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I have large shoes to fill becoming Wigmore’s next Toxin Trainer taking over from Dr Huw Jones who is a very dear friend of mine. I intend to fill them with my considerably daintier but no less potent size 5’s.
I have come full circle: leaving Ireland in 2005 to come and work as Wigmore’s trainer when David Hicks was at the helm; to return again in 2020, a year that is set to be engraved in all our memories (and foreheads) as a year like no other, when so many of our fellow medics have made great sacrifices. I can think of nowhere I would rather be in uncertain times. Wigmore is an institution renowned for its excellence and innovative thinking.
I live and work in Marylebone and have done for many years and my ancestors have been connected to the area for over 200 years—one of whom was William Petty 2nd, Earl of Shelburne. This is local and personal for me. Promoting the area and the businesses in it is a matter close to my heart. I love learning and this is why I think I have always enjoyed educating people so much myself. Constant progress and innovation to improve what I do and can offer both my pupils and patients is my inspiration. I have taught many of the big names in the industry today.
I was originally trained by pioneer Dr Jean Carruthers in the Royal College of Physicians in 2001 and continued my training with Dr Patrick Treacy. I remember saying to Dr Treacy ‘it is an exotoxin clostridium botulinum, we cannot put this into people faces and Dr Treacy said it is given in larger doses to neonatal babies in hospitals for muscular spasms, don’t worry!’ Back then practitioners were putting in 50 units into the glabellar and everyone was frozen devoid of any facial expression. Some might say (after five months of lockdown)—those were the good days!
Nonetheless poisonous substances have long been used in the quest for beauty. We are not reinventing the wheel here. The women of ancient Rome used eyedrops made from the deadly nightshade Atropa Belladonna to dilate their pupils because they found this to be more attractive. Queen Elizabeth used a lead-based makeup known as Venetian Ceruse which was classified as a poison 31 years after her death. The use of poisonous substances to improve the appearance is therefore nothing new.
Julie Redmond will be hosting her second Introduction to Toxins course at Wigmore Medical on Wednesday November the 4th, from 9:30am. For more details or to book, visit wigmoremedical.com/Training, or email arabella@wigmoremedical.com
