BOTOX for MEN and WOMEN

BOTOX® is the commercial tradename for Botulinum Toxin Type A. Botox® is a toxin produced by a bacteria called botulinum. Botox® will dramatically improve (and often eliminate) horizontal forehead creases, scowl lines between your eyebrows, crow's feet, and vertical wrinkles of your upper lip.    

When injected into muscles, Botulinum Toxin has a local effect. It blocks transmission between the nerve endings and muscle fibres around the injection site to cause weakness of the nearby muscle. Dynamic wrinkles, such as crow's feet, frown lines, and forehead wrinkles, are due to repetitive facial expression. Weakening the muscles responsible for these facial expressions can dramatically improve these wrinkles. With Botox®, these muscles can be weakened without detracting from your facial expressiveness.

Who can have Botox® treatment?

Your doctor will decide if you can have cosmetic treatment with botox. Before starting treatment, tell your doctor if you have any disorders that affect your nerves and muscles, if you are breastfeeding, or if you are planning to become pregnant soon.

The Botox injection procedure

Botox® can be injected by your cosmetition specialist in the office. You may experience brief mild discomfort as you are being injected. Prior to injection, your doctor will determine where to administer the injections by examining your ability to move certain muscles in your brow area. Following injection, recovery is immediate: you may place make-up and return to work immediately. A few experience mild bruising that improves within a few days. You will begin to see improvement in your wrinkles within 24 hours and continue to see improvement for 5 days. The entire botox injection procedure takes approximately 10 minutes and does not require anaesthesia. Discomfort is usually minimal and brief.

How often can Botox injections be given?

You can receive botox injections every 4-6 months. With repeated treatments, thinning of the muscles occurs, which produces longer lasting results.

Possible side-effects of Botox

Botox® is proven to be safe and effective. Over the past 20 years, Botulinum Toxin Type A has been evaluated in more than 200 studies. There are no documented systemic complications associated with Botox® injections. Botox® has been widely used for more than 11 years with over 1 million people.

In very rare cases the above mentioned side effects were registered:

- headache
- flu-like symptoms
- temporary eyelid droop
- nausea
- squint/double vision
- twitching of the eye
- facial pain
- redness at the injection site
- muscle weakness

Cautions/contra-indications

Do not have botox treatment if you:

- have an infection where botox will be injected
- are allergic to any of the ingredients
- are pregnant or think you might be pregnant
- have a neurological disorder (eg. Myasthenia Gravis)

There are also a number of medicines that may interact with botox (eg. quinidine, some antibiotics). It is important to tell your doctor if you are taking any medication.

You can avoid most complications by choosing the right cosmetic surgeon and following pre- and post treatment instructions.

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