Botox

Botox is a protein toxin produced by the clostridium botulinum bacteria. The injections relax the muscles that create wrinkles. After an injection, for example, you are no longer able to frown, so those lines made by frowning are eliminated. Only certain facial muscles, like the ones that form frown lines, laugh lines and crow's feet, are treated so that the normal facial expression is unaffected.

A treatment requires only a small amount of liquid to be used. There is minimal pain, the entire procedure only takes about ten minutes, and it usually last three to six months. After that you may return for a follow-up injection.

Although it is a toxin, Botox has been safely used for wrinkle therapy since the early 1990's with no documented serious side effects . Botox can be used by almost anyone, but patients who are pregnant, breastfeeding or who have a neurologic disease should not use it.