BOTOX® COSMETIC INJECTIONS
BOTOX® Cosmetic is the most popular cosmetic procedure in the world. Derived from a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, it has a number of therapeutic applications, but is best known for its ability to remove facial wrinkles.
Choosing to Get BOTOX Cosmetic: Who’s a Good Candidate? Patients who receive BOTOX injections are typically between the ages of 18 to 65. People with facial infections, egg allergies, or botulinum hypersensitivity may need to consider other alternatives. Women who are pregnant or nursing should not use BOTOX treatments.
BOTOX works by blocking impulses from certain facial nerves, so that other muscles are able to pull the skin tighter than before. Injecting BOTOX takes only about 15 minutes and requires no anaesthetic, so it’s a great alternative to surgery. You and your health care professional will discuss the goals of the treatment, and they will then identify the points of injection.
BOTOX is best suited to addressing the following issues**:
- Forehead lines
- Frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines)
- Lines beside the eyes (crow’s feet)
- Lines around the mouth and lips (perioral wrinkles)
