Category: Botox

The Difference between Men and Women with Botox Injections

Botox exerts its effects through a muscle weakening or paralyzing effect. Like all drugs, its effectiveness is going to be dose-dependent. How much Botox® is injected will determine how much weakening of the muscle will occur and to what degree of improvement is seen in the undesired facial expression. The higher the dose given, the Read More…

Improving the Safety of Botox

Botox, the world’s #1 cosmetic facial treatment, comes in a bottle in a powder form. If you look at a bottle on its arrival and hold it up to the light, you would swear there was nothing in it. The amount of powder is so small, and the toxin that it carries so powerful, that Read More…

Botox – Injectors, Preparation, and Effectiveness

Botox is the #1 injectable cosmetic treatment and has been largely responsible for the wave of non-invasive aesthetic office treatments and for the widespread development of the medical spa concept. It has also been the major impetus for the number of non-cosmetic physicians offering beauty treatments. The simplicity of its use and the predictability Read More…

Botox, Surgical Decompression and Migraine Headache Relief

The treatment of migraine headache patients by Botox injections has been shown to be effective in specific patients who have identifiable triggers of the supraorbital and supratrochlear, zygomaticotemporal, greater occipital, and septal trigeminal nerves. The temporary relief from Botox has led to the concept that relieving pressure on the nerves by muscle resection (surgical Read More…

Botox and Injectable Fillers – Clearing Up The Confusion

A week does not go by that I do not find several patients that have confused Botox with injectable fillers in terms of what it can do for in-office facial wrinkle and line reduction. I have heard many patients say “Can you fill up my lips with Botox’ or ‘I need a filler between my eyes Read More…

The Treatment of Upper Lip Wrinkles

I read a recent article that reports that drinking directly from water bottles can cause just as many upper lip wrinkles as smoking. I wouldn’t doubt it as any activity that makes your lips pucker, which activates the orbicularis oris muscle which encircles the mouth, can cause wrinkles to appear on the upper lip. Read More…

Getting Rid Of Those Crow’s Feet

Lines around the eyes give a variety of emotional expressions, most of which convey a negative impression. These periocular lines, or crow’s feet as they are commonly referred to, are the result of normal but excessive muscle action of the underlying orbicularis oculi or sphincter muscle of the eye. As wrinkle lines form perpendicular Read More…

A Minor Browlift with Botox

Botox is now the most well known injectable cosmetic facial treatment and is phenomenally effective at reducing undesired lines of facial expression, particularly in the forehead and eye area. The temporary paralysis effect of Botox works by reducing muscle pull on the overlying skin. Since lines and wrinkles form on the face from the pull Read More…

Cheek Augmentation with Injectable Fillers

As we age, one of the many facial changes is the loss of volume in the cheek area. This is most apparent in patients that are thin or have a normal age-appropriate weight. The cheek prominences become less and more saggy. In addition, the area below the cheek bone known as the submalar or Read More…

Masster Muscle Reduction with Botox Injections

Botox, the world’s most popular injectable cosmetic treatment, works by providing a temporary muscle paralyzing effect reducing or eliminating unwanted facial expressions. The vast majority of Botox used for this purpose is done in the forehead and around the eyes. In the masseter muscle, however, repeated Botox injections over time can actually reduce the Read More…