Understanding Botox
In coming posts I will provide an alternative – and I swear you’ll love the option! – to Botox. Please don’t get me wrong, I don’t have a thing against Botox, but advancements in technology have made it less appealing as an anti-aging option.
Botox was once the darlingof the celebrity crowd has moved front and center into the business world where daring men and women go to great lengths to disguise frown lines, age lines and anything resembling Mother Natures wicked march across their faces.
Why?
They know their jobs require them to look fresh and healthy; old, deeply lined, tired, faces are becoming passé because ideas coming from someone wearing an out of shape, soft, sagging face can equate to old, stale ideas in the business arena. Botox, once used primarily by women is now used by more and more men as they, too, realize the importance of maintaining a more youthful appearance. Their jobs may just depend on it.
Some say Botox is a wonder drug that smoothes wrinkles and indeed it does; however there are a few drawbacks that are a concern. According to a London based newspaper (The Independant), people who have used or considered Botox are worried about possible side-effects. These may include developing fresh wrinkles as they change expressions to compensate for the paralysis in parts of their faces.
Develop fresh wrinkles?
Dr. David Becker, professor of dermatology at Cornell Medical College, issued a caution linking Botox injections to development of new wrinkles when users recreate facial expressions. The paralyzed muscles cannot respond so nearby muscles are automatically summoned. The result? New wrinkles.
Botox has been used since the early 1990s to treat lines and wrinkles associated with the motion of underlying facial muscles. Expressions such as excessive brow movements can cause horizontal lines, eye squints produce crows feet and subtle sagging of the facial muscles can make skin drape unnaturally.
Botox cannot stop the sagging muscles. In fact Dr. Michelle Copeland, a plastic surgeon in NY said, because Botox wears off more frequent injections are required to maintain its effects or the patient’s face will return to its wrinkly state. Now this statement cased a lot of controversy and I’m not a believer – in fact what I have seen and heard is just the opposite – that fewer injections in smaller quantities are required over time. You’ll have to ask your doctor about the specifics of your skin’s elasticity, your age, and the point of injection for Botox treatments.
Is this true or just one doctor’s manner to stir up controversy?
- Botox can result in the development of fine lines and wrinkles in other areas of the face.
- Botox requires more painful injections to maintain results.
- Botox is costly; treatments range from $200-$600.
- Botox can result in undesirable side effects including allergic reactions, difficulty breathing, unusual muscle weakness, chest pain, headaches and dizziness.
What if you could avoid needles and scalpels and look younger? What if you could be in charge of the aging process and look healthier? What if you could manipulate and retrain your facial muscles to look and act younger without resorting to expensive, barbaric measures that are risky and dangerous?
Well, you can!
This is what I want to discuss with you next, so stay tuned to this website. As you’re about to see, less expensive and intrusive with longer lasting results is what has hit the rejuevenation clinics lately and I’ve seen results first hand.
