Injectable aesthetic treatments are the cosmetic success story of the 21st Century, with a track record of millions of safe, successful treatments every year. In a simple office procedure, Botox® Cosmetic relaxes a particular type of line and wrinkle, leaving your face refreshed and youthful.
Botox complements a wide range of other facial treatments, including dermal fillers and microneedling. Dermatologist Jennifer A Baron, MD of San Jose, California, and her team of aesthetic specialists can recommend the best use of Botox and other procedures to best suit your needs.
Let’s take a look at five of the benefits Botox treatments can offer you. Find out more by contacting our office.
Botox is a neuromodulator. It changes how your nerves operate. This makes it ideal for treating a category of lines and wrinkles that aren’t easily addressed in any other way.
Dynamic wrinkles form over semi-permanent contractions of expression muscles. These commonly occur in the forehead, between the eyebrows, and as crow’s feet at the sides of your eyes.
The muscles that cause these contours aren’t fully relaxing when the mood that causes the expression subsides. You can look tense or worried even after a moment passes.
Botox temporarily relaxes the muscles that otherwise stay active, deepening lines and shadows on your face. For about four to six months, your Botox treatment refreshes your appearance, smoothing your skin and helping you appear younger.
When used as intended, Botox targets specific muscles to produce its effects, providing subtle enhancements in the hands of trained aesthetic professionals who understand facial anatomy. There’s no frozen-face effect. In fact, there’s no sudden sign that you’ve had work done, with your results coming on gradually in the following week or two. Your natural facial expressions remain. Your face simply relaxes as it should, when it should.
Botox treatments require no anesthetics or incisions. The fine needles used for injections are well-tolerated and typically cause little bleeding. There’s no hospital admission or overnight stay. Your treatment takes place in our offices.
As you’d expect from its nonsurgical nature, Botox requires little to no downtime after your treatment. There might be some redness around the injection sites, but these tend to fade quickly. You can schedule an appointment in the middle of your day and simply return to it after your treatment. Many patients consider Botox to be a “lunchtime” procedure.
As with any effective cosmetic procedure, your results speak for themselves. The inner you starts to glow when your appearance shines. Looking relaxed and refreshed impacts on your impression with others.
Find out more about Botox Cosmetic treatments with Jennifer A Baron, MD, and her team. Call our office directly or request a procedure online. A better, more confident version of you is waiting, so plan your visit today.
