Botox Cosmetic is safe, effective and affordable. After years of squinting, laughing, frowning, smoking, and worrying, the skin around the eyes, forehead and lips often develops deep expression lines and wrinkles. These lines and wrinkles make you appear older, tired or stressed.

 

What is BOTOX® Cosmetic?
BOTOX® Cosmetic is a therapeutic muscle-relaxing agent derived from the bacterium, Clostridium Botulinum. For over a decade ophthalmologists have used BOTOX® Cosmetic for its original intention, the treatment of blepharospasm. Providers have utilized BOTOX® Cosmetic for years as a cosmetic treatment to correct visible signs of stress and aging.

 

What is a BOTOX® Cosmetic treatment like?
With a very fine needle, BOTOX® Cosmetic is injected into the specific muscle that is contracting and causing the lines and wrinkles on the face. Treatment takes approximately 10 minutes. The pain is a minimal “pin prick” and no anesthetic is required. Immediately following your treatment with BOTOX® Cosmetic, you may resume regular activities!

 

Are there any possible side effects of BOTOX®?
Side effects of BOTOX® Side effects of BOTOX® Cosmetic, if any, are usually mild and temporary. Botulinum toxin contains proteins, which in some circumstances may be naturally safeguarded against by the body’s ability to produce antibodies. If antibodies are formed, the therapy will generate a lesser response. Temporary bruising after Botox injections is sometimes experienced, though this symptom resolves itself within 2 to 3 days. In rare cases, there can be a slight drooping of an eyelid or asymmetry of expression. If this should happen, please follow up with your medical aesthetician.

What Should I tell my Provider about Medicines and Vitamins I take?

Using BOTOX® Cosmetic with certain medicines may cause serious side effects.

• Do not start any new medicines until you have told your provider that you have received BOTOX® Cosmetic in the past.
• Tell your provider if you have received an injection with another botulinum toxin product in the last 4 months, such as Myobloc®, Dysport®, or Xeomin®. Be sure your doctor knows which product you received.​
• Tell your provider about all prescription and over-the-counter medicines and supplements you take including: vitamins and herbal products; recent antibiotic injections; anticholinergics; muscle relaxants; allergy or cold medicine; sleep medicine; aspirin-like products; and blood thinners.
• Ask your provider if you are not sure whether your medicine is listed above.

 

What Should I tell my Provider before treatment?

• Tell your provider about all your muscle or nerve conditions, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease), myasthenia gravis, or Lambert-Eaton syndrome, as you may be at increased risk of serious side effects.
• Tell your provideif you have or have had bleeding issues; plan to or have had surgery; have forehead muscle weakness such as trouble raising your eyebrows; drooping eyelids; or any changes to your face.​
• Tell your provide if you are pregnant, plan to become pregnant, are breastfeeding or plan to breast feed. It is not known if BOTOX® Cosmetic can harm your unborn baby or if BOTOX® Cosmetic passes into breast milk.

 

What type of results will I see with BOTOX®?

Typically, the effect of BOTOX® Cosmetic is visible within 3 days. Maximum benefits are reached between 10 to 14 days. Once the muscle relaxes and the skin softens, you will have a more relaxed and youthful appearance.