Information You Need to Understand about Botox
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Sydney Botulinum treatment (B.tox for short) has become established amongst Sydney’s fashionable crowd and in fact it has become a beauty routine essential for those in Sydney.
Nonetheless I am often astonished when I listen to the various stories which surround the procedure. Here I have outlines some of the more popular errors that we encounter all the time at Star Cosmetic Medicine, where I work as a physician.
Myth no. 1: B.tox can immobilize my facial muscles!
Under the skin of the face are sixty or so muscles. The excessive use of these muscles over a period of time may cause wrinkles to form. When excessive B.tox is employed facial expression can become over relaxed. Most doctors would use comparatively minute dosages to make you appear less tired, yet you will still be just as expressive.
By using conservative quantities of the wrinkle injection in exactly the right muscles facial expression is maintained whilst the lines undergo a softening effect.
Myth no. 2: Botulinum is poisonous!
Actually there is a grain of truth in this. Botulinum Toxin Type A is the proper pharmacological terminology. An overdose can end up in loss of muscle tone and may cause sickness.
Chemists have a well known phrase that states ‘everything is poisonous - it all depends on the dose’. All medications may make a person extremely unwell in large enough doses. Water can be a poison if you drink too much.
Myth no. 3: It will sting!
At Star Cosmetic Medicine the doctor will use a needle finer than a human hair. Some people liken the treatments to bug bites. It is certainly not as sore as something like a blood profile.
Myth no. 4: My face will lose sensation!
Totally incorrect. B.tox works on the junction between the nerve and the facial muscle, and not on sensate nerve fibers. Just the ability to relax muscles is affected by B.tox injections.
Myth no. 5. You cannot stop having B.tox or you will get worse wrinkles than before!
This is also incorrect.
BoTox is thought to last for upwards of 3 months. Consequent treatments tend to last a little longer. The lines will slowly reform as the muscle returns to normal. However they will certainly be no more noticeable than before.
Even if you never had B.tox again - those lines will most likely be a little better than if you had not been treated. This, of course is mainly the case due to the fact your facial muscles and skin have had a ‘wrinkle holiday’ whilst the B.tox was effective.

