What is Botox®

Botox® is heralded as the "new miracle" but, it's not new at all; and Botox is not botulism bacteria. The bacteria that causes botulism is Clostridum botulinum. Each active bacteria secretes a small amount of botulism toxin. Cosmetic Botox® is a highly refined derivative of this toxin. It was first used around 1946 to treat cross-eyedness. In the 1980's, ophthalmologists realized that when they treated patients with Botox, their wrinkles disappeared, so they started using Botox to reduce wrinkles. Because it was already FDA approved, many doctors started to use it immediately. In 2002, Botox® received FDA clearance for cosmetic use and nearly 3 million benefited from Botox® injections each year since that approval.

How does Botox® work?

We have to eliminate another common misconception - Botox® does not paralyze your muscles. Muscles move when your nerves tell them to. When Botox® is injected it attaches itself to the nerve endings in the injected muscles and interferes with communication between the nerve and the muscle. It's more difficult for the nerve to tell the muscle to move, so the muscle relaxes. When injected into a muscle that causes a wrinkle, the wrinkle is also relaxed. Results last between 3 to 4 months before touch-ups. Instead of pricing the Botox® by the area treated and making those that need less subsidize those that need more, we only charge for the number of Botox units we inject. This means that you can feel free to have a small touch-up without having to pay for a full treatment. This also means you can receive touch-ups more frequently to keep the muscles relaxed and improve the long term resiliency of the Botox®. Recent studies show that simultaneous Botox® and IPL treatments result in a higher stimulation of the collagen regrowth than either of these treatments provide alone.

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