Botoks

In its essence, Botoks is a type of FDA-approved toxin that is a secreted protein by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum toxin. Botoks tighten the skin and muscles around the injection site by secreting a chemical after being injected under the skin. The Botoks injection procedure is one of the most common cosmetic procedures. Botoks injections may serve several purposes, but their most known aim is to remove sagging skin, lines, and wrinkles caused by aging. Botoks works on relaxing the sclerotic facial muscles, which are the reasons for face wrinkles, especially around the eyes, mouth, and nose. Some of these areas are also called frown lines and crow’s feet. Although Botoks is mainly known for reducing wrinkles, it is also used for different purposes, such as;

• Retouching the nose shape;
  Botoks can be injected on the tip of the nose to give a desired lifted shape.
• Treatment of headache and neck pain;
  Although Botoks is a cosmetic procedure, injections can treat chronic migraines, regular headaches, and related neck pains.

• Treatment of excessive sweating; Botoks weakens the muscles on the injection site, and these weakened muscles cause a reduction in sweating. To treat excessive sweating, botoks may be applied to several body parts, such as the armpits, palms, feet, and face.
• Treating eye twitching; Botoks application may treat continuous eye twitching by numbing the nerves around the area.
• Treating muscle contractions; In some cases, Botoks application may treat muscle contractions by numbing them. However, you must undergo certain examinations for this treatment and get your doctor’s approval.

Candidates For Botoks Injection Procedures

The Botoks injection procedure is the same as every other surgical and non-surgical operation. There are some terms and conditions for a person to get satisfying results from this procedure. Possible candidates for Botoks treatments should be as follows;

• People with slight facial wrinkles and sagging.
• People who suffer from certain facial diseases, such as sleepy eyes, tremor eyelids, drooping eyelids, or other conditions that Botoks injections can treat.
• People who suffer from facial wrinkles and aging effects and want to have a fresher and younger face.
• People with facial fat imbalances due to excess weight loss that results in an inappropriate distribution of fat.
• The person should be between 18 and 65 years old.

Although most people believe that Botoks injections are more appropriate for relatively older people, in fact, if you want a radiant and wrinkle-free appearance even in your 50s, it is suggested to start having Botoks injections when you are around 25 years old. While the Botoks injection procedure is known to be completely safe, there are some cases where Botoks injections are forbidden, such as pregnant or breastfeeding women or if the patient is allergic to Botulinum Toxin that the Botoks includes.