Can I Use Botox if I Have a Hard Shell Seafood Allergy?

When Botox doesn't "work" we must evaluate the anatomy and determine if the muscles are moving. If the muscles are relaxed and not contracting during active attempt at raising the forehead, then the Botox is working. If the lines however remain, despite the muscles not moving, then...

All providers must "water down" the botox as it arrives as a powder and must be mixed with sterile saline. The amount of dilution correlates with the amount of liquid placed in the bottle.  As the dilution (number of units of Botox per ml. of solution) varies from office to...

Botox can be used off-label by physicians to minimize the lip lines, sometimes referred to as smokers lines.  The muscle of the lip is circular around the mouth and relaxing it with botox will accomlish less pleating of the overlying skin during speech. Usually very few units are used, 1 to...

Of course these effects are from the BOTOX treatment.  It is true that there can be local spreading effects of BOTOX in a small radius.  However it is also true that larger treatments such as those associated with medical BOTOX treatment can be associated with significant and...

No physician can comment directly to you about your situation unless they were involved with your treatment. The restriction of the helmet may be specific to a unique concern your physician had in treating your TMJ, not the forehead lines. You need to check with them. They want you to receive...

"​For glabellar lines (or frown lines / ""11"" lines), we inject Botox, Xeomin, or Dysport into the muscle, causing the muscle to weaken and improving the appearance of the lines. These work by binding to receptors that send nerve signals for muscles to contract. Since your body makes new r...