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I am 25 years old and I've had a history of skin...
I am 25 years old and I've had a history of skin problems, including severe acne and acne scarring. I had hoped that that would be the extent of my facial woes, but in the past couple of years I've also started developing 11s.
They're not always visible, but I can always feel the permanently contracted muscles under my skin and have been increasingly seeing them in my pictures. I tried hiding them with an Amazon-bought dermaroller and succeeded to an extent, but I wanted to try a longer term and less dermis-damaging option. Botox made the most sense to me since I wasn't suffering from volume loss in that area, just contracted frown muscles.
I received 20 units of Botox at $12/unit in my "corrugator" and "procerus" muscles and it was a totally painless procedure. Immediately after, I felt no change in the region and suffered no side effects, and so I was able to go back to work as usual. On day 2 I felt some tightness in that area and my skin peeled a bit, and now on day 4 I feel the tightness still, but it's only when I try to move those muscles. And yes, I can still frown, which was a nice surprise given the Botox stereotypes.
It may be my imagination, but I do think my brows sit a bit lower now. I normally don't have excess skin covering my eyes, though I did when I was in high school, and yet today I woke up with exactly that. I'll monitor them more over the next few days, but I guess this is the trade off for relaxing my tightened brow.
Overall I'd say it was definitely worth it and I recommend it to any other younger girl who is starting to develop 11s as well.
They're not always visible, but I can always feel the permanently contracted muscles under my skin and have been increasingly seeing them in my pictures. I tried hiding them with an Amazon-bought dermaroller and succeeded to an extent, but I wanted to try a longer term and less dermis-damaging option. Botox made the most sense to me since I wasn't suffering from volume loss in that area, just contracted frown muscles.
I received 20 units of Botox at $12/unit in my "corrugator" and "procerus" muscles and it was a totally painless procedure. Immediately after, I felt no change in the region and suffered no side effects, and so I was able to go back to work as usual. On day 2 I felt some tightness in that area and my skin peeled a bit, and now on day 4 I feel the tightness still, but it's only when I try to move those muscles. And yes, I can still frown, which was a nice surprise given the Botox stereotypes.
It may be my imagination, but I do think my brows sit a bit lower now. I normally don't have excess skin covering my eyes, though I did when I was in high school, and yet today I woke up with exactly that. I'll monitor them more over the next few days, but I guess this is the trade off for relaxing my tightened brow.
Overall I'd say it was definitely worth it and I recommend it to any other younger girl who is starting to develop 11s as well.
Provider Review
Board Certified Facial Plastic Surgeon
8730 Stony Point Pkwy., Richmond, Virginia
Dr. Travis Shaw has excellent bedside manner and is a very skilled doctor. The procedure was painless and quick.