Botox® Cosmetic

Frown lines (Glabella)

This is what patients refer to as the 11. There are two muscles involved, the procerus and the two corrugators. Botox is injected in the belly of these muscles. Base line to relax these muscles require 20 units but could use more for frozen look. Bigger or stronger muscles requires more. Men usually require more units than women.

Forehead lines

This is the frontalis muscle or the forehead horizontal lines across the forehead that are caused by elevating the eyebrows. Botox in this area helps to relax the muscle and flatten the forehead wrinkles. This area requires minimum of 15-20 units depending on the size of the forehead. It may require more in sever line or wider forehead.

Crows Feet

These are the lines you see when someone smiles at the corner of the eye By placing Botox superficially into the muscle that surrounds the eye, softening or elimination of the lines around the eye occur. This area require 10-12.5 units on each side.

Bunny lines

These are lines seen on the bridge of the bridge of the nose. Botox to this area will relax the nasalis muscle, soften or remove the lines. This are requires 3-5 units on each side.

Wrinkles under eye

Small amounts of Botox can be placed under the eye to help soften fine lines or minimize the wrinkles under the eye when smiling. This procedure also helps to open eye aperture when smiling. This require 3-5 units under each eye.

Lateral brow lift

Injecting Botox into the lateral eyebrow muscles can create a 2-3mm lift of the eyebrows. This is great for patients that needs some elevation of the eyebrow. This require 2-3 units on each side.

Smoker’s lines

Lines above the lip can be caused by age, lack of estrogen hormone, smoking, heredity, or drinking out of straws. These lines can be softened or eliminated by placing Botox into the muscle that surrounds the lips. By softening the pull of this muscle, the lines improve as well as prevent new lines from forming.

Lip flip

By placing Botox into the border of the lip, the lip rolls up, causing the upper lip to show more lips. This procedure helps flip the lip back up, into the position it once was in when the patient was younger. This require about 10 units.

Neck muscle bands (Nefertiti lift)

As we age the platysma muscle bands start to show at rest and with facial expression. Injecting Botox into the muscle that draws the jowls and neck down, the neck can look rejuvenated and the jawline can look more defined. This procedure works best on patients with mild to moderate skin laxity of the neck. Doses vary depending on severity. Sever laxity require neck and or face lift.

Chin

By placing Botox into the muscle located in the chin, it helps to soften the skin of the chin, creating a smoother appearance.

Gummy smile

Gummy smiles occur for a variety of reasons, most commonly a short upper lip, excessive gum tissue or small teeth, all of which are genetic. Injecting Botox into this area improve the smile and show less gums.

Hyperhidrosis/ Excessive underarm, hand or feet sweating

Excessive sweating is a common disorder which causes a lot of embarrassment. An estimated 2%-3% of Americans suffer from excessive sweating of the underarms or of the palms and soles of the feet.

Sweating relationships and complicates business and social interactions. Severe cases can have serious practical consequences as well, making it hard for people who suffer from it to hold a pen, grip a car steering wheel, or shake hands.

Although neurologic, infectious, hormonal and other systemic diseases can sometimes cause hyperhidrosis, most cases occur in people who are otherwise healthy. Heat and emotions may trigger hyperhidrosis in some, but many who suffer from hyperhidrosis sweat nearly all their waking hours, regardless of their mood or the weather.

Botox is approved for the treatment of excessive sweating under arms and can also be used to treat hand and feet. This treatment requires a large dose of Neurotoxins depending on the surface area.

Depression (not FDA approved)

Though many experts are still skeptical, early trials suggest Botox may alleviate symptoms in people with depression. One small study on people with major depressive disorder found that 52% of people who received Botox reported a drop in symptoms six weeks later, compared with 15% of the people given a placebo.

Chronic migraines

Neurotoxin helpwith chronic migraines, and Botox was approved for the disorder in 2010. Some doctors question whether the drug is truly effective for migraines, or whether placebo effect deserves the credit.

Teeth Grinding

The condition, called Bruxism , can lead to pain , jaw problems and damaged teeth. However, the researchers reported that shots of Botox into the chewing muscles in the cheek can block the signals to masseter muscle that tell these muscles to contract, relieving the grinding and clenching.