What is Botox
Botox has been used over many years to treat people with hyperactive muscle conditions, such as misalignment of the eyes and contractions of the eyelids. Since then, it has also been used to relieve cerebral palsy in children. Botox, more recently, has also been used to temporarily improve the appearance of moderate to severe frown lines.
As we get older, the lines created from repeated facial expressions, such as frowning and squinting form wrinkles. Wrinkles can give us the appearance of not only aging, but of worry or even anger. Botox has helped many people worldwide greatly reduce the appearance of frown lines or wrinkles, giving them a more relaxed and refreshed appearance.
Botox is short for "Botulinum Toxin A", a specific class of drugs, which contains a therapeutic muscle-relaxing agent. The Botox injectable treatment causes the release of acetylcholine to be blocked which affects the motor nerve endings (or nerves that lead to muscles). This causes muscles to relax.
It is important to mention that Botox is NOT a filler. It contains an agent to temporarily paralyze the muscles it is injected in to.
