What Is Botox Cosmetic Surgery?
Botox, is used for three main purposes: muscle spasm control, severe underarm sweating and cosmetic improvement. In this article we have achieved with the product called Botox Cosmetic, which contains botulinum toxin type A, human albumin and sodium chloride. Botox Cosmetic is used for the temporary smoothing of glabellar lines, which are the lines between your eyebrows that can make you look tired, unhappy or angry. It is FDA-approved for this use and in this area only. However, it is often used off-label for horizontal forehead lines, crow’s feet, marionette lines at the corners of the mouth and smoker’s lines around the lips. Don’t confuse Botox Cosmetic with inject-able fillers. Dermal fillers work differently, plumping up tissues so that lines and wrinkles diminish or disappear.
How Botox Injections Work:
A wrinkle in the skin is typically formed perpendicular to a contracting muscle located directly beneath it. Botox Cosmetic is injected into muscles, where it blocks nerve impulses to those tissues. The muscle activity that causes the frown lines is reduced, and a smoother look results. Without a contracting muscle beneath it, the skin has a difficult time wrinkling. Facial lines that exist when your face is totally relaxed are not very good candidates for Botox. These lines are better handled by the dermal fillers. Botox can frequently “soften” these lines but not always get rid of them.
Botulinum toxin is also used off-label:
- Achalasia (an issue with the throat that makes swallowing difficult).
- Anal fissure and anismus (dysfunction of the anal sphincter).
- Sialorrhea (producing too much saliva).
- Allergic rhinitis (hay fever).
- Sphincter of oddi dysfunction (causes abdominal pain).
- Cerebral Palsy.
- Oromandibular dystonia (forceful contraction of the jaw, face, and/or tongue).
- Laryngeal dystonia (forceful contraction of the vocal cords).
Source: Dr Chytra V Anand
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