HEALTH BLOGS
HEALTH BLOGS
category: health
08 Sep 2008
Here is an interview with the single largest user of collagen in the world. A day in the life of the King of Collagen, you might say. If you’ve thought about dermatological injections, you should definitely check it out…

Dr Frederic Brandt has several claims to fame. He is, for instance, the largest user of injectable collagen and Botox - in the world. ‘I just love fillers!’ he tells me. And how. When we meet at his New York clinic he wastes no time in revealing that he regularly injects himself.

‘The last session I did was six-and-a-half vials!’ His face is a smooth, jowl-free mask. Imagine a tub of frozen yoghurt, not a single line or wrinkle. He is cosmetic medicine’s Peter Pan.

In fact, in the 25 years since he began practising (Brandt set up shop in 1982 after completing both an oncology and dermatology residency at medical school in Philadelphia) he has personally tested every procedure and product he uses in his clinics - on himself.

All of which has made the 59-year-old Brandt surreally young-looking, and very rich. He is the Baron of Botox, the King of Collagen. His clients pay up to $7,000 for a full face of injections and come to him from all over the world, some as often as six times a year.

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