Botox®
BOTOX® Cosmetic is a simple, nonsurgical, physician-administered treatment that can temporarily smooth moderate to severe frown lines between the brows in people from 18 to 65 years of age. It is the only treatment of its type approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
One 10-minute treatment—a few tiny injections—and within days there's a noticeable improvement in moderate to severe frown lines between the brows, which can last up to 4 months. Results may vary.
In 2005, almost 3.3 million procedures were performed with FDA-approved BOTOX® Cosmetic.
What Is Botox® ?
Botox has, more recently, also been used to temporarily improve the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines.
As we get older, the lines created from repeated facial expressions, such as frowning and squinting form wrinkles. Wrinkles can give us the appearance of not only aging, but of worry or even anger. Botox has helped many people worldwide greatly reduce the appearance of frown lines or wrinkles, giving them a more relaxed and refreshed appearance.
Botox is short for "Botulinum Toxin A", a specific class of drugs, which contains a therapeutic muscle-relaxing agent. The Botox injectable treatment causes the release of acetylcholine to be blocked which affects the motor nerve endings (or nerves that lead to muscles). This causes muscles to relax.
It is important to mention that Botox is NOT a filler. It contains an agent to temporarily paralyze the muscles it is injected in to.
How Does Botox® Work?
Botox is a non-surgical and non-invasive procedure to treat wrinkles. Small amounts of Botox are injected into the wrinkle-producing muscles of the face. For example, when Botox is injected into the muscles surrounding the eyes, those muscles will not be able to contract for a period of time, causing crow's feet to disappear temporarily. Repeated sessions are suggested for more long-term results.
Botox is a very effective and relatively inexpensive way to look younger.
Should you try Botox® ?
If you want to look your best and this is a priority, Botox may be the answer for you. Many men and women suffer from frown lines, crow's feet or wrinkles, causing them to look older, tired, stressed or even angry.
Botox is a very effective solution to reduce muscle-related (expression lines) wrinkles.
Most Botox patients are younger than 65. It is important to know that even this treatment has pre-requesites. If you have one of the following conditions, Botox should not be used:
• pregnancy
• breastfeeding
• on certain medications
• suffer from a neurologic disease
