Botox: Q&A
Ask a QuestionWhat are The Benefits to Using Botox at a Younger Age?
Are there studies that show Botox will prevent deep wrinkles if patients start using it sooner?
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Botox works best when it is given preventatively.
Dear Patient,
Botox works best when it is given preventatively. When Botox is given at an early age, it prevents the lines from becoming permanent. Studies seem to show that after 2 years of receiving regular dosages of Botox, its effects last longer.
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Does Botox benefit younger patients?
The general consensus is that aesthetic injection treatments are able to minimize lines, wrinkles that may develop with time and, unfortunately, become permanent.
Even better than using Botox at a young age is the practice of wearing sunscreen daily and practicing good skin health early on.
Preventative measures will always serve one well. As with all aesthetic treatments...balance is the key.
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Botox can prevent wrinkles
By using Botox earlier in life, you may actually keep lines from forming. Creases become etched in our skin over time as we make the same expressions. If you get Botox, you can reduce muscle movement in wrinkle-prone areas before the deep lines appear.
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Botox for the younger patient, man or women
Basically, the rationale for starting Botox early is the prevent the permanent development of deep, inset wrinkles that will not go away if Botox is started after the fact. Statistically, the average woman begins to show signs of facial aging around the age of 25. The first signs of aging in women are fine lines around the eyes (crow's feet) and around the mouth. The "elevens" in the glabella between the eyebrows is common too. This is because women's...
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Botox in younger patient
The real question is how worth it would it be to start having Botox now. No one can answer that for you. Most patients wait until they start seeing the first evidence of a line. The study referenced is a case study; not a double blind randomized, controlled study which is the only way to evaluate treatments.
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Using Botox at a Younger Age
We usually recommend Botox injections every 3-4 months to treat wrinkles when they are already present. One study using Botox twice a year in one patient at a young age and not in her identical twin did have fewer wrinkles as they aged. They did have very similar life-styles.
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Start Young!
My clinical experience has demonstrated that Botox (all nueromodulators) do help to prevent fine lines and wrinkles over time -- If you relax the muscles, they don't have the opportunity to contract and affect the skin surface --
Several years ago there was an interesting study in a Plastics journal that showed photos of one identical twin set - one twin had used Botox regularly for years, and the other twin had never used it. There was a remarkable difference between the two...
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Benefit of Using Botox at an early age: Prevention of Deep Expression Lines
The Benefit of Using Botox at an early age is the Prevention of Deep Facial Expression Lines, such as those developing in the frown area or the crows feet. An adequate age to start may be the late 20s or early 30s, depending on the specific patient. I typically do not use Botox or Dysport for facial lines in patients younger than 20.
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Starting Botox at Young Age to Prevent Wrinkles
There isn't long-term research to support Botox (or similar neuromodulators such as Dysport) in younger patients to prevent wrinkles when they are much older.
As various plastic surgeons & dermatologist have already stated, there are better methods to improve your skin and help reduce further facial aging for the long-term. While Botox Cosmetic may be used for younger patients in their 20's, you may find better results with skin care, chemical peel, or microdermabrasion first...
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When to start Botox
If you do not have wrinkles then you do not need to start Botox at an early age. If you have dynamic wrinkles (wrinkles that occur when you animate) then using Botox will help prevent the formation of static wrinkles (wrinkles that occur even at rest).
Good Luck.
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