Botox® is a safe and effective treatment for wrinkles and frown lines. Every time you smile, laugh, or frown, the contractions of the delicate underlying facial muscles form wrinkles. Facial wrinkles give a person a tired, angry, or sad appearance even though they are not experiencing that emotion.

Botox® blocks impulses from the nerves to the tiny facial muscles causing the wrinkles. The muscles relax and the overlying skin remains smooth and unwrinkled, while the untreated facial muscles contract in a normal fashion, allowing normal facial expression to be unaffected.

Overall clinical and study experience with botulinum toxin type A treatment for facial enhancement indicates that it is effective and safe in both the short and long term. Since it was first used for significant reduction in the appearance of glabellar frown lines, botulinum toxin type A has been used successfully for a wide range of facial enhancement procedures, including the treatment of horizontal forehead lines, crow’s feet, bunny lines (downward radiating lines on the sides of nose), the perioral area, the dimpled chin, platysmal bands, and nasolabial folds.

At Friends & Family Medical Clinic we exclusively use BOTOX® Cosmetic (botulinum toxin type A) purified neurotoxin complex from Allergan, Inc.