Botox®
Botox is the world's number one cosmetic medical procedure. A twenty minute procedure can soften frown lines, forehead lines and crow's feet as well as give the face a fresh look. If performed well it will have people asking "You look good, what are you doing?" Your friends don't have to know.
Botox relaxes the facial muscles that promote facial lines. At $16.50 a unit a typical frown line treatment will cost $330.
Many facial wrinkles occur when we use our muscles to form facial expressions. The wrinkles formed during these expressions are called dynamic wrinkles. For example, when we smile our eye wrinkles become prominent and when we frown the vertical lines between our eyebrows become noticeable.
When we are young our skin springs back to its initial position after facial expression, but as we get older dynamic wrinkles remain on the skin to form static wrinkles: these are the wrinkles and folds that are present at rest. This process occurs because natural substances such as collagen (the major structural protein in the skin), elastin (the protein that causes tissue to stretch) and hyaluronic acid (which gives skin volume) decrease with age. This. together with environmental factors such as exposure to sunlight, smoking and stress all contribute to the creation of wrinkles and folds.
What is Botox® treatment?
Botox® is a natural, purified protein that relaxes wrinkle-causing muscles creating a rejuvenated appearance. The active ingredient in Botox® treatment is derived from bacteria in much the same way penicillin is derived from mould. It is manufactured in sterile laboratory conditions. Botox® is a prescription-only medicine and treatment is only available from a qualified medical professional. It is registered for the treatment of crow's feet (the lines that radiate from the corner of your eye when you smile or squint), forehead lines (the horizontal lines that form when you raise your eyebrows) and glabellar frown lines (the vertical lines that appear between your eyebrows when you frown).
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