Botox
With the advancing age, you may notice fine lies developing on the skin of your face, which mostly tend to occur at the edges of the mouth (smile lines), linearly on the forehead, along the nose and around the eyes (crow’s feet). These wrinkles tend to get deeper and deeper along with the facial expressions as one enters in their late thirties or forties.
Botox is quite a famous dermatological procedure to cut short the hanging muscles so as to tighten them and make the wrinkles disappear.
What is Botox ?
A purified protein produced by Clostridium botulinum bacteria is known as Botox. This protein has been incorporated into wrinkle removing dermatological procedures and is known to contain no side effects and is totally safe for skin use.
How does it work ?
Few drops of this purified bacterial protein are injected via a syringe into the facial muscle producing wrinkles. Its effects begin over the next five to seven days after that.
Botox works in a way that it blocks the motor nerves supplying the muscle which softens the wrinkles of the overlying skin, and they ultimately disappear. The effects may last on an average of three months. This non-surgical approach for face beautification is used over specific muscles, such as those of the forehead, to vanish the linearly lying folds over it, and lifting up the eyebrows, providing the face a younger look.
Which kinds of wrinkles are treated by Botox mostly ?
Most commonly, the wrinkles treated by Botox include those of the forehead, the furrows in between the brows, those around the eyes known as crow’s feet, the frown lines (also known as smile lines) and the wrinkles around the neck.
There is no pain or numbness felt after Botox use.
Botox only elicits change in the muscle that is treated, and the rest of the area remains the same.
Safety profile of Botox :
Use of Botox in excessive sweating :
Besides the eradication of wrinkles, Botox has also shown its use against excessive sweating. It is known to improve this profusely sweating condition, however, the limb, after being treated may experience a little weakness, which will go away after two to three weeks.
This effect of Botox on sweating lasts for at least six months or may be longer.
Uses of Botox :
- For reducing the wrinkles of the forehead, around the eyes, those of the neck and around the mouth
- For lifting the eye brows
- For reducing excessive sweating of the hands, feet and under arms.
Side effects of Botox :
- There is a possibility of slight bruise when Botox is injected into the forehead muscles. This bruise shall eventually fade away with a matter of five to seven days
- There may occur temporary drooping of the eye lid (called ptosis), when injected around this area
- Weakness of muscles in the area of mouth and neck may occur when Botox is injected in this area. This may lead to mild drooling
- When used for treating excessive sweating, mild weakness may develop in the limb treated. This effect shall go away within two to three days
- Although really safe, but Botox must be avoided in pregnancy and by individuals with neurological disorders