John Launer: Botox, lifestyle medicine, and future general practice

Abstract

Some years ago I taught an exceptionally bright young GP on a course. She seemed to grasp the values of the specialty intuitively. I hadn’t heard news of her for a while, but I discovered recently that she runs a private aesthetics clinic, offering botox, fillers, and so forth to people who want to look younger and are happy to pay for this. Forgive me, but my heart sank. It wasn’t the kind of career I’d hoped she might pursue. At the same time, I recognised that she may have made the choice for her own good. We hear a lot …