Your practitioner may start out with a low-unit dosage in each injection at first. You may then receive a few additional units. Generally, Botox injections are spaced approximately 3 to 4 months apart. When you first begin receiving injections, treatment results may not last as long. You may find that you need to return to your practitioner 2 to 3 months after the first treatment.
Botox is priced per unit. Forehead injections are often paired with injections for glabellar lines lines between the eyebrows, which can also be treated with up to 40 units. The FDA has only approved certain sites on the forehead for Botox injections.
Using too much Botox in the forehead can cause side effects. Injections for lateral canthal lines may total up to 20 units. However, the effects of your first treatment could wear off sooner. After that, you should be able to expect your treatments to begin lasting longer. You may not see results immediately after your treatment. Some practitioners suggest that you should allow up to 14 days to see the effects of your injections before scheduling a follow-up appointment.
If you receive too many units of Botox, it can cause heaviness or drooping in the affected areas. Botox continues to gain popularity as its versatility grows. This is a natural progression of just treating forehead and frown lines. When the muscles that pull parts of your eyebrows down are treated, they relax. This allows the muscles that pull the arch and tail up to compensate.
If you look at pictures of yourself and wish you showed only teeth, Botox can help. It works to relax the muscles that are over-pulling your lips, revealing your gums. When your doctor injects these muscles, you can still smile, but you only reveal as much as you want. Wrinkles and lines aside, if you suffer from excessive underarm sweating, Botox has been approved for the treatment of this condition.
The hallmark of this condition is having constant dampness under your arms, and people who suffer from this sweat almost every waking hour of the day. It gets so bad, patients will develop social anxiety and wear only dark and loose clothing in an attempt to hide sweat. When Botox is injected, it blocks the signal from the nerve to the sweat gland.
This is a game-changer for people with this condition, and a life-changing treatment. But what about the other lines, wrinkles, and folds toward the bottom of the face? There are great solutions to help with the appearance of these lines, too, and the most popular are dermal fillers.
This is another family of injectables designed to address moderate to severe lines, wrinkles, and folds. Most fillers are made of a synthetic form of hyaluronic acid, though there are a few exceptions.
The hyaluronic acid is suspended in a smooth and pliable gel so it gets natural results. There are many different types of fillers on the market so only your doctor can determine which is right for your areas of concern. Fillers can be used to address:. This is one treatment that provides instant gratification.
You walk in with deep lines and folds and can walk out looking years younger. These fillers provide instant volume to areas, and because many other them are made from hyaluronic acid, they actually attract moisture to the skin, providing very natural results.
Some fillers are created to add subtle volume and give shape to thinning lips. Fillers can also be used to correct downturned corners of the mouth. With this small adjustment, the appearance is lighter and more positive. When we age, the fat distribution on our faces change.
What used to provide us with a full and proportionate face can slip, causing areas of lost volume in our temporal, cheek and cheekbone areas. Look no further. It sounds intense, but rest assured: Botox only works on the little area where it's injected, so it's not like a single injection will shut down the nerve signals in your entire face or body.
Quick wrinkle lesson: There are actually two types of wrinkles on your body: dynamic wrinkles and static wrinkles. Botox works best on dynamic wrinkles, like the wrinkles around your forehead and eyes , but even static wrinkles that are visible when you're not moving your face will also show significant improvement with Botox, says Dr.
The cost of Botox depends on a few different factors, including where you live, how many units of Botox you're getting yup, that's how they measure it , and the area you're injecting in your face smaller areas obvs cost less. If you're getting your Botox from an experienced board-certified dermatologist or plastic surgeon which, for the record, you percent always should , it'll cost you more than if you go to a discount medspa.
And it makes sense: The more expertise an injector has—and the bigger the city they live in—the more money they'll charge for their service. FYI: Injectors price their Botox either by area so say, the just the forehead or just the eye area as a lump sum , or by unit this is a measure of quantity— Botox comes in vials that are either 50 or units, and a single injection tends to hold 3 to 5 units.
It's always going to cost the same—whether you're getting a teeny bit of Botox or a lot, says Dr. That said, most adults get 20 to 30 units in their forehead for their wrinkles, and often opt to get another 20 to 30 units in their glabella the area between your eyes that's prone to the frowning "eleven" wrinkles , says Dr. So it really does depend on how much surface area you're injecting.
Again, this will depend on if you pay by the area or by the unit. As for units? A typical treatment of the crow's feet takes 10 to 15 units on each side so total , though your injector may inject less if you still want a lot of movement around your eyes and, thus, cheaper!
On average, Botox lasts anywhere from three to five months. Most of my patients return every four months to maintain their results, says Dr. Shafer, who also notes the more you get injected, the longer it will last. Shafer adds. For what it's worth, my forehead and eye-area Botox tends to last a full four months but I also get the max injected , while my friend's Botox who gets the minimum injected, because she likes a lot of movement in her face only lasts three months max.
Important note that Botox doesn't work right away. Botox takes about five days to start working after it's injected, so if you're trying Botox for a big event or special occasion, make sure to book your appointment a week or two in advance, and definitely not the day before.
Overall, Botox is incredibly safe and usually has zero side effects.
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