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BOTOX®

Paralyzing those worry muscles

As we age, our skin stretches and loses elasticity. Muscles flex during facial expressions such as frowning and smiling, highlighting fine lines and wrinkles. Utilizing Botox® we can now eliminate the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

The most widely used and accepted injectable cosmetic product Botox®is a simple and safe way to get rid of those annoying fine lines and wrinkles. It is a highly purified protein which when precisely placed, enables the muscles that cause wrinkles to relax. This is extremely effective at smoothing the skin around the eyes and forehead areas. You can receive the treatment in a brief office visit, and return to work, home or school the very same day.

Botox® is FDA approved for all skin types, and treatments are effective for up to four months. The injections are safe enough to be repeated as often as required, until the desired effect is achieved.

During the treatment, the patient is injected several times with a very fine needle in the precise location to relax the facial muscles directly surrounding the injection location and reducing the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles.

Botulinum toxin injections -- commonly known as Botox® therapy – are also used in the treatment of a number of neurological disorders. Botulinum toxin is a protein substance that is directly injected into muscle tissue in order to stop abnormal muscular contraction. It was first used and approved over ten years ago to treat strabismus (misalignment of the eyes). Since then, it has proven effective at treating blepharospasm and hemifacial spasm. It can also provide relief for a number of other neurological disorders characterized by abnormal muscle contraction, including spasmodic torticollis, oromandibular dystonia, and spasmodic dyphonia. Ongoing clinical trials continue to find new uses of botulinum toxin, as well as a better understanding of its potential complications and contraindications.

What is botulinum toxin?
Botulinum toxin is a protein that is produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum. C. botulinum was once known only as the culprit of the often fatal food poisoning known as botulism, which can result from eating improperly canned foods. The bacterium causes muscle paralysis by blocking the presynaptic release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine. Normally, acetylcholine plays a vital role in sending messages from the nerves to the muscles that "tell" the muscles to move. The area where the nerve meets the muscle is called the synapse, and "presynaptic release" refers to the secretion of acetylcholine by the nerve cell. When the synaptic transmission is blocked, the muscle to which that nerve is attached becomes paralyzed.

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