Botox Treatment
Cosmetic, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
How Does the Botox Therapy Proceed?
When botolinum toxins are intramuscularly injected, the neurotransmitters at neuromuscular junctions of the recipient muscle or groups thereof are temporarily deactivated and their flaccid movements become paralysed. Its effects are observed between day 3 to day 7. This temporary effect lasts up to 3 to 4 months, during which period, the contractions may recur. Therefore, injections need to be rehearsed.
Botox is injected in the desired area in small quantities using small needles. By means of these injections, the drug kicks in by stopping the neural transmission between organs linked by the neurotransmitters and the axons of the muscular neurons themselves. Botox thereby relaxes the muscle(s) by blocking neural impulses for a certain period of time and enables the skin to automatically tighten and thus, smoothes the wrinkles.
Most frequent application areas of Botox include:
- Softening of the Forehead Lines
- Reduction of the Frown Lines
- Low Eyebrow Lifting
- Treatment of Eye Wrinkles and Crows Feet
- Treatment of Bunny Lines
- Nose Tip Lifting
- Removal of Smoker’s Lines on the Upper Mouth Lips
- Chin Dimpling (Orange Peel) Removal
- Removal of Neck Bands and Lines
- Platysmal Neck Band Lifts
- Calf Reduction
Primary non-cosmetic application areas of Botox include:
- Migraine and Headaches
- Dystonic Spasm or Twisting of the Neck (Torticollis)
- Involuntary Contraction of the Orbital and Extra-ocular Muscles
- Writer’s Cramps
- Contraction of the Masseter Muscle and Bruxism
- Myoclonic Twitches (Dystonia & Spasticity)
- Abnormally Increased Sweating (Hyperhidrosis)
- Refractory Idiopathic Overactive Bladder or Neurogenic Detrusor Over-activity
- Anal Fissure