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No, Botox use does not result in changes to skin thickness. The skin does thin naturally as we age, and that is a natural process that is unrelated to Botox use.Botox can be used to purposely reduce muscle size. For example, patients who have masseter hypertrophy (a non threatening soft enlargement of the jaw muscles near the angle of the lower jaw), regular Botox treatments can result in weakening and atrophy of those muscles, creating a smaller appearance.
Botox blocks the transmissions of signals from the nerve to the muscles under the skin. It does not alter the dermal thickness directly. If one has a high resting activity of the contractile muscles before botox then the thickness of the skin and muscle per unit area might be more because of the corrugation of the muscle. After the botox the muscle doesn't contract so it may spread out to its flatter state making the thickness less. If you measure that thickness it would be back to normal.
To the best of my knowledge, botulinum toxin's effect on skin thickness has not been investigated ar defined to any significant degree. Theoretically ongoing use of the botulinum will result in shrinkage of the sweat glands in the skin, as well as other adnexal units responsive to acetylcholine release, which could result in atrophy and decreased thickness. However, this is a real reach.
Botox works on the muscles under the skin and has no affect on facial skin thickness. When wrinkles disappear from the botox effect, it is not because they have been filled in nor peeled off. It is because muscles aren't moving as much to create these lines.
No, BOTOX has absolutely no effect on thickening the skin. For that chemical peeling is helpful. Oddly, ablative laser resurfacing seems to have the opposite effect. However, laser does increase collagen in the upper dermis. The bad news is that laser can cause an atrophy in the more superficial skin which is why sometimes people who have had laser resurfacing look like the aliens have sucked their face off.
As we age, the skin gets thin. Botox has no effect at all on skin thickness. Botox softens the lines of facial expression but has no effect on the thickness or on the collagen in your skin.
BOTOX® has no effect on the thickness of the skin. It reduces the transmission of nerve impulses to muscles reducing the function of those muscles. There are other modalities that can be used to alter skin thickness.
No. BOTOX will not change or modify the thickness of your skin. The only thing that Botox does is to denervate or impede communication of nerve endings with muscles causing a relaxation of the muscle.
Botox deactivates the muscle of facial animation. Botox does not have any significnat impact on facial skin thickness. Some lasers can help in reorganizing subdermal collagen and promote thicker skin.
Botox has no effect on skin thickness at all. It works to disrupt the nerve impulses to muscles that cause "dynamic" wrinkles, i.e. the muscles that cause wrinkles when they contract.FYI- skin starts to thin out with aging starting around age 40.
I am not aware of any reason in particular that would preclude you from having Botox injections following retinal detachment surgery. The muscle groups that are normally targeted during cosmetic Botox injections are anatomically distinct and distant from the retina. You should be fine proceeding...
Thank you for your question. Botox or Dysport can be a very effective way to contour the jaw line by reducing the masseter shadow through the outer jaw skin. In addition, it can reduce symptoms of jaw clenching or grinding of teeth at night time. This is an advanced technique that requires a...
The crease between the lower lip and chin is called the labiomental crease. This is difficult to improve in some patients as it is tightly bound down to the underlying tissue. Botox may help a little, but has a risk of affecting the function and appearance of your lower lip. Often subcision, a...
You can get the forehead and the glab areas done separately but it is less expensive if you do them together. Cost is usually $300-350 for 1 area and $500-600 for 2 areas whether it is botox or dysport and lasts about 3-4 months.
Most people who have not had either benefit from starting out with Botox. It is less expensive, it is less likely to produce an untoward outcome, and overall, it will likely have a meaningful impact on how your face looks. Most people will end up graduating to a filler eventually, but there no...
Dr Andrew Jacono, MD is a board certified facial plastic surgeon in Long Island and is an expert with these procedures. He has authored many articles on both. Hope this helps.
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