Botox® Injections

BOTOX® is a medication used to temporarily paralyze muscle function. It stands for Botulinum Toxoid. It was created originally to treat certain eye conditions, mainly crossed eyes. BOTOX® was found to relieve facial spasms and neck banding when injected at these sites.. This results in smoother and younger looking skin around the injected areas.

Physicians are now utilizing BOTOX® to erase wrinkles and relax muscles in specific facial areas such as vertical forehead frown creases and crow’s-feet around the eyes. Some physicians use it to minimize neck banding. This use will give a younger looking skin to the face and neck without surgery.

BOTOX® is injected directly into the frown muscle or the wrinkle area. Within 24-72 hours the muscles will relax and the wrinkles and frown disappear. The frustrated, tired and angry look on the face will disappear and the patient will look younger with a smoother skin.

It takes few minutes to inject BOTOX® and its effects last for few months (3-6 months). The treatment has to be repeated as the wrinkles or frown will re-appear. With repeated injection the effects might stay longer.

There have been no reports of permanent damage caused by the injection of BOTOX®. Local bruise at the site of injection or slight drop of the eyelid are usually temporary side effects in some cases. In general, the use of BOTOX® has proved to be safe in the hands of the specialist.

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