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Is Botox Only Good for Certain Face Wrinkles and Lines?
or does botox injection help with all facial lines and furrows?
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Botox is used for wrinkles caused by muscle movement...
Botox is used for wrinkles caused by muscle movement mostly around the eye areas that include the crowsfeet, forehead, and between the eyes called the glabella. It is not used in the folds between nose and the corner of the mouth. Be sure to discuss your questions with a qualified doctor before having the procedure done.
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Botox is used for crow's feet, frown lines, and frorehead wrinkles
Botox is used to treat "dynamic" wrinkles in the upper face. These include the frown lines, forehead creases, and crow's feet. The frown lines are created as the result of contraction of the corrugatoe and procerus muscles. This wrinkle is noticed most when squinting. The forehead creases are the result of contraction of the frontalis muscles and is noticed most by raising the eyebrows. The crows feet (the area at the outside portion of the eyes)...
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Botox is great for wrinkles on the forehead and around the eyes
Botox and Dysport work on those wrinkles which are the result of overactivity of certain facial muscles. Much like your favorite pair of pants will be wrinkled if you repeatedly fold them in the same place, the skin wrinkles in areas of repeated folding. I use these products primarily in 3 areas: the horizontal forehead lines, the vertical lines between the eyebrows (frown lines) and the crow's feet around the eyes. Both products work by temporarily relaxing these muscles, reducing...
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Botox reduces wrinkles form muscles
Botox relaxes muscles. Thus Botox reduces wrinkles, that are produced by muscles. The frown lines or "11" between the eyes are an example. After the muscles in this area have been relaxed the lines is the skin also decrease.
Mainz Dermatologic Surgeon
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Botox works for most facial wrinkles and lines.
While Botox is most commonly used for glabellar areas (frown lines), forehead lines and crow's feet, it can be used widely for lower face and neck lines in experienced hands. For example, we can use it for bunny lines on the nose, wrinkles around lip (smoker lines), chin, lines under eyes, neck bands and neck lines. In addition, we can use Botox for nonsurgical brow-lift or elevation of mouth corners. However, to get the most natural results, addition of dermal fillers are...
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Botox is primarily for upper facial lines and wrinkles
Botox Cosmetic is approved by the FDA for treatment of lines and furrows between the brows. It can be injected in other areas for treating lines but is considered an 'off-label' use. The most common areas treated are the brow furrows, the crow's feet area around the eyes and the forehead. It can also be used to treat bunny lines on the bridge of the nose and lines around the lips. Extreme care must be taken when injecting Botox in the cheeks and lower face to avoid...
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BOTOX® is a relaxer, so it is used to relax muscles which are causing lines
BOTOX® is a relaxer, so it is used to relax muscles which are causing lines; for example, frown lines between the eyebrows, and crow's feet around the eyes.
Fillers are used to fill areas of volume loss, for example permanent creases on the face, and also scars.
Sometimes, for example between the eyebrows, a person will have permanent creases which are made worse by over-activity of the muscles in that area. In this case the best results may come when BOTO® is used to...
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Botox works for wrinkles caused by muscle activity.
Botox is a neuromodilator for wrinkles cause by muscle activity and not to confused with a filler. Therefore, it is best indicated for the frown lines and off-label application for the crows feet, horizontal forehead creases (selective) and rarely for mouth wrinkles, elevation of the corners of the mouth, or treatment of permanent platysmal vertical banding in the neck.
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Consider how Botox works to determine where to use it.
Botox works by blocking neurotransmitters that cause facial muscles of expression to contract. In other words, Botox (and Dysport, another company's brand name for botulinum toxin) act as muscle paralyzers. If the treated muscle can't contract, it can't make (or worsen) an expression line or furrow. Sometimes the expression lines (like the frown lines between your brows) have been used so much and for so many years that even when the offending muscles are paralyzed, the line...
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Botox works best on the upper face.
While many areas of facial wrinkles can be treated with Botox, and now Dysport, the upper face tends to give the best results. The frown lines between the eyebrows are the only site specifically approved for use by the FDA, however, the forehead and perioccular areas are also frequently treated "off label".
Since Botox and Dysport stop muscle motion, the wrinkles that the upper facial muscle make are diminished. The lower face is best treated with fillers. Filler can reduce...
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Botox is great for the right indication
Botox is generally used for winkles of the forehead, crow's feet, area between the eyes. For these areas it offers the best results compared to other modalities. Use in other areas is either not recommended or not advised.
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BOTOX works for forehead wrinkles and crows feet
BOTOX is a very effective way to smooth wrinkles of the forehead, the area between the eyes and crows feet. The lines that are formed perpendicular to the muscles contracting in the area are best treated. A tiny needle is used to inject the BOTOX directly into the areas of concern. The treatment renders little to no pain.
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Only the lines that move!!
Botox is used to reduce wrinkles that are due to muscle motion on the face and neck areas. When the muscles are weakened, the wrinkles that get produced are softened. The effects of Botox last approximately 3 months, but with time the weakness tends to last longer. Any fixed wrinkles in the skin have to be repaired with skin care, injectible filler, and/or laser resurfacing. Hope this helps.
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Manish
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Making "frown lines" go away with BOTOX
The best use of Botox is to "soften out" the lines of exaggerated facial expression. Think of forehead lines, frown lines, and crows feet lines - lines that are caused because muscles movement - and Botox lessens that unwanted muscle movement which causes those lines. Lines that are caused by sun aging on the cheeks, or the deep folds (the "marionnette lines) around the mouth, are not for Botox and are best treated with laser resurfacing, or injectable fillers.
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Botox reduces muscle contractions to reduce wrinkles
Botox works by addressing the "dynamic" aspect of your wrinkle lines, the fact that these hyperactive muscles are responsible for the lines to form. Botox will help soften these lines created by our muscles-- such as those around the eyes, forehead, and mouth. It is not ideal for other lines-- such as smile lines of the nasolabial folds-- because using botox in this area will reduce your ability to smile, etc.
Also, keep in mind that "static"...
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Botox works for some lines
Botox works for "dynamic wrinkles". These are lines caused by the pull of muscles under the skin. Technically Botox doesn't treat wrinkles, it relaxes muscles. If a line is caused by the repeated action of a muscle then by relaxing the muscle the line will usually fade.
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Botox help some wrinkles
To understand which wrinkles Botox works for it is useful to know how it works. Botox is actually botulinum toxin. This toxin works by decreasing or paralyzing muscle activity. So, wrinkles you see when you are moving the muscles of your face are what it treats. These are known as dynamic wrinkles or wrinkles that are caused by motion. Most commonly the forehead and the area between the eyebrows are treated with Botox. Wrinkles that are present when...
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Botox® good for "dynamic" lines
Botox® is good for dynamic lines, that is lines which are formed by muscle movement. Lines that are there even when you don't move your muscles generally won't be improved with Botox®.
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Is Botox Only Good for Certain Face Wrinkles and Lines?
Botox is a muscle paralyzer. Therefore, it will only work on lines that originate from overacting muscles. It works by paralyzing those overactive muscles. The frown lines and the forehead lines are ideal lines to be treated because they are caused from overactive frown and forehead muscles. Relaxing those muscles softens the lines. The crows feet are often helped by Botox as well, but less predictably then the forehead and frown lines. Other lines...
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Botox use limited to certain wrinkles
Quick Answer: Botox CANNOT be used to correct all facial wrinkles and lines.
Thank you for your question.
In our San Francisco area practice we frequently use Botox as an effective way to soften the appearance of many wrinkles on the face.
Botox works to correct wrinkles that are a result of muscle activity and not all wrinkles are caused by muscle activity. Most commonly the wrinkles between the eyebrows, on the forehead and the outer portion of the eyes (crow’s feet) are...
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Botox is only good for certain wrinkles
Wrinkles on the face are divided into static and dynamic wrinkles. Static wrinkles are present when your face is completely at rest or relaxied. Dynamic wrinkles are present when the muscles of facial expression are engaged, such as those that appear when you smile or frown.
Muscles of facial expression contract when they get a signal from a nerve to do so. Botox works by interrupting this signal.. When this signal is interrupted, the muscles do not contract, and the...
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Botox used to treat expression lines on the face
Botox can be a very effective way to treat many of the wrinkles and lines on your face, but it can only work on a certain type of wrinkle/line. "Expression lines" are those wrinkles that are formed by the movement of your facial muscles. Every time you make a expression with your face, certain facial muscles are contracting to create a particular expression. This can lead to crinkling/wrinkling of your facial skin. I often call these "active" lines because when you...
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Botox for Facial Wrinkles: Where to draw the line
Botox is a very reliable medication when injected into certain areas by an experienced injector. It is approved for central forehead lines or the frown lines created by the corrugator muscles. These can be predictably softened by Botox injections as well forehead lines will disppear. It can be injected for a brow lifting and brow shaping effect as well around the outer eyes for crows feet. Botox can be injected in the lower face with less predictable results. The effects last for three...
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Botox softens wrinkles anywhere on the face- almost
Botox is a wonderful treatment for wrinkles caused by the muscles of facial expression. Frown lines, crows feet, forehead lines, some lip lines, down turning corner of the mouth, and bunny lines. It is not a great treatment for the deeper folds separating the cheek and mouth. Fillers do better there.
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Botox is for "dynamic" lines
Botox is one of the best treatment alternatives that we have. It can substantially minimize, or prevent wrikles from muscle activity, and while not permanent, there is little downside. However, it will not improve wrinkles from sun exposure.
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Botox is only approved for the glabella, but is used widely off lable.
Botox aesthetic uses cover virtually the whole face depending on the experience of the injector. We us it most frequently to soften the activity of the muscles of the forehead and about the eyes. However we also use it to adjust uneven smiles, neck bands, masseter bulging, uneven brows, etc.
Dr. Mayl
Fort Lauderdle
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Botox works best for hyperfunctional facial lines
Botox works best for hyperfunctional facial lines. These lines are caused by the repetitive contraction of the underlying muscle which causes the wrinkles or creases in the skin. Most common areas of treatment are: the glabella (frown lines or "11) horizontal forehead lines (from raising your brows), crow's feet (from smiling or squinting) bunny lines on the sides of the nose (from squinting). Less common sites are: perioral lip lines (from pursing ...
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Austin Dermatologist
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Botox is a cosmetic wonder drug
Botox is generally used for lines around the eyes and forehead. However, in the proper hands, it can be used for wrinkles around the mouth as well. These areas a little more tricky so it important to go to an experienced injector. In conjunction with fillers, the results can be great temporizing the need for surgery.
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Botox is great for "frown lines" and other areas.
Although Botox and Dysport are probably best known for their ability to minimize the appearance of fine lines around the eyes and on the forehead, they also work well to minimize lines in other areas such as those around the mouth. They are remarkable treatments because they can achieve substantial results with virtually no down time. The injections take only a few minutes to perform, and patients can return to work or other activities immediately afterward. it is not...
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Botox works for various areas on the face for wrinkle reduction.
Botox can be used in the frown area, the forehead area, around the eyes to prevent and diminish wrinkles. Other great areas are in the upper lips to minimize vertical lip lines and into the bands on the neck to decrease the look of pulling on the neck. The duration of results in each area varies depending on amount of units used and frequency of treatment.
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Areas to Treat with Botox
Botox or Dysport works by relaxing the muscles of facial expression. The key is to relax those muscles enough to diminish lines and wrinkles, but not to drastically alter facial expression. The most common lines treated are in the upper third of the face or three areas: horizontal forehead lines, vertical "frown" lines, and lines around the eyes (crow's fee). The static lines and creases of the lower part of the face are best treated with fillers like juvederm and restylane.
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Botox works for "dynamic" lines and wrinkles
Lines on the face caused by excessive facial muscle contraction or movement respond to botox treatments. The botox temporarily weakens the muscle, which relaxes the skin in the area, which creates a smoother look. This is best used for the crow's feet area (sides of the eyes), between the eyes (glabellar area) and the horizontal lines of the foreheads. It can be used in other areas but should be done conservatively.
Lines caused by aging, such as the nasolabial folds...
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Botox for wrinkles
Botox works by relaxing the facial muscles. These muscles create wrinkles when they contract. the wrinkles created by muscle movement, and thus helped by Botox, are in the upper 1/3 of the face. These include the horizontal forhead wrinkles, the glabellar wrinkles (located between the eyes), and the crows feet.
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Botox works on dynamic lines
Botox works by selectively paralyzing the underlying muscle to relax the overlying skin. So, the effect is most dramatic on dynamic wrinkles (wrinkles with movement). Over time, the skin can heal and even static wrinkles will improve. Botox is safe and effective for lines around the eye, between the eyebrows and on the forehead. Botox can be used in other parts of the face and body, but please make sure that you are seeing a highly trained, board certified plastic...
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Botox is great for some lines and useless for others.
Botox works by weakening muscles that pull together to crease the skin. This works great between the eyebrows, but can be a problem trying to use it around the mouth, since if you weaken the mouth muscles you may have trouble speaking or drinking fluids!
It does not work for deep cheek folds, but does help for eye wrinkles known as "crows' feet".
See a well-trained, conservative, and artistic board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon for your treatment. There IS...
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Botox For the Eyes, Forehead, Mouth
Botox or Dysport are essentially purified botiulinum toxin which when injected into certain muscles relaxes those musles so lines on the face become less prominent. In my practice, the most popular areas for placement include the crow's feet lines, frown lines (aka #11s), forehead lines, corners of the mouth, and underarms for sweating. Lines can also be addressed with modalities such as lasers (I use the Mixto SX microfractional CO2 laser), radiofrequency (I use Pelleve'), and...
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Botox works for some wrinkles
Botox works by paralyzing muscles. Therefore, any wrinkles that are due to muscle activity can potentially be treated with Botox. The lines that form in the forehead or around the eyes (crow's feet) are due to muscle contraction. Botox works very well in these areas. However, deeper "wrinkles" such as around the mouth are not due to muscle action and are due to drooping skin and fat. These areas are better treated with fillers such as Juvederm.
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Wrinkles from movement do well with Botox
If moving your face causes wrinkles and you don't need that movement then Botox is great. Be careful not to have treatment on a movement that is needed (like smiling!). A pleasant result rather than a frozen face depends on an experienced injector and good communication about your desired result.
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Botox/Dysport is not for all wrinkles.
Botox and Dysport are used to reduce wrinkles caused by movement of facial muscles. The most common areas are between the eyebrows, around the eyes and on the nose.
For larger furrows that are not associated with movement, like the tear trough areas under the eyes, or grooves in the cheeks, fillers are more effective.
There are occasions when Botox or Dysport work well in addition to fillers, when there are severe wrinkles caused by movement that have etched wrinkles into...
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Botox works from for frown lines and active wrinkles.
Botox usually works best for wrinkles that are active, meaning wrinkles that move with facial expressions.
Areas include, the frown lines, forehead wrinkles, crows feet, bunny lines (lines on or around the nose), dimpling on the chin, neck bands and a few more that your doctor or nurse can help you identify.
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Botox for facial lines and wrinkles
Botox works on lines caused by muscle movement. Because it works by paralyzing the part of the muscle creating the lines, you can't use it just anywhere on the face. It works on the forehead, crows' feet, between the brows, for lines on the side of the nose, and for some crinkles on the chin and neck.
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Botox works best around the eyes, but has other benefits.
Botox & Dysport work best to eliminate wrinkles caused by repetetive muscle action (as opposed to those caused by gravity or skin aging). The ideal place for benefit, therefore, is relaxation of the furrows in between the eyebrows, the crows feet, and the forehead itself- leading to a younger look. They are simple, quick treatments that require NO downtime, and can be performed just a few times per year for substantial benefits!
Other...
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Botox works for many, but not all wrinkles
A general rule of thumb is that Botox works well above the nose, while fillers seem to work well below the nose. Of course exceptions exist. Botox works especially well on the forehead, frown lines, bunny lines (on the nose), upper lip lines and neck lines. Folds on the lower part of the face, like the nasolabial (nostril area to corner of mouth) and marionette (corner of mouth to chin/jowl area), are better treated with fillers.
Austin Dermatologist
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BoTox has many uses
BoTox has had several novel uses pioneered by physicians across the country and indeed the world. It was originally approved for eyelid spasm and strabismus. It is currently used in cosmetic and reconstructive techniques--some of which may be "off-label." It can be used in the forehead, crow's feet, the glabella, and even smokers' lines and lip lines. It is also used to turn up the corner of the mouth (some patient's request the Meg Ryan...
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Botox works for certain wrinkles
Botox works well for fine wrinkles but is less effective for deeper furrows. Wrinkles that persist despite Botox often require a filler to camouflage them. The deep creases around the mouth (nasolabial and melolabial lines) will not improve with Botox. Also, certain wrinkles such as the small wrinkles around the mouth are due to a very important functional muscles. Botox in this area is unwise as it could affect speech and oral competence.
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Botox Dilemma
Botox could treat nearly every wrinkle on your face. The reason is that Botox stops muscles from moving and muscles cause most wrinkles on your face. The dilemma is that you can't stop all of the muscles on your face from moving because it would make your face unable to perform its jobs (eat/talk/blink) and furthermore you would lose important good expressions like smiling. So, Botox is very useful on selected muscles such as between your eyebrows, forehead,...
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Botox works best in wrinkles caused by muscular contractions.
Botox works best in wrinkles caused by muscular contractions. These especially include the forehead, upper nose, crow's feet, upper lip, chin, and neck. Wrinkles caused by loss of tissue, like smile lines, respond best to wrinkle fillers.
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Botox
Botox is best for the between the brows (which it has FDA approval), crow's feet, and forehead lines.
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Botox helps with dynamic lines only
Botox will not do much for folds and furrows in the skin (better treated with fillers) but it does help with the fine lines and wrinkles. The way it works is by relaxing the muscles that are causing the creases and lines when they are contracted. By relaxing the muscles you remove the tendency to create the crease. By contrast, lines that exist at rest will be unaffected by Botox and so fillers or lasers may better help with these problem lines and can be used in conjunction with...
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Boulder Dermatologist
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Botox works for dynamic wrinkles
Botox works for wrinkles that are created by the contraction of the muscle beneath the wrinkle or what we call "dynamic wrinkles." The most common ones in the face are the lines between our eyebrows, our forehead lines and our crows feet.
Hurricane Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Botox for dynamic wrinkes not passive wrinkles
Botox Cosmetic works by relaxing the dynamic muscles in the face and also the neck that cause those wrinkles to appear in the overlying skin. These areas include the glabella, forehead, crows feet, bunny lines (nose), lip lines, and frown lines that cause the corners of the mouth to turn dow, as well as certain chin wrinkles (orange peel). In the neck Botox Cosmetic can be used for banding and platysma necklace lines. Botox does not help passive wrinkles caused by skin laxity and sun...
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Botox for facial wrinkkles
Botox works on wrinkles that are caused by muscle movement. It is excellent for reducing wrinkles in the glabellar area, forehead and crows feet. It can also reduce wrinkles in the neck area, around the mouth and chin area. It is important to have an experienced surgeon perform the botox injections.
Englewood Oculoplastic Surgeon
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Where Botox is Used
Botox is traditionally advised for facial line and furrows that lie in facial areas above a line drawn true the pupils of the eyes. Advanced users can use botox in certain areas of the face lying below the interpupillary line.
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Botox helps the upper and lower face as well as neck,by experienced physicians
Besides helping reduce frown lines, forehead lines and crowsfeet, Botox or Dysport injections can help slow down aging changes of the face in other ways:
Small amounts above and below the lips slow down the formation of vertical lip lines and improve response to laser resurfacing.
Small amounts around the jaw and chin smooth out puckered chins and improves the downward pull on the mouth that makes one look angry or "sour".
Botox or Dysport in the cheeks...
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Botox is great for some wrinkles
Botox is very good for forehead wrinkles. It has been tried in other areas with varying degrees of success. The underlying principle of Botox is that it is a neuromodulator and weakens the underlying muscle. This smoothes out the appearance of the overlying skin. Therefore in areas where the rhytids are not caused by the tension of the underlying muscle, the benefits may not be as profound.
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Botox works well in many areas
Botox works well in many areas of the face for facial rhytids (wrinkles) and this includes the area between the brows (the only FDA approved area), forehead lines, crow's feet, and bunny lines of the nose. You can also used for wrinkles around the mouth, downward turn corners of the mouth, a gummy smile, and platysmal banding around the neck.
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Botox effective for smoothing deep facial wrinkles
Botox injections are very safe and effective for smoothing of lines caused by contraction of facial muscles. Areas which benefit most from Botox are the frown, forehead, and crows feet. I also find that Botox can help with fine vertical lines at the upper and/or lower lips, particularly when used in combination with a hyaluronic acid filler such as Juvederm or Restylane. The effects of Botox last from three to four months, and improvement begins several days after...
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Coral Springs Plastic Surgeon
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Where does Botox Work?
Botox works to relax muscles by blocking the nerve signal to the muscle. Therefore, it works on lines caused by muscle movement (dynamic wrinkles). These areas incluse frown lines on the nose and between the eyebrows, Crow's feet, some neck wrinkles, and also, some chin, base of nose and lower jaw wrinkling.
Botox can be used in combination with injectable fillers, if deep lines persist after relaxation (static wrinkles).
Other treatment choices include topical retinoids,...
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Areas Botox Works
Botox is an excellent treatment for wrinkles caused by contraction of facial muscles. The most common areas for Botox are between the eyebrows (the glabella, or the frown lines), the forehead, and the crowsfeet (smile or squinting lines outside the eyes). While the only FDA approved area is between the eyebrows, the other areas mentioned have effective results when performed by an experienced practitioner.
There are many other areas of the face that can be...
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Botox good for forehead, frown, crow's feet, lip lines, and downturned corners mouth
Botox works by limiting movement of muscles near where it is injected. Therefore, it works best for treating lines directly related to movement of an underlying muscle. These areas are the forehead, frown, crow's feet, vertical lip lines, and downturned corners of the mouth. Treatments in addition to Botox may be needed for optimal improvement in these areas.
The nasolabial folds (the lines running from the nose to the corners of the mouth) and the small lines that...
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Botox works for many wrinkles but not all wrinkles
Physicians will use Botox to decrease wrinkles due to the action of certain facial muscles ,such as on the forehead, between the eyes, crows feet, upper lip lines, the lip depressors and the bands of the neck.There are many other facial lines that are due ,more to loss of soft tissue volume and loss of elasticity ,and Botox won't improve them. When one is dealing with a lot of facial lines or deep facial lines it is important to consider using dermal fillers in combination with...
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Botox is best for wrinkles caused by muscle movement
Lines and wrinkles are caused by various factors. Some are caused by volume loss and loose skin, which are due to normal aging as well as sun exposure. Other lines are caused by normal facial muscle contraction associated with facial expression. An example of these lines are the "11's" between your eyebrows and crow's feet around the eyes. These lines, associated with muscle contraction, are the best ones to be treated with Botox.
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Yes...
Botulinum toxin works best for certain wrinkles and less well for others. On some it has virtually no effect. There is a point of diminishing returns. The problem is that exactly which wrinkles are best or "off limits" is a matter of opinion. Find a good treating doctor and stick with him or her.
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Botox treats wrinkles caused by repeated facial contractions
Botox is a muscle relaxant that is very usuefull in treating wrinkles that are caused by repeated muscle contractions involved in facial expression. The most common areas are around the eyes, forehead and between the brows.
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Botox Beverly Hills
Botox Cosmetic is FDA approved for the management of glabellar furrows. Having said that, Botox is used manage a multitude of facial dynamic rhytids, spanning several facial areas. These include the forehead, crowsfeet and bunny lines. Botox is also used to manage platysmal banding in the neck. It can be used to contour the brow, soften ptotic corners of the mouth, and diminish peri-oral wrinkling.
Thanks for the question!
With Warmest Regards,
Glenn Vallecillos, MD
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Botox works for wrinkles caused by facial muscles
Botox is a very effective treatment for certain wrinkles. As Botox works are relaxing muscle, it helps erase wrinkles that are caused by muscles. These wrinkles typically occur in the forehead, the area between the eyebrows, the Bunny line of the nose, and crows feet.
For more information on Botox or to schedule an iConsult, please visit us online at:
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Botox Good for Different Areas
Just to clarify, Botox® Cosmetic is used for the non-surgical treatment of facial aging, but Botox® (generically) has other uses, including the treatment of headaches, excessive sweating and limb spasticity. Botox® Cosmetic is FDA-approved for the treatment of the frown lines in the glabella area which is the area between the eyebrows. However, most physicians inject Botox® Cosmetic into other areas where there are wrinkles or frown lines secondary to dynamic...
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Botox is used for other applications that wrinkles and lines
Botox is frequently used in an 'off-label' manner by experienced injectors for a variety of facial asethetic problems. Drooping brows, drooping mouth corners, neck bands, chin dimples, widened 'jaw' appearance (masseter hypertrophy) are all common uses for Botox. Seek out a clinic in your area with experienced injectors supervised by a board certified plastic surgeon.
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Botox for facial wrinkles
Botox works by blocking the activity of certain muscles that cause unwanted wrinkles - most often the frown lines, crow's feet, and forehead lines. Other areas can be carefully treated, but essential muscles must be protected to allow normal smile and speech, for example. There may be other lines on the face where the skin just folds on itself, such as the folds between the nose and corner of the mouth, or wrinkles from sun damage or ageing, such as those below the eyes, that...
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Botox is a good facial wrinkle treatment
Botox "cosmetic" is FDA approved only for treatment of the frown lines between the eyebrows, but most physicians utilize Botox also in the "crows feet" areas as well as in the forehead and sometimes in the area around the mouth. Botox "cosmetic" is a very important tool for the non-surgical treatment of facial aging, but Botox generically also has many other uses, including treatment of headaches and excessive sweating.
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Botox helps "dynamic" wrinkles
Botox is useful for dynamic wrinkles (i.e. wrinkles that worsen with facial movement). These include the vertical glabellar wrinkles (between the eyes) for which Botox is FDA-approved, horizontal forehead wrinkles, and the crows' feet.
Static wrinkles (wrinkles that occur at rest) may also be treated with an injectable filler, such as Restylane, Juvederm, or Perlane.
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Botox and Dysport, Versatility beyond wrinkles and lines
Botox and Dysport are botulinum toxins that are FDA approved for cosmetic injection to minimize frown lines on forehead and crows feet. In the hands of experienced aesthetic board-certified physician, Botox and Dysport can be used for several other so called off-labelled indications such as reduction of jaw muscles, lifting of eyebrows and corners of the mouth, excessive sweating on forehead and brows, migraine, etc.
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Botox is used in many areas
Hi there-
The most frequent areas of treatment are for the forehead wrinkles, the crows feet and the wrinkles between the brows.
Botox can also be used to help reduce wrinkles above and below the lips (smoker wrinkles even if they are not from smoking), platysmal bands of the neck ( those rope-like muscles that start along the jaw and go down to the collar bone) and sometimes for muscles that pull the corners of the mouth downward and the chin up.
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Where to use Botox
Botox is only FDA approved for the wrinkles between your eyebrow. It is used for many other areas off label including the neck, jowls, crows feet, forehead, and lip area. You should always get your doctor to explain the risks and benefits of these off label procedures. Good luck.
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Botox best for certain wrinkles
In short, yes. Botox works incredibly well for wrinkles of the glabella (frown lines between the eyes), forehead, and crow's feet. It can also work for specific dynamic wrinkles (wrinkles of facial motion) of the nose (bunny lines) and around the mouth.
It does not, however, work for static wrinkles (wrinkles at rest), for deep folds of the lower face, or for volumizing cheeks or temples. This is where facial fillers come in.
Botox works well together with various facial fillers to help...
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Baton Rouge Dermatologist
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Dynamic wrinkles best for Botox
Aging in the face manifests itself in several ways, and the wrinkles that are part of this are due to two causes: Static wrinkles are the ones that form simply from sun damage, loss of collagen, and so forth while dynamic wrinkles are the result of hyperactive muscles of expression. The best example of theis is the "11" between the eyebrows which results from the type of frowning motion of what are called corrugator muscles. Another good case for botox is the "crow's feet...
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Botox used for many wrinkles on face
Botox is FDA approved for treatment of the glabella lines only. The glabella is the area just between the eyebrows that has wrinkles often referred to as the "elevens" because the two vertical wrinkles look like an "11."
However, Botox is commonly used to treat other wrinkles on the face. These areas include the upper forehead, crows feet, "bunny lines" of the nose, dimples and wrinkles in the chin, and corners of the mouth.
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Botox uses
Botox is best for areas of facial lines of animation usually of the upper 1/3 of the face. It is not a substitute for filler materials like juvederm and restylane.
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Botox for beauty-Numerous uses: Does far more than you might have thought
Botox has a surprising repetoire for improving the aging face, neck and chest. I was among the first physicians in the U.S. back in 1991 to use Botox for treating facial wrinkles, eleven years before it actually received FDA approval for this purpose. At that time, Botox was used exclusively and quite successfully for treating the "scowl" ("frown," or "angry" lines) between the eyes.
Since that time, we have greatly expanded Botox's uses to include...
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Botox works on certain wrinkles
There are different aspects to the aging process. There are surface changes which include rough or dull texture and tone, and brown spots, redness and dilated or burst blood vessels. There is also the aspect of volume loss which occurs with aging, and this is visible in the temples, and especially the areas from the nose to mouth (nasolabial folds) and around the lips (Marionette lines).
Dynamic wrinkles are wrinkles that are a result of movement, and this is where Botox really shines. In...
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Botox works for wrinkles caused by muscle movements
Botox relaxes muscles. It will treat wrinkles that are caused by overactive muscles or repetitive movements. The best examples of these types of wrinkles are the frown lines between the eyebrows or the lines on the forehead.
Experienced injectors also understand facial anatomy and how facial muscles pull in different directions. By carefully injecting Botox into certain muscles, we can get a slight brow lift or an eye lift without any surgery.
We also use Botox to smooth neck lines and...
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Botox erases wrinkles and sculptures face.
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Please take a look at our web site for a full list of improvements that Botox can accomplish.
Basically, Botox can erase wrinkles, lift the brows and the corners of the mouth, and help to clean up the neck.
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Botox limits
Botox allows the 4-5 month deactivation / "taking out" of certain parts of facial muscles.
If the injector is a Plastic Surgeon with a good understanding of facial anatomy, he/she can bring about BOTH smoothing of active wrinkles as well as noninvasive / nonsurgical lifting of the droopy brows and corners of the mouth.
Botox enables smoothing of forehead, bridge of nose (between the brows / glabellar)n crow's feet lines. It allows the lifting of the inner and outer parts of the...
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Botox is specific to some areas
The answer to your question is that Botox only works well for certain areas of the face. For example, the wrinkles commonly referred to as "laugh lines", which extend downward from the side of the nose to the side of the mouth are not addressed with Botox. Because of the size of the crease in this area and the manner in which it forms, it is treated using dermal fillers such as Restylane, Juvederm or Perlane.
The areas of the face where we commonly use Botox are as follows. In...
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Botox Treatment Areas
Spider veins are best approached by a comprehensive treatment plan including assessment of venous reflux, laser, and sclerotherapy. Pixel laser plays no role in the treatment of spider veins and may actually induce angiogenesis.
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Botox is wrinkle specific
Because Botox affects the nerves that signal muscle contraction, it is only useful for those types of lines and wrinkles.
Over the years doctors have found that Botox has many off-label uses and has some cosmetically beneficial effects on more dynamically caused wrinkles than originally intended.
Some common wrinkle / line uses
Frown and worry lines
Heavy brows (chemical brow lift)
Chin dimpling
Down turned mouth corners
Lip pursing
Neck bands
Crow's feet
Bunny lines
Gummy smile
Wrinkles...
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Botox and facial wrinkles
Yes.
Botox is appropriate for wrinkles or line which form with facial motion. Botox relaxes the muscles which cause specific wrinkles. Frowning your eyebrow, wrinkling the forehead, or squinting the eyes are the best areas where Botox works best. Botox does not replace basic skin care, injectable fillers, skin resurfacing, or cosmetic facial surgery.
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Botox does not address all facial wrinkles
Yes, not all facial wrinkles can be effectively addressed with Botox. Botox works by relaxing muscles that cause certain wrinkles. It works best and is most commonly used on frown lines, "crow's feet" next to eyes, and forehead wrinkles.
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