Once you get Botox, will it make your wrinkles worse if you don't keep going once it wears off?

Botox is one of the most commonly performed plastic surgery procedures and it has been used by men and women for years.  When correctly injected, it normally lasts for about four months.  Botox is FDA approved and has been in use for over 25 years so its safety is well documented.  Once the effect of Botox wears off, the skin will not be any worse than it was before the treatment.  The aging process will continue if you don't reinject, but if you take a Botox break, you can usually resume with nice results.  Be sure to consult with an experienced Botox injector to answer all of your questions.

There is no research indicating that Botox makes your wrinkles look worse. You can check this out for yourself by viewing your photos taken of the treated area before your treatment, then comparing them to photos taken once the Botox wears off.

No, your wrinkles will simply return to their pre-treatment state. They won't look any worse, but you may find that they do because you'd be amazed at how quickly you can get used to your Botox results! 

Botox can be preventative. For example, if an individual frequently frowns, the Botox can decrease the frowning, thus decreasing the lines that will appear in the future.
Once the Botox and/or filler wears off, you will not look any different than if you never had the injections. They only mask the effects of aging. Botox will last an average of 3 months, and fillers generally last 6 months on average - sometimes longer depending on the patient. Getting Botox in one area will not create wrinkles in another area. From here, I would recommend doing your homework, and choosing a physician with a great deal of experience. This will ensure you are able to obtain the best possible result from the treatment. Thank you, and I wish you the best of luck!

It is a commitment, if you want to keep the wrinkles formed at bay, and help with volume, over time. Botox doesn't cause more wrinkles but because you've treated one area, you can automatically have other muscles in neighboring areas that are recruited and used instead.

Botox and fillers do not speed the aging process if you discontinue them. In fact, if you do botox treatments a few times a year for a couple of years, the treatment develops some permanence. Wrinkles which used to be present will no longer be present after the botox wears off. In this way, botox can prevent wrinkles from forming.

Hi Natural.  We get asked this question often.  "Will using Botox or fillers cause me to age faster or differently if I stop using them?"  The answer is that Botox and dermal fillers cannot stop, slow or speed up the aging process, they simply hide the imperfections aging causes while we are using them.

Simply put, you will age at the same rate whether or not you are using these products and you will never be worse off as far as aging goes because you have used them.

Thank you for your question! Botox relaxes the muscles that are causing your wrinkles, and once the effect wears off, your muscles will return to their normal functionality and the wrinkles will assume their pre-treatment appearance. Your wrinkles will not look worse, but you may think they do simply because you've been enjoying how smooth the treated area looked while the Botox was working. Botox will last an average of 3 months, and fillers generally last 6 months on average - sometimes longer depending on the patient. Getting Botox in one area will not create wrinkles in another area. Best of luck!

Your face will not look “worse” if you stop Botox injections after your first treatment wears off. However, it will go back to the same condition it was in before Botox, and – of course – your face will continue to age with time. If you can't commit to maintenance treatments every three to four months, that should not dissuade you from trying Botox. Even intermittent Botox can relax the dynamic muscles that cause wrinkling sufficiently to slow down the aging process just a bit. Please consult with a board-certified dermatologist to design a regular Botox program that will work for your budget.

I have found, nor have I heard of any research indicating that Botox makes your wrinkles look worse. You can always take before pictures yourself and after the 3 months, that's usually how long Botox lasts (can be longer or shorter depending on how your body metabolizes it), then compare once the Botox wears off.

And your wrinkles will return to their pre-treatment look. They won’t look worse, although you may be amazed how well the Botox works, and how you get used to the results.