Botox

Botox:

Botox has been safely used for more than twenty years in clinical and cosmetic medicine. Botox is injected into selected muscles and works by inducing temporary relaxing of these muscles. It does not affect sensation. Botox is used cosmetically to soften dynamic wrinkling of the skin; i.e. those wrinkles caused by muscle action. The common areas treated by Botox are the frown lines between the eyebrows, the furrows in the forehead, "crow's feet" around the eyes and lines in the upper lip. The onset of action is three to fourteen days after injection. The effect of Botox may last only three to four months and then further injections will be needed to maintain the effect. (Subsequent treatments may last longer as the affected muscles atrophy from disuse.)

Rarely there may be mild discomfort or bruising at the injection sites. Persons with neuromuscular disease such as myasthenia gravis are not candidate for Botox injections.