Botox Cosmetic Treatment

Botox is the abbreviated term for “Botulinum Toxin.” The properties of Botulinum Toxin have been known the medical world for over a century. The essential property of Botulinum Toxin is that it can paralyze muscles. This unique property of Botulinum has been put to effective medical use in minute doses for reducing facial lines, creases and wrinkles.

Basically, the muscles that create our facial expressions are not required for any other function than making expressions. Therefore, people who are very expressive by nature and tend to make more use of these facial muscles to communicate, usually end up with a lot of facial lines, creases and wrinkles.

This is where Botulinum Toxin is put to good use. It can help relax or paralyze the specific muscles that are causing wrinkles or frown lines on the face. An extremely diluted form of Botulinum Toxin in a very minimal quantity is used to cause relaxation of the particular muscles that are causing wrinkles. The muscle becomes just weak enough to not cause the wrinkle for 6-8 months.

Dr. Foster says Botox has created a new non-surgical era in treatment of wrinkles. If the treatment is administered skillfully the results are nothing short of sheer magic. However, Dr. Foster cautions that the results of Botox treatment are not permanent. One has to remember that Botulinum is a toxin and it must be used only in tiny controlled quantities. It is safe to repeat the treatment after a year the first time, and perhaps a year and a half the second time, and probably two years the third time. The more you use it, the longer it lasts. $1025 can treat the whole face. Real experts can sculpt the face with precision injections of Botox to relax depressor muscles of the mouth and eyebrows resulting in a slight elevation of the corners of the mouth and ends of the eybrows. It's magic in a syringe.

Botox treatment is frequently used in combination with facelift or other cosmetic surgical procedures. It is particularly ideal for people who are over-expressive. For instance, a person who has developed a frowning expression may not be angry at all, but their face may wrongly convey the message of anger. For such cases, Botox is life changing.

Dr. Foster also emphasizes that only official, standardized FDA approved Botox must be used on the patients, considering the sensitive nature of this treatment. Dangerous copycat treatments are out there. There has never been a really serious reaction to Allergan's Botox Cosmetic.

Facial Collagen Injections are an Outdated Treatment

Dr. Foster is of the firm opinion that Collagen is a thing of the past. Collagen has already been replaced by more effective and safer Dermal Fillers. Collagen is produced from animal proteins, and the human body has a tendency to develop allergy against any kind of animal proteins. Juvederem, Restylane and Sculptra are 100% naturally occurring molecules. Allergy is impossible. Botox combined with these Dermal Fillers is a far superior replacement for Collagen Injections. Collagen is a 20th century technology that has been surpassed by Botox and the hyaluronic Dermal Fillers of the 21st century.

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