Who hasn’t heard of Botox Cosmetic? So why would I bring it up now to my educated patients and readers? Because the anti-aging world often tells us to focus on newer, better, cutting-edge, state-of-the-art, yet we practitioners who see results all day every day know that just because something isn’t new doesn’t mean it’s not the gold standard.
Botox Cosmetic’s remarkable versatility allows us to
One particularly embraced treatment is the reduction of enlarged masseter muscles. Women who are under a lot of stress tend to express stress not by yelling and screaming (though that might help!), but by clenching their jaw or even grinding their teeth while they sleep. All the internalized stress placed on the jaw muscles is a workout! So they get bigger – just as if you were strength training in a gym. More about Jaw Slimming.
Although Botox Cosmetic was first on the scene we have additional injectables that achieve similar results. Our practice also offers long-lasting Daxxify, Xeomin and Dysport.
I love the story of how Botox was discovered for cosmetic purposes. An eye doctor in Vancouver came home one day and told her dermatologist husband about a patient who had some unexpected “side effects” after being treated with Botox for eye tremors. The patient returned to the eye doctor after her successful eye tremor treatment and said she wanted more of ‘that stuff’ because she looked so much better!
With future testing and discovery, Botox Cosmetic was born and in 2002 gained its first FDA approval for treatment of the glabellar lines.
Botox Cosmetic was and is a game-changer.
Botox Cosmetic FAQs and Safety Information
FDA-approved to temporarily make moderate to severe frown lines, crow’s feet and forehead lines look better in adults.
