BOTOX® Cosmetic is commonly used for smoothing of the skin around the eyes,noses and faces. It is an alternative to surgery.It reduces horizontal creases in forehead, reduces frown lines and minimizes the looks of crows' feet or smile lines around the eyes.
How skin ages and wrinkles is a complex process. There are many causes that can contribute to having such unwanted shik. The lines that appear between your brows (glabellar lines) actually result from muscle movement and the passage of time. If you're angry or annoyed, for example, you knit your brows together. Underneath your skin, your facial muscles contract, cause a pleating of the overlying skin, and then, as anyone can see, you're frowning. After years of crinkling and wrinkling, those glabellar lines start to linger longer and can become more pronounced. For women, whose faces tend to be more animated than men's, and whose skin is typically more delicate, these lines may appear exaggerated and more permanent.
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What exactly is BOTOX® Cosmetic?
BOTOX® Cosmetic is a purified protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. It is a non-surgical, physician-administered treatment that can temporarily reduce moderate to severe frown lines between the brows. During treatment, very low doses of BOTOX® Cosmetic are administered via a few tiny injections directly into the muscles that cause those stubborn lines. The treatment is usually done in about 10 minutes, and no recovery time is needed. Results may vary.
BOTOX is introduced into the muscles and relaxes the tiny facial muscles that cause expression lines, leaving the overlying skin smooth and unwrinkled. BOTOX works on the specific areas treated. Other muscles like those used to raise the eyebrows are not affected so a natural expression is maintained and soften the looks. After the injection, it takes 2-3 days to see the dramatic changes and around 7 days to see the full effect. The treatment will last around six to nine months, the result will fade away slowly and expression lines slowly return. After 2-3 years of repeated treatment it will gradually require less frequent treatment in the future to maintain the results. Those moderate to severe frown lines between your brows form over time as the result of muscle activity. BOTOX is injected directly into the muscles between your brows. It works by blocking the transmission of nerve impulses to the injected muscles; this reduces the activity of the muscles that cause those persistent lines to form.
