Botox

Dynamic wrinkles are caused by contractions of the delicate underlying facial muscles every time you smile, laugh or frown. The more emotions you show, the deeper these wrinkles and lines are likely to be. While you may have earned every one of your worry lines, you don’t have to show them anymore.

Now, thanks to a new use for an approved drug, dynamic lines can be dramatically softened. The procedure known as cosmetic denervation uses Botox injections to improve the appearance of worry lines, frown lines, laugh lines, crow’s feet and other dynamic wrinkles. Other applications include sweat control, facial reshaping (reduce square jaw), facial rejuvination reduce pores, oil control, and calf reshaping.

 How does Botox work?
Botox blocks impulses from the nerve to the tiny facial muscles that are related to expression lines. Botox relaxes the muscles so they do not contract. After treatment, the overlying skin remains smooth and unwrinkled while the untreated facial muscles contract in a regular fashion, allowing normal facial expression to be unaffected.

 

 Are Botox treatments safe?
Botox injections have been used safely and effectively for over ten years to treat many ophthalmological and neurological disorders. Each year, thousands of patients receive Botox treatments for a variety of conditions and it is quickly becoming a popular treatment for reversing the visible signs of aging.

 What is the treatment like?
Cosmetic denervation with Botox is a simple and safe procedure. Using a tiny micro-needle, small amounts of Botox are injected, very precisely, into several locations on the face. Because the needle is so fine and only a small amount of liquid is used, the pain associated with the injection is minimal. Most patients compare the sensation to a bug bite. No sedation or local anesthetic is required. Most of the time, we numb the area to be treated with an ice ball to avoid any discomfort with the injection.