one expect to see?

Initially, change most Flexers comment on about three weeks into their training is how their face feels different to touch. They notice increased tautness and thickness in cheek and mouth area. Lips become more defined, and there is an increase in facial oil production. This is a real bonus since it is natural oil that holds moisture in skin -- bye bye dry skin! Three months will bring a visual lift in cheeks, even more firmness, and smooth skin where there used to be fine lines. In six months, friends will be asking you to teach them exercises.

How does Flexeffect affect skin?

Without doubt, Flexeffect is a tremendous benefit to skin. The supply of blood to a contracting muscle is ten times greater than normal. Resistance Training brings a vigorous supply of blood to surface. This blood carries vital oxygen and nutrients to skin and growing tissue, while carrying away old and damaged cells. With this constant flushing of oxygen and nutrients, skin cells become healthier. Before a cell dies, it clones itself. This newly cloned cell will become healthier before cloning itself -- and so on, and so on. This means better skin tone and better texture. The bottom line: you cannot beef-up muscle without beefing-up its surrounding tissue.

Like any form of fitness training, FlexEffect takes time and discipline. Muscle builds fast but it’s going to take your skin considerably longer (re-cycling of cells) to show benefit of your training. Give yourself a year. I know a year sounds like a long time, but it’s worth it. Besides, you’ll be watching your face improve from month to month. Can’t get more exciting than that!

So if you have M.E./CFS, it is likely that you may have developed an intolerance to alcohol.

And that's not forgetting that alcohol also affects effects of antidepressants (often prescribed to CFS sufferers to treat their fatigue and to help sufferers sleep)! So if you're taking antidepressants, it's definitely something to bear in mind.

Having CFS/FM can be a very lonely and devastating experience and depression can be a very real and serious symptom for many CFS/FM sufferers.

So last thing you need is to take substances that make you feel worse.

And guess what?

Yep, you've guess it, alcohol is also a depressant. So it's not a great thing to drink if you're depressed! And according to Dr Shepherd, many sufferers sadly do turn to alcohol...

But alcohol is no answer.

Apart from probably making you feel depressed, you could also develop an alcohol dependency!

What's more, if you **are** alcohol intolerant, then it would make it much harder for yourself to recover from M.E./CFS (pretty much impossible even), while you keep putting alcohol in your body.

And here's some more 'food for thought'...

When you think about how badly a CFS sufferer can be affected by **one** alcoholic drink, then how badly could alcohol be affecting you if you're drinking more???

So there you go - a whole list of reasons why you might think twice about drinking anything remotely alcoholic while you have CFS/M.E.

While you may no longer be alcohol intolerant once you have recovered from CFS/M.E., it may well be a major culprit for preventing you from **recovering** from your CFS/M.E while you still have it.

I didn't know about possible effects of alcohol when I first had CFS/M.E...

... and I suffered consequences. My M.E./CFS got worse. A lot worse. And I was only having a couple of drinks now and again!

So I hope this article arms you with enough info for you to make an educated decision about alcohol either way. You never know - it may well make difference...

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