Tired of Searching for Wrinkle Creams? It can be frustrating to purchase an anti wrinkle cream only to find that it doesn't reduce wrinkles.
Maybe it's time to find a better solution.
Botox is a trade name for the neurotoxic protein called botulinum toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
Botulinum toxin is sold commercially under the different brand names Botox, BTXA, Dysport, Myobloc, Neurobloc, Xeomin, Botox Cosmetic, and Vistabel.
Botox works to relax the contraction of muscles by blocking nerve impulses.
The result is muscles that can no longer contract, and so the wrinkles relax and soften.
It usually takes two to four days to see cosmetic improvement and the effects tend to last from four to six months.
Most patients require retreatment to remove wrinkles and lines as they begin to reappear, but after each injection the wrinkles return as less severe as the muscles are trained to relax.
The Anatomy of the Wrinkle The lines that appear between your brows (glabellar lines) actually result from muscle movement and the passage of time.
You may have heard the expression "wearing your emotions on your sleeve," but in reality you wear them on your face.
If you're angry or annoyed, for example, you knit your brows together.
Underneath your skin, your facial muscles contract, cause a pleating of the overlying skin, and then, as anyone can see, you're frowning.
After years of crinkling and wrinkling, those glabellar lines start to linger longer and can become more pronounced.
For women, whose faces tend to be more animated than men's, and whose skin is typically more delicate, these lines may appear exaggerated and more permanent.
Fortunately, there is a way to temporarily reduce moderate to severe glabellar lines.
Treatment with BOTOX® or Dysport can visibly smooth and soften moderate to severe frown lines between your brows.
An improvement can be seen within days and may last up to 4 months, although results may vary.
In clinical trials, nearly 90% of men and women surveyed rated the improvement in the appearance of frown lines between their brows as moderate to better 1 month after treatment.
BOTOX® Cosmetic and Dysport are simple, nonsurgical, physician-administered treatments that can temporarily smooth moderate to severe frown lines between the brows in people.
What happens to Facial Muscles? Hyperfunctional lines result from the contraction of the underlying facial musculature.
The forehead is a complex of the frontalis muscle with insertions onto fibers of the procerus, corrugator, depressor supercilii, and orbicularis muscles.
The frontalis muscle, responsible for the surprised appearance when acting unopposed, mediates elevation of the brow and is primarily responsible for horizontal wrinkles.
Soft tissue laxity of the forehead and periorbital area causes brow ptosis and reflex contraction of the frontalis muscle to restore brow position, exacerbating forehead rhytides.
Treatment of these rhytides with BOTOX® can increase brow ptosis.
The frontalis muscle can also be responsible for the appearance of scowling.
However, the main agent responsible for the appearance of scowling is the corrugator muscle.
The normal function of the corrugator is as a brow adductor, bringing the eyebrow medial and inferior.
Chronic contraction of the corrugator results in deep vertical hyperfunctional lines between the eyes, sometimes referred to as a glabellar crease.
The depressor supercilii muscle pulls the medial brow inferior and medially.
The last muscle in this group is the procerus muscle, which overlies the nasal root.
Contraction of the procerus results in a snout-nose appearance and a horizontal rhytid at the nasal root.
The anatomy of hyperfunctional lines in the orbit is intricate.
Contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle is primarily responsible for the clinically observed periorbital crow's feet.
The orbicularis oculi muscle is bordered superolaterally by fibers of the frontalis muscle and medially by the levator palpebrae muscle.
Injection of this area requires special cognizance of adjacent musculature to avoid upper lid ptosis.
Where did these wrinkles come from? One day you looked in the mirror and studied those lines that furrowed your brow, and you wondered: Where did they come from? Aging skin and wrinkles result from a combination of many factors.
It's not just about cellular changes, collagen depletion, hormone loss, or damage caused by free radicals.
The 11s - those vertical lines that appear between your brows - result from muscle contractions.
When you concentrate, squint, or frown, the muscles between your brows contract, causing your skin to furrow and fold.
After years of frequent contraction, those wrinkles can linger even after the muscles are at rest.
Botox is a safe and almost painless procedure if it's done by an experienced Physician.
One 10-minute treatment-a few tiny injections-and within days there's a noticeable improvement in moderate to severe frown lines between the brows, which can last up to 4 months.
Results may vary.
BOTOX® Cosmetic is a purified protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum, which reduces the activity of the muscles that cause those frown lines between the brows to form over time.
In 2005, almost 3.
3 million procedures were performed with FDA-approved BOTOX® Cosmetic.
Dysport is a prescription injection for temporary improvement in the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults less than 65 years of age.
Maybe it's time to find a better solution.
Botox is a trade name for the neurotoxic protein called botulinum toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum.
Botulinum toxin is sold commercially under the different brand names Botox, BTXA, Dysport, Myobloc, Neurobloc, Xeomin, Botox Cosmetic, and Vistabel.
Botox works to relax the contraction of muscles by blocking nerve impulses.
The result is muscles that can no longer contract, and so the wrinkles relax and soften.
It usually takes two to four days to see cosmetic improvement and the effects tend to last from four to six months.
Most patients require retreatment to remove wrinkles and lines as they begin to reappear, but after each injection the wrinkles return as less severe as the muscles are trained to relax.
The Anatomy of the Wrinkle The lines that appear between your brows (glabellar lines) actually result from muscle movement and the passage of time.
You may have heard the expression "wearing your emotions on your sleeve," but in reality you wear them on your face.
If you're angry or annoyed, for example, you knit your brows together.
Underneath your skin, your facial muscles contract, cause a pleating of the overlying skin, and then, as anyone can see, you're frowning.
After years of crinkling and wrinkling, those glabellar lines start to linger longer and can become more pronounced.
For women, whose faces tend to be more animated than men's, and whose skin is typically more delicate, these lines may appear exaggerated and more permanent.
Fortunately, there is a way to temporarily reduce moderate to severe glabellar lines.
Treatment with BOTOX® or Dysport can visibly smooth and soften moderate to severe frown lines between your brows.
An improvement can be seen within days and may last up to 4 months, although results may vary.
In clinical trials, nearly 90% of men and women surveyed rated the improvement in the appearance of frown lines between their brows as moderate to better 1 month after treatment.
BOTOX® Cosmetic and Dysport are simple, nonsurgical, physician-administered treatments that can temporarily smooth moderate to severe frown lines between the brows in people.
What happens to Facial Muscles? Hyperfunctional lines result from the contraction of the underlying facial musculature.
The forehead is a complex of the frontalis muscle with insertions onto fibers of the procerus, corrugator, depressor supercilii, and orbicularis muscles.
The frontalis muscle, responsible for the surprised appearance when acting unopposed, mediates elevation of the brow and is primarily responsible for horizontal wrinkles.
Soft tissue laxity of the forehead and periorbital area causes brow ptosis and reflex contraction of the frontalis muscle to restore brow position, exacerbating forehead rhytides.
Treatment of these rhytides with BOTOX® can increase brow ptosis.
The frontalis muscle can also be responsible for the appearance of scowling.
However, the main agent responsible for the appearance of scowling is the corrugator muscle.
The normal function of the corrugator is as a brow adductor, bringing the eyebrow medial and inferior.
Chronic contraction of the corrugator results in deep vertical hyperfunctional lines between the eyes, sometimes referred to as a glabellar crease.
The depressor supercilii muscle pulls the medial brow inferior and medially.
The last muscle in this group is the procerus muscle, which overlies the nasal root.
Contraction of the procerus results in a snout-nose appearance and a horizontal rhytid at the nasal root.
The anatomy of hyperfunctional lines in the orbit is intricate.
Contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle is primarily responsible for the clinically observed periorbital crow's feet.
The orbicularis oculi muscle is bordered superolaterally by fibers of the frontalis muscle and medially by the levator palpebrae muscle.
Injection of this area requires special cognizance of adjacent musculature to avoid upper lid ptosis.
Where did these wrinkles come from? One day you looked in the mirror and studied those lines that furrowed your brow, and you wondered: Where did they come from? Aging skin and wrinkles result from a combination of many factors.
It's not just about cellular changes, collagen depletion, hormone loss, or damage caused by free radicals.
The 11s - those vertical lines that appear between your brows - result from muscle contractions.
When you concentrate, squint, or frown, the muscles between your brows contract, causing your skin to furrow and fold.
After years of frequent contraction, those wrinkles can linger even after the muscles are at rest.
Botox is a safe and almost painless procedure if it's done by an experienced Physician.
One 10-minute treatment-a few tiny injections-and within days there's a noticeable improvement in moderate to severe frown lines between the brows, which can last up to 4 months.
Results may vary.
BOTOX® Cosmetic is a purified protein produced by the Clostridium botulinum, which reduces the activity of the muscles that cause those frown lines between the brows to form over time.
In 2005, almost 3.
3 million procedures were performed with FDA-approved BOTOX® Cosmetic.
Dysport is a prescription injection for temporary improvement in the look of moderate to severe frown lines between the eyebrows (glabellar lines) in adults less than 65 years of age.